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NATCHEZ ON THE WATERFRONT DAN NATCHEZ TELL US HOW TO WALK ON WATER

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CONTENTS June 2011 / Volume 29 / Issue 02

TYHA NEWS

REGULARS FROM THE TYHA HQ… Chairman’s Report General Manager’s Report Letters to Panel News in Brief

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UK NEWS FROM UP & DOWN THE COUNTRY… Inland Marinas Town Quay Marina Making Moor Sense Robin Creeks Marina The Green Blue Cleaning Up the Waters Shepperton Marina Plymouth Yacht Haven British Waterways Board Making a Splash Dredging and Marine Works James Watt Dock Marina TYHA Events - Summer Visit Gold Anchor Award Scheme The Buzz - RYA Marinas V’s Service Stations Suffolk Yacht Harbour

INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL NEWS Karpaz Gate Marina Natchez - How to walk on water Marina de Lagos Dentur - The link between East & West IGY Marinas Canarias Sailing Rally

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TIM’S ARTICLES

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Balthazar - Part 2 of 3

INNOVATIONS NEW PRODUCTS

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Anchor Handling Simulator

TYHA NEWS EVENTS & DEVELOPMENT Milta Bodrum - 5 Gold Anchors Marina Directory Gold Anchor Awards New TYHA Members

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

am really looking forward to the launch of the Yacht Harbour Association New Gold Anchor award Scheme in May at both the Southampton Marina Managers’ Conference, sponsored by Walcon Marine on the 25th and 26th May, and the ICOMIA World Marinas Conference, slightly earlier, on the 10th - 12th May.

To give you some background on the review of Gold Anchors. Over one year ago your TYHA Council agreed to carry out a full review of the scheme for the accreditation of marinas. This had to be a very thorough study of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system, the need to develop a system to take on our customers’ feedback and views, and a plan to highlight the scheme to the boating public as well as the Marina Industry. Council formed the Gold Anchor Sub-Committee, and involved the services of a Consultant, along with Gareth and started to discuss in great detail every aspect of the scheme. The Sub-Committee was Chaired by Robin Walters.

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This role was to prove vital, as Robin’s enthusiasm for the scheme to work for the long term, and his attention to detail is hugely impressive. I and all of Council would like to thank Robin and all the members of this sub-committee for their tremendous hard work, and the time that they have all put into this project. I would particularly like to thank Gareth for his huge input, hard work and very professional approach. I will not steal their thunder by going any further into the detail, only to say that you will very shortly receive your brochure on the New Gold Anchor Scheme and I hope you become as involved as I have done. I really look forward to seeing you at the Conference! I am always so impressed with the work Gareth and Libby do on our behalf. Our next event after this, is the TYHA Summer Visit, on the 12th and 13th July, join us for the VIP Tour of the 2012 Olympic Sailing Venue at Portland and Weymouth. Libby has organised a truly memorable day, which will include; a tour of the RYA Olympic Facilities, given by Peter Aitken, a tour of Sunseeker Factory, The National Sailing Academy and of course, a tour of the Dean and Reddyhoff Portland Marina. All of this will be preceded by a dinner on the evening before, at The Boat That Rocks, on the 12th. Once again, I hope you can make it, and look forward to seeing you again. I would like to wish you all a very successful season. Kind Regards

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GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

Dear reader…

Two years ago TYHA council appointed Robin Walters as the Chairman of a comprehensive review of the scheme. Since then hundreds of hours have been invested by some of this industry’s best managers, consultants and engineers to make sure we have developed a scheme that is recognised by the boat owner. I am also pleased to say that 22 UK marinas have joined the new Gold Anchor Award Scheme following its relaunch.

I am very pleased to say that this June issue of the Fore & Aft sees the relaunch of the Gold Anchor Award Scheme. Having started in 1988 this programme independently reviews marina facilities and services and issues an appropriate rating.

TYHA not only assess marinas but we also help them achieve a higher standard. We can organise the following services and lots more: • OFT approved Berthing Contract Template

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• Contract writing • Marina Health and Safety guidelines • RYA Active Marinas – helping you get boaters out on the water • Green Blue consultation • Manager training • Port Waste Management Planning For more information, please get in touch. I hope you enjoy this issue and find the information useful.

Gareth Turnbull General Manager 01784 223 816 / gturnbull@britishmarine.co.uk

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LETTERS

ICOMIA Launches Free Online Keel-checker

Dear Panel… We are a coastal Blue

Dear Panel…

I run an inland marina and have heard that the Government is doing away with British Waterways and converting it to a charity. I’m obviously worried about how this will influence my business in the future and would like a bit more information about what to expect. It’s true that the Government intends to disband British Waterways in favour of a charitable model similar to the National Trust by April 2012. This has come about as part of the Government’s Big Society agenda and is intended to allow stakeholders to have a more direct say in how the waterway are run, while reducing the burden on the tax payer for its upkeep. They also believe that it will have a positive effect in allowing the organisation to increase its commercial income while making savings through increased volunteering; allowing more core funding to be reinvested in the network.

Chris Ford BMF Regulations & Legislation

Emily Barrow BMF Legal Executive

Anonymous

Dear reader… It’s true that the Government intends to disband British Waterways in favour of a charitable model similar to the National Trust by April 2012. This has come about as part of the Government’s Big Society agenda and is intended to allow stakeholders to have a more direct say in how the waterway are run, while reducing the burden on the tax payer for its upkeep. They also believe that it will have a positive effect in allowing the organisation to increase its commercial income while making savings through increased volunteering; allowing more core funding to be reinvested in the network. Of course, this will have far reaching consequences for those who operate a business on the inland waterways involved (the Environment Agency and the Broads are not involved for now) but there are many ways for you to find out more and register your concerns. The Government is currently running a public consultation on its proposals and you can find out more by visiting www.defra.gov.uk/consult/2011/03/30/waterways. The BMF will also be replying to the consultation to ensure the best possible outcome for the industry – if there is anything in particular you would like us to include in our consultation response please contact me on cford@britishmarine.co.uk

Chris Ford - BMF Regulations & Legislation

Adrian Waddams BMF Manufacturing Manager

Brian Clarke BMF Environment Manager

Flag marina and interested in environmentally-sound products for removing or absorbing minor fuel/oil spills in the water.We have a response kit on site for significant occurrences and use absorbent pads, socks and booms where required. Otherwise, we have tried a beeswax spray that “eats” hydrocarbons; a system that seemed to be effective but worked out as a prohibitively expensive solution - a more user-friendly product would be one that could be transported in powder or solid form and then recreated in situ as a liquid. Granules and peat proved to be pretty inefficient and quite time-consuming. Any ideas on more effective methods would be gratefully received. Mel Symes

Danielle Smith Marina Projects Ltd Dredging Consultant

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Robin loscombe A member of the ISO working group

The international Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) and Southampton Solent University have launched the freeof-charge online KEEL-CHECKER. KEEL-CHECKER is a tool for assessing whether keel designs are within the parameters of the new standard ISO 12215 Part 9 which recently has gone into Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) voting. Although the new standard has still a few months to go until publication, many organisations already require compliant keel designs. “KEEL-CHECKER is freely available so that engineers can see what part 9 involves now. I’m delighted that ICOMIA has decided to mount this on their website”, said Robin Loscombe, a member of the ISO working group and a senior lecturer at Southampton Solent University, who developed the valuable testing tool. The software can now be downloaded free of charge from the ICOMIA website. To access the KEEL-CHECKER, contact the ICOMIA Secretariat on info@icomia.com

Gold Anchor Assessors’ Training The Yacht Harbour Association would like to thank Steve Arber and Allison Madden of Tingdene Marinas for allowing us to conduct our Gold Anchor Assessors’ training at Windsor Racecourse Marina on the 27th April. The sun was shining and we all enjoyed walking around the marina with Allison who was extremely helpful and patient! This made way for a very productive training event helping make sure our assessors are up to date and consistent throughout the UK, Europe and Middle East. Allison has recently taken over the management of the marina whilst also managing Walton Marina. She is concentrating on bringing the Windsor Racecourse site in line with others in the group, with a new restaurant and facilities project getting underway in October. The start of many changes to come. For more information visit www.tyha.co.uk

Dunkerque marina is the departure marina of the Tour de France à la voile Dunkirk’s marinas are located at the very heart of the city and offer three berthing docks for a yearlong reservation or a simple stopover: The Port du “Grand Large”, the Port of “Bassin de la Marine” and the port du “Bassin du Commerce”. Marinas are close to the Marine Museum and 3 masts the Duchess Anne. For spring the pontoons will host the festivities of the Sea and Boats 14 and 15 May and the Tour de France Sailing June 24 The Port Bassin de la Marine is also located near the lock allowing access to the river system in the North of France. These marinas are an ideal departure point for shopping and exploring the City of Jean Bart with two belfries which have been classified Unesco World Heritage Sites. Port du Grand Large is accessible 24 24. It was awarded the European Blue Flag and features 5 Gold Anchor. In 2011, renovations of the pontoons will be started and work for an office featuring high environmental specifications will begin later this year for a planned opening in summer 2012. There are many projects on the port area of the open sea in 2011 with the opening of a hosting shelter (the European Centre for Leisure and Home) in 2013 and the opening of a museum of contemporary art near the docks, not to mention the construction of an eco-housing on the quays. The marinas of Dunkirk are part of networks Transeurope Marina and Plaisance Côte d’Opale. A virtual tour is online on the website www.dunkerque-marina.com to prepare your stay.

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Poole Harbour Marine Centre

Photo by: Andy Shaw

Who went boating in 2010? The latest trends in participation The Watersports Participation report for 2010 is now available to download, providing essential information on UK boaters and boat owners. This annual report is commissioned by the British Marine Federation, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Royal Yachting Association and British Canoe Union. Now in its ninth year, the report also details trends over time. The report provides data on UK adults going boating across 12 different boat types, including howoften they participate in each activity, whether they undertake each at home or abroad and also means measures household boat ownership. For each boat type there is a profile data on different demographics such as gender, age, household region etc. Overall results show that 5.6% of adults went boating in 2010, which equates to up to 2.9 million people. While this is lower than previous years (6.7% 2009, 6.2% in 2008), the decrease is in casual participation and positively, frequent/enthusiast boaters have remained stable over the last nine years.

TYHA Summer Visit & Networking Event I am delighted with the response to this year’s summer visit and networking event sponsored by Dura Composites, with many taking up the offer to join us on 12/13th July. If you have not already heard details of this event, information and an application form can be found on pages 30 and 31 in this edition. There are still some places available so please don’t delay if you wish to join us. To book contact Libby Gordon LGordon@britishmarine.co.uk

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Plans for the giant Poole Harbour Marine Centre come hot on the heels of the much smaller neighbouring Port of Poole Marina, which is due to open in Spring. The massive boat haven, part of the Port Master Plan, will be set 200m off Hamworthy Park. Poole Yacht Club would have to move, as access to the new marina would be through its existing site. The marina intends to provide the club, which stands to lose its current swinging moorings, with a new and improved home. Although still at an early stage of the process, the alreadycontroversial plan includes land reclamation, cruise ship berthing, a marine business park and could lead to many new jobs for the local economy.

Ensure your online marketing communications are compliant with the new ASA regulations From 1 March 2011, the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) has extended its remit to cover marketing communications on a company’s own website or other non-paid-for-space such as blogs, communities or social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter. However, many online public relations activities are excluded. The BMF has produced a synopsis to help Members remain compliant across its online marketing communications. For more information go to their website www.britishmarine.co.uk and download from News & Press, dated 3rd March.

Trafalgar Wharf & Thornham Marina Staff In Battle To Get Fit For Boating Season...

Supersize Forklift Ready For Action The new Wiggins Marine Forklift, the UK’s biggest, has arrived at Trafalgar Wharf’s indoor drystack. The powerful machine can lift motorboats and RIBs weighing up to 10 tons so they can be stored up to 20 metres high in a huge indoor building. “It only takes a few minutes to lift and launch a motorboat,” said Jonny Boys, marine entrepreneur and MD of Trafalgar Wharf. “It’s an amazing sight to see a boat carefully moved from the stack and placed in the water, next to the floating pontoon, ready for launch.” “The Wiggins Marine Forklift is from the US and it’s the RollsRoyce of lifts. In my experience you get what you pay for in life.” With the 22 acre marine site now home to 20 businesses or more and hundreds of boat owners, Boys is inviting boat owners to come and see the lift and drystack for themselves to get an idea of how it works. “Because the Drystack is almost a zero cost option for storing a motorboat or RIB lots of people want to know about it. And we’re really proud to show people what we have to offer. Especially now that we’ve completed the dredging and Trafalgar Wharf has full-tidal access for the first time ever.”

While boat owners love nothing more than a leisurely sail on the Solent, spare a thought for the people who get those boats ready for action...namely the men and women who lift, shift and launch vessels on behalf of owners. Simon Oatley, Operations Manager at Portsmouth Harbour’s Trafalgar Wharf isn’t leaving anything to chance this spring as he gets ready for the busy Easter period. “I spent 13 years in the army and I see similarities between running a marina and a complex military operation. There are lots of things that have to happen all at once with precision. “One of the things that I decided would help us was to be mentally and physically sharp. So I decided to get staff at Trafalgar Wharf into tip-top physical condition by using British Military fitness training. It’s something that I know works. “It then seemed like a good idea to get our sister marina, Thornham Marina on the same programme and have a bit of competition between us.”

“We train a couple of times a week after work for an hour. We are all losing 640 calories each session. But I reckon some of us are shifting a lot more than others!” Simon and his team will be launching more than 200 boats over the next few weeks and he is looking forward to seeing how everyone uses their new found fitness. “Now that we are training I want to see how that training translates into action. I expect we may break our record of launches this spring and who knows...there may even be a little prize for the winning marina.” Marine entrepreneur and MD of the group, Jonny Boys has also taken up the training; “I’ve had to exclude our Drystack at Trafalgar” he says, “as we can do 50 launches a day from it and it wouldn’t be fair to include them. But as for the rest...it’s game on” For more info phone Simon Oatley 023 9238 7833

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Assomarinas and TYHA lead the way with a new working in partnership Sarah Dhanda, Director of Business Development at BMF visited Catania in Sicily on Sat 9th April to take part in the AssoMarinas Conference as part of the 16th Nauta Boat Show. The conference was hosted by Roberto Perrochio President of Asso Marinas and Chairman of ICMIA Marinas Group. Sarah updated the Marinas present on the Gold Anchor Scheme and the forthcoming revisions and also the Marinas Training programmes available through BMF and the newly created Global Marina Institute. Both TYHA and the BMF look forward to working in partnership with Roberto and Assoarinas to encourage the take up of Gold Anchors and Marina Training in Italy.

Pontoon and Dock Company The Pontoon and Dock Company Ltd and Roodberg BV are pleased to announce that Pontoon and Dock will be representing Roodberg in the United Kingdom and Ireland to promote the whole range of Roodberg Boat Handling equipment. Roodberg is a world leader in the design and manufacture of Boat Movers, Slipway Hoists,Yacht Cranes and Boat Hoists and it is keen to ensure that customers in the U.K. and Ireland are well served. At a recent training course for agents throughout Europe, Dan Bryant, MD of Pontoon and Dock and Bas Hof, Roodberg International Sales Manager, signed a working agreement and shook hands on a new working relationship. Dan Bryant commented: We have been very impressed with Roodberg's manufacturing facilities and the quality of its products so we look forward to a very productive association with Roodberg"

Tingdene Marinas Tingdene Marinas Ltd. is pleased to announce that Allison Madden has been awarded the Certified Marina Manager (CMM) designation. The program is operated by the Global Marina Institute and is the only internationally recognised program for marina managers. Successful candidates must meet strict requirements on management experience and must have managed a marina for a minimum of five years. Allison manages two marinas (Walton Marina & Racecourse Marina Windsor) in the Tingdene portfolio of seven marinas. Tingdene Marinas Ltd is proud to continue its commitment to training quality staff to deliver quality service. Steve Arber, Tingdene Marinas Operations Director, commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Allison has demonstrated a professionalism and commitment to marina management which is reflected in the success she has achieved both in her career and in gaining the CMM award.â&#x20AC;? For more information visit www.tingdene-marinas.co.uk

Pictured: Bas Hof and Dan Bryant shaking hands on the agreement at the Roodberg Factory in The Netherlands

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Inland marinas

TOWN QUAY MARINA

as destinations…

Redevelopment plans unveiled…

With the economic downturn now making the inland mooring market very competitive - especially where there are a number of new marinas as there are on the Midland’s canals - it has become obvious that owners must look beyond mooring customers to increase revenue. This can only come from making a marina a ‘destination’ or wider attraction for the general public, a fact that has been obvious to coastal marina operators and developers for years; although England’s waterways may not have some of the attractions of the Mediterranean. The other logical benefit of this is to introduce new people to boating; a chandlery shop may be initially fascinating but is not enough to get the average visitor – particularly those with families – to make a return visit. How you do it must be carefully balanced as many existing moorers may just want a place to park their boat, to either conveniently load it up and go off cruising, or just not move and spend a quiet time aboard. As narrowboats have become increasingly more like floating luxury country cottages the latter is becoming ever more the

case and owners, having spent a lot of money to achieve this, don’t necessarily appreciate being in a public goldfish bowl situation. To be fair to a number of canal boatyards have long appreciated that they have to attract a wider public and there are two or three well-established boatyard cafes that I can thoroughly recommend to any visitor. But it has become more obvious over recent years as new purpose-built marinas have been developed that other revenues must be maximised immediately, and almost simultaneously with the excavation being flooded and the jetties installed you can be served a full meal. A good example is one of the newest and biggest, the 585-berth Mercia Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Willington, near Derby. Not only is it now the base for a number of other independent businesses, boat sales, boatbuilding, holiday hire and the latest purpose-built branch of Midland Chandlers, the waterways’ biggest chandlery suppliers, but from day one it had catering facilities for the general public. It is now constructing a village of

holiday lodges and there are major plans for two blocks of buildings housing restaurants, shops and offices. Eastward along this canal near Burton upon Trent is Barton Marina which has a promenade of development called The Waterfront, which is also the name of its pub / restaurant. There are two other restaurants, shops, an art gallery and a farm shop; the latter being particularly popular and has been copied by another new marina on the same waterway at Aston near Stone. There are other ambitious plans for the Barton site including a twin-screen cinema. So is this the way forward for inland marinas, to create what British Waterways and the tourist people call ‘honeypot’ sites? Until the economic climate in the inland boat industry picks up it is certainly the way to increase income from a waterside location, with the longterm benefit of bringing the general public to boating.

The Waterfront at Barton Marina.

Café, boats and lodges at Mercia Marina.

Main building with café and farm shop at Aston Marina.

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Words by: Harry Arnold

undreds of new visitors are expected to flock to the Southampton’s Town Quay Marina after

its revamp. The revitalised development is now open to all sailors who want to pop in for the night as well as those who take berths on an annual basis. Associated British Ports (ABP) bosses say this will attract sailors who want a few days away or even just a meal somewhere different. The building of a new reception, luxury shower facilities, a redesign of the pontoons for easier access and improvements to water and electricity supplies have already been carried out. The berths have also been split into different price categories from economy to diamond; some packages include special offers to entice visitors out to the city’s Harbour Lights Picture House and the Turner Sims Concert Hall. Town Quay manager Lex Bancroft said: " We are delighted to 're-launch' the marina - marking the end of the first of three phases of improvement works at Town Quay. Historically Town Quay offered economic marina berths with basic facilities in a great location close to the city centre.We are now able to offer the same city centre location, but with superb new facilities and an experienced marina management team whilst maintaining very competitive prices. With only 123 berths, our dedicated team are able to provide a personal service to our annual berth holders and welcome visitors in to the marina at any time day and night.

Particular care was taken in the design of the new shower and changing facilities incorporating requests from boat owners.We have even put hair straighteners and full length mirrors in the ladies changing rooms!” The revamped Town Quay Marina has attracted some celebrities and is currently the base for British powerboat champion Shelley Jory'. ABP are also in the final stages of an office lease agreement with the America’s Cup shore based team. Doug Morrison, Director Port of Southampton said “Associated British Ports are proud to own one of Southampton's historic waterside landmarks and to commit significant funding to enable key

improvements at the marina. At the end of 2009 I appointed Lex Bancroft as Town Quay Manager to take responsibility for delivering an ambitious program of changes and I am delighted by the progress she and the new marina team have made in raising the level of service we are able offer our customers.” The next two phases of the improvement works include a reconfiguration of the road and pedestrian approach improving the public realm with a wide pedestrian walkway and a refurbishment of the internal office areas. Bosses also plan to attract another restaurant at the front of the Quay and later to redevelop its two vacant units at the end.

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MAKING MOOR SENSE Tim Huggins, George James Software, developers for Clearwater Marina Management Software

espite the current economic woes, the demands on marinas remain as high as ever. During the summer periods, marinas can regularly operate at 110% capacity. For marinas like Haslar Marina in Portsmouth Harbour, the task of keeping track of names, addresses and boats during this period is no small undertaking for a marina with 700 berths. It’s a constant challenge to make sure the right boats are in the right berthing. And what if customers upgrade to larger boats, or downsize to smaller vessels? Then what if you have more than one marina? Customers naturally enough expect continuity and seamless service for billing and invoicing between sister marinas. Three business challenges stand out for marinas: maximising berthing revenue, keeping customers happy, and retaining customers within their family of marinas. Problems that technology can now address.

1. Maximising berthing revenue Making sense of data means pulling together all of the pertinent information about boats, berths and customers into one secure but easy to use place.When you have lined up the berths, the boats and the needs of the customer, you can provide exactly the right berth for them and you. Make that decision consistently and you directly address the fundamental business undertaking of getting the most revenue out of your marina.

2. Keeping customers happy It’s easy to assume that location is everything in the marina business.Yet the reality is that many boatowners will happily sacrifice the convenience of berthing at the nearest point if they are unhappy with the service they receive. Keeping customers happy means ensuring they don't miss out on preferred moorings or that they are confronted with inaccurate invoices. It also means understanding their needs, and this is where valuable data comes into play. Recording and sharing of information securely between marinas means having the ability to track visitors' personal preferences and target them with relevant offers.

3. Retaining customers When you know more about your customers as groups then you can develop new services and promotions specific to their needs. Knowing a sailor's preferred mooring, route and/or holidaying schedule all help to build targeted marketing campaigns. This kind of customer retention practice is common in almost every customer-facing industry – think loyalty cards in retail stores or Amazon's book recommendations. This approach creates new value for the business and ensures that you can differentiate yourself from your competitors. So technology can help you, but quite understandably many marinas don't have a dedicated on-site IT team. And why would you? That's where outsourcing your IT headaches come into play. This enables you to focus on what you do best, and you don't need lots of complicated computer kit to make this a reality either. The demands made in the modern, interconnected era means customer expectations have risen exponentially. The marinas best equipped to ride out the recession are those who beat the mooring blues by making smart technology choices now. For more information, visit: www.clearwatermms.com

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Robins Creek Marina

Town Quay Marina Redevelopment

ew Sailors would dispute that there is a huge shortfall in yachting facilities on the lower Thames, there are no sheltered berths, no safe walk on walk off moorings, and no welcoming destinations leaving a very poorly served Thames yachting community and a very poor visitor experience indeed. However on the positive side what this does mean when plugging this shortfall in facilities there is a huge opportunity for investment with the potential to tap into a whole new market and create some exciting new destinations.. Robins Creek Harbour, Northfleet, Kent is an ideal location for what could be a very attractive and popular marina. It is less than 5 minutes from Ebbsfleet International Railway Station with trains 17 minutes to Kings Cross St Pancras and London's West End and Theatre Land is only 35 minutes away. Ebbsfleet to Paris is only 2 hours away and for the complete shopping experience Europe's biggest shopping centre Bluewater is just 10 minutes away. Road links are excellent, just five minutes drive from the A2 and M25. As a marina it would be accessible at almost all states of the tide and could potentially be accessible at all states of the tide depending on the design of the lock gates needed. The midway location on the Thames would allow sailors to either leave on the low tide to go to London on the flood or leave at high water to leave the Thames on the ebb. Robins Creek’s history as a harbour dates back to the Roman times with upstream on the River Fleet (AKA Ebbsfleet River) a complex of Roman Villas, Temples, Graveyards and Dwellings being excavated as part of the Ebbsfleet International Railway works, also excavated was Saxon dwellings boasting an intact water turbine. Downstream in the mouth of the Creek

Environmental Improvements Following an impressive redevelopment, Southampton’s Town Quay Marina was recently re-launched on 25 March. The owners, Associated British Ports, felt that the 142 berth marina was not reaching its full potential and it was time to update the facilities to meet customer expectations. A dredge was also required as the marina was no longer accessible at all states of the tide for all boats.

there is a tidal water mill dating back to the 18th Century with mill pond,millrace and sluices still intact. This was a wealth of industry from foundries creating armaments for the Crimean War which is still in operation today (albeit with more mundane items), boat building and the world’s earliest cement exports. The attached photo with the lone sailor shows how the historic harbour declined with the cement industry and was totally forgotten with it being hidden from view behind the factory. Today this forgotten harbour could see a renaissance as the whole area is ear marked for mixed use regeneration and marina set amidst an attractive new development could very quickly become a major yachting destination. For more information, visit: www.robinscreekmarina.com Words by: Conrad Broadley

Town Quay Marina Manager, Lex Bancroft, wanted to make the re-development as sustainable as possible. Building on the marina’s existing good practices, such as providing recycling facilities, environmental considerations remained a very important part of the project from start to finish. Here are just a couple of the initiatives that Lex undertook during the works to improve Town Quay Marina’s environmental performance as well as saving money!

The Heat Exchange System The newly installed heat exchange system recovers heat that would otherwise be lost as a result of ventilating the shower block.Warm air is extracted from the shower/changing rooms and passes over a plate heat exchanger where it is used to heat the incoming air, thereby reducing heating costs. It is too soon to tell how well the system is working or what the costs savings will be, however, it is expected that over 50% of the heat that would otherwise be lost is reclaimed. The volume of air extraction is automatically regulated by means of a PIR (Passive Infrared Sensor) and timer control so that only background ventilation is provided when the facilities are unoccupied. 18 Fore & aFt J u n e 2 0 1 1

The Water Audit Concerned at the amount of water that the marina was using and the possibility of water leaks, Lex commissioned Water Audit Services to investigate the site and find out if there were any potential savings to be made. The audit revealed that the marina was paying a fixed charge for a 100mm water meter but only needed a 40mm meter as peak flows were not great enough to warrant the larger meter. Southern Water changed the meter free of charge, saving the marina approximately £3k per year in fixed charges. Some large leaks were also identified in the marina water supply. Approximately 5000m3 was being wasted annually, equating to approximate £13kper annum.The leaks were fixed when the new water system was installed as part of the Marina improvement works. The total savings highlighted by Water Audit Services (WAS) were approximately £15k per annum. There was no cost for the audit to be carried out and no obligation to complete the recommendations from the report provided. However WAS took a proportion of the first years savings as their fee.

Recognition Town Quay Marina has also introduced a number of other initiatives such as: motion activated lighting in the marina facilities and reception which also takes into account the level of natural light in the area and adjusts its output accordingly, daily litter picks to remove rubbish brought in on the tide, increasing recycling statistics from 7% in 2010 to over 60% and using double flush toilets systems to save water. Following the redevelopment the Marina was presented with the Marine Toolkit Certificate by The Green Blue for all of the environmental improvements made to date, for completing the Marine Toolkit and committing to continual environmental improvements. Lex said “It is our policy to manage Town Quay Marina in a way which has due regards for sustainable development both for our business and for the environment.We were delighted to take the opportunity to upgrade to more environmentally sensitive systems and take part in initiatives that reduce our impact on the environment.”

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Shepperton Marina’s New West Lake Moorings…

The official opening took place on Thursday 24th February conducted by Group Chairman, Mr Brian Folley. Shepperton is set in a series of mature lakes bordered by grassy banks and established woodland. One such area is the Wet Lake and it is here that, for the first time, many brand new moorings have been installed. These fully-serviced pontoons can accommodate a wide variety of craft from motorboats large and small, to Dutch barges and narrowboats. Operators, Shepperton Marina Limited, has been encouraged to provide additional moorings on the Thames for a variety of reasons:• Increased customer demand • Larger average size of private boats • Boats coming inland from more expensive coastal facilities

CLEANING UP THE WATERS With the 2011 boating season upon us we find that other countries are moving ahead of the UK when it comes to cleaning up their waters and their leisure boating.

weden is the latest country to pass legislation that prevents the discharge of toilet waste from leisure vessels of all sizes. To quote from the Swedish Transport agency notice: ”based upon the unsuccessful attempts made to reduce voluntary discharge of sewage from pleasure craft more effective methods are now needed in order to a change in attitude in society” It is however, good to see that The Yacht Harbour Association have taken the initiative and made installation of a pump out system a requirement for meeting their Gold Anchor Scheme criteria. This not only greatly assists in guaranteeing a cleaner marina; it also encourages provision of an additional facility that can make a marina more attractive to 20 Fore & aFt J u n e 2 0 1 1

prospective bertholders. In the UK we have always faced a chicken and egg scenario: the boat owners will not fit or use a holding tank, and the marina operator will not install a pump out machine believing no one will use it. I personally feel, and have campaigned on this subject, that if the UK’s boat owners and marina operators took the lead and introduced a code of practice for the non-disposal of waste in marinas and inshore waters, it would fend off inevitable prescriptive legislation that can ultimately be costly and sometimes unworkable. Any marina operator who is considering installing a pump out machine on their site should consider this as a long term facility and when choosing the

Until now, Shepperton Marina had a capacity for 250 moorings in two basins and for the last few years this popular marina has now been virtually full, thus when news of the West Lake plans became known, a waiting list soon developed. Now the provision of up to 205 new berths in this most scenic new basin, will allow Shepperton Marina to offer owners a greater choice to moor craft of all types and sizes.

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supplier/installer they should make sure of several things: • Set a performance specification. • Is the machine they are looking at fit for purpose • Is the company that will carry out the installation, competent and have the right references Ultimately we at Lee Sanitation would be delighted to design, manufacture and install your pump out system. We are however; equally keen to ensure that what you do eventually purchase is right for you and your customers. Therefore, please don’t hesitate to involve us at any stage of your project. Words by Gary Sutcliffe Lee Sanitation

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Plymouth Yacht Haven Marina takes Customer Service to a New Level

lymouth Yacht Haven has launched a new series of completely free services, designed to help ensure their berth holders get the maximum enjoyment from their boat and their time spent at the marina. Everyone signing up for an annual berth at Plymouth Yacht Haven can benefit from the following services, completely free of charge:

• Free berthing consultation An appointment with one of the marina’s experienced Havenmasters to discuss optimum use of warps and fenders for your own boat at her own Yacht Haven berth.

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• Marina boat handling

• Plymouth Yacht Haven

An hour’s free guidance on manoeuvring on and off your own Yacht Haven berth with a qualified staff member at hand.

(www.yachthavens.com) offers sheltered deep-water marina berthing for 450 vessels. The marina offers the best of both worlds, nestled in a peaceful bay against the backdrop of Turnchapel village and the Devon hills, and yet just a stone’s throw from all the facilities of Plymouth. Enjoy the perfect cruising waters of Plymouth Sound and the Tamar River, and the spectacular coastline of south Devon and Cornwall. Plymouth has great transport links and is easy to reach by road (Bristol 2h, Birmingham 3.5h), direct train (London 3h), or air (Plymouth Airport).

• Putting Safety First Organise a free RNLI Sea Safety Check through the marina office, and meet up with a trained RNLI volunteer to look at the safety aspect on board your own boat. Plymouth Yacht Haven Marina Manager, Laura Whinney, comments: “We are delighted that these new services are proving so popular. We hope that they will ensure that all our berth holders feel really at home with us, with the confidence to know that their boat is berthed safely and securely, to feel relaxed about manoeuvring on and off their berth in a variety of conditions, and to enjoy exploring the beautiful coastline that Devon & Cornwall has to offer.”

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Making a Splash into Inshore Marinas GJP Marina Developments has sold its two premium marinas Great Haywood and Tattenhall to Lakeland Leisure Estates Ltd.

British Waterways Board v Paul Davies British Waterways welcomes today’s (31/3/11) Judgment made in Bristol County Court in which His Honour Deputy Judge O’Malley said he favoured BW’s interpretation of Section 17 of the British Waterways Act 1995 (relating to Continuous Cruising). In doing so, the Learned Judge found that the Defendant, Mr Davies (who lives on his boat), had not complied with the requirements of the 1995 Act and that British Waterways was justified in bringing the legal proceedings against him. Mr Davies has kept his boat on the Kennet & Avon Canal in the Bradford upon Avon area and declined to respond to BW’s repeated warnings that his boat movement was not sufficient to meet the licensing requirements. These state that to qualify for a BW boat licence, a boat must have a home mooring – somewhere where it may lawfully be kept when not being used for cruising. An exception is made for boats which ‘bona fide’ navigate throughout the period of the licence. Because Mr Davies did not move sufficiently or agree to comply with its other terms and conditions, BW refused his application to license his boat. And, because the boat is Mr Davies’ home, BW followed its usual procedure of asking the Court to decide on this case. There was little or no dispute as to the extent of Mr Davies’ boat movements. Central to the issue considered by the court was the meaning of the term ‘bona fide navigation’. The Judge noted that Mr Davies’ purpose in keeping the boat on the short stretch of canal between Bath and Bradford upon Avon was so that his home was within convenient distance of his place of work and his social circle, and that his purpose in moving the boat was to attempt to escape the requirement to have a permanent 24 Fore & aFt J u n e 2 0 1 1

mooring. The Judge said: “What is clear to me is that the defendant who is clearly living on the boat cannot successfully claim that he is using it ‘bona fide for navigation’ by moving it every so often up and down a short stretch of canal.” This is the first time the legal requirements for continuous cruising have been tested before the Courts and the Judgment included helpful comments which has enabled BW to refine its Mooring Guidance. The Judge’s decision is that Mr Davies now has three months (30 June 2011) to remove his boat from British Waterways’ canals and rivers. The Judge concluded by saying: “BW behaved in an exemplary fashion throughout.” Sally Ash, Head of Boating at British Waterways, comments: “Today’s decision is a great help in bringing greater clarity to a subject which has caused much debate and difficulty within the waterways community. We very much welcome continuous cruising on our canals and rivers and are, as a result of the Learned Judge’s findings, refining our Mooring Guidance. The refined Guidance which is based on professional legal advice, including from Leading Counsel, will be published on our website and we will shortly be inviting representatives of national boating user groups to discuss these.”

The Judgment along with the revised mooring guidance will be published at: www.britishwaterways.co.uk/bristol_cc_ruling and on www.tyha.co.uk in due course

he 200 berth Great Haywood Marina was completed in 2007 and Tattenhall Marina opened in 2009 with 300 berths. Both marinas were developed and operated by the hugely experienced GJP team. GJP have obtained planning consent, designed and built several marinas on behalf of clients, and plan to continue to provide this service. Jeff Mason of GJP said “We are pleased with the acquisition of the marinas by Lakeland Leisure. GJP Marina Developments Ltd will continue to create top quality marinas and water related

developments for our clients.” Lakeland Leisure Estates Ltd is the company of Phill and Carol Morgan who successfully sold a Caravan park business in 2007. The company has been very active in the last year acquiring the 285 berth Saul Marina on the

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and a large holiday and residential caravan park in the North Yorkshire Dales National Park. Phill Morgan of Lakeland Leisure Estates commented “We are pleased to have acquired the assets of GJP which further strengthen our portfolio of inland marinas”. Colin Crosthwaite of Strutt & Parker said “With the sale of these two marinas we have now completed 4 marina deals in less than 12 months and have others in the pipeline, confirming our position as the leading agent in the marina sector”.

Great Haywood Marina

Tattenhall Marina

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Dredging & Marine Works

arina Projects Ltd provides a free 1 hour environmental advice service for TYHA members which can be accessed via the Consent Hotline for Dredging & Marine Works on the BMF website at www.britishmarine.co.uk/what_we _do/environment_and_boating_fa c/dredging_consent_hotline.aspx. Members can login to the BMF website and get access to a reference number which when quoted provides members with an hour’s free advice from Marina Projects Ltd Environmental Manager. This service is considered to be invaluable in light of the new Marine Licensing system that came into force on 6th April, replacing the FEPA and CPA systems and regulated by the new Marine Management Organisation (MMO). Marina Projects aims to provide advice to members on the

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environmental legislation and consents that may have implications for specific activities (such as capital and maintenance dredging, expanding marina pontoon facilities, etc). The initial advice will outline the procedures to follow in order to comply with the relevant environmental legislation and acquire the necessary licences; the consultation procedure; and the new fee structure. In summary Marina Projects Ltd are able to provide advice on the following: • Construction and demolition licences. • Maintenance dredging and disposal licences including: • complying with the new Water Framework Directive (WFD) guidance (screening process); and • the benefits of a maintenance

dredging protocol baseline document with the new license fee structure. • Capital dredging and disposal licences including: • complying with the new WFD guidance (scoping and impact assessment process). • An outline of environmental designations and the potential requirement for undertaking environmental assessments such as: • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); and • Habitats Regulation Assessments (HRA).

If you are interested in finding out more please refer to the BMF website or contact Danielle Smith at Marina Projects Ltd daniellesmith@marinaprojects.com or via www.marinaprojects.com

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JAMES WATT DOCK MARINA – GREENOCK The development at James Watt Dock is moving ahead and the new marina opened in May.

nevitably with a project of this size and complexity, there was some slippage and the scheme did not make an April opening. However contractors started on the new £1.5m Public Realm works, which includes some impressive landscaping and tidying up of the Sugar Shed building in readiness for the marina’s temporary offices and the Tall Ships. The pontoon contract has been awarded and work stared on site in early March. The marina and public realm works will be commissioned and opened by the beginning of June this year and a new road and main entrance are now on-line making for easy access to the site. The marina has the latest and best pontoons with grp hi-grip surfaces, the latest bollards, background lighting and the latest in linked security cameras with red wall movement detection. The main customer parking will be gate access controlled and extremely convenient for berthers. For RIBS and small power craft the good news is that the operators will have installed both petrol and diesel fuel supplies and also have a mobile pump out for those with holding tanks.Whilst the toilets will at first be in temporary buildings, a laundry as well as toilets and showers will be available on site from the outset. Once the marina team is settled in on the site and after the Tall Ships event, they will be offering under cover storage and dry sailing packages in the Victorian Sugar Shed warehouse (unfortunately this will be limited to boats under 30/33’ or so as the building is Grade 1 listed and the doors slightly restrictive). 28 Fore & aFt J u n e 2 0 1 1

The staff will also be arranging servicing facilities for marina based boats with the best contractors on the Clyde. The Point Table Table Restaurant and Bar at Garvel Point will be a great asset to the site being only a short walk from the marina. The Marina are organising some introductory customer discounts for their clients. Marina customers and clients can be sure of a great

welcome by general manager Graham Kelly and his team. The view from this bar is fantastic, the beer garden looks right over the entrance to the marina and there are even landing steps to access the facility by dinghy. The coastal pathway along the waterside is a great way to reach the facilities in nearby Greenock, be that by bike or foot. The swimming pool, ice rink, gym and cinema are really convenient and of course the shops and restaurants are nearby too. For supplies there are two large supermarkets within 5 minutes drive. For those wishing to move their boats to James Watt Dock Marina

the marina management will be offering some special deals to offset their delayed opening, and of course they’ll be looking forward to welcoming visitors from the end of May. Sailing Clubs and Boating Clubs that would like to hold a muster or rally at James Watt Dock should give the marina a call and they’ll be happy to talk about special rates and to organise booking a dedicated room at the nearby restaurant. In order to ensure a full service to their customers the marina directors are happy to announce that they have formalised a deal with Sunbird International Yacht Sales (Clyde Marina) to represent them in boat sales and brokerage in the northern Clyde. The management are also actively looking for sales agencies for selected RIBS and small motorboats and hope to add them to their sales activities later this year. Martin Latimer, the MD of Blue Sea Marinas Ltd, the marina management contractors for James Watt Dock, is excited at the prospect of welcoming the first customers to this superb new facility and believes that it will be both a welcome addition to the Clyde sailing scene and a great boost to the regeneration of Greenock’s historic waterfront. For more information contact: Martin Latimer Blue Sea Marinas Ltd Tel: 01505 500064 Mob: 07710611117 martin.latimer@csmscotland.co.uk

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TYHA Summer Visit JULY 12th 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm

Check in at The Venue. Full advantage can be taken of their Spa facilities for those who wish to arrive early. Meet in lounge bar to await taxi transfer Pimms on arrival at The Boat that Rocks Dinner served with wine Talk given by Peter Allam of LOCOG, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games

Booking form If you would like to join us, please complete the form below, sign Terms & Conditions overleaf and return to Libby Gordon @lgordon@britishmarine.co.uk or to Marine House, Thorpe Lea Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 8BF. Name(s): Company: Email:

JULY 13th 9.30

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After breakfast, make your own way down to the RYA, Portland House, where there is ample parking spaces. RYA, Portland House. An update from Simon Williams, newly appointed Director of local operations for the 2012 Olympic Games, on how the area is preparing to host the sailing event for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games We will then split into groups and visit • Tour of the RYA Olympic Facilities given by Peter Aitken, Manager of Portland House • Sunseeker Factory • National Sailing Academy • Dean & Reddyhoff Portland Marina Lunch at the Boat that Rocks Presentation by Yvonne Green of The Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis Meet with Designer, Mark Anders of the Chameleon Rib Boat trip on My Girl, the boat that went to war. Tour of Weymouth harbour, taking in how the waters will host the Olympic sailing events. Peter Mole, the Harbour Master will give a presentation at on the Pavillion sundeck on the challenges being faced on running a municipal marina and pulling together the berthing plan for 2012. Tea and Apple Dorset Cake will be served Taxis back to Portland House

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Gold Anchor Award Scheme Re-launch Gold Anchor Award Scheme to improve customer service and facilities on offer to boat owners at marinas and harbours

Participating marinas promoted 150,000 boat owners throughout Europe and the Middle East

Boat owners are set to enjoy an improvement in customer services and facilities on offer at marinas and harbours with the re-launch of the Gold Anchor Award scheme.

Julian Goldie, TYHA Chairman, added: “In our review we have recognised that the boat owner is the most important person to help us raise industry standards. It is important to highlight those marinas that offer a basic but suitable service and so we have introduced the 1 and 2 Gold Anchor ratings in the new scheme. There is a market for basic facilities and services and this rating will help the boat owner choose from a full range of different standards. We have worked hard to ensure the scheme is as credible as possible and so the criteria is mostly objective with a mystery shopping organisation contributing to the rating based on what a customer will actually encounter when they arrive on site.”

Operated by The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA), the voluntary assessment scheme assists boat owners in locating suitable berthing options with identifiable standards of quality and service. It also aids participating marinas to improve their service and to operate to higher standards through benchmarking themselves against measurable criteria. The scheme, which previously awarded three to five gold anchors, has been extended to now include one and two gold anchor awards. Any award issued is a sign of service and quality, with the number of anchors directly relating to facilities available to berth holders. The introduction of one gold anchor sets out the basic requirements for a marina; the entry requirements are also that of TYHA membership in the aim of providing all TYHA members with a start in the Gold Anchor Award scheme. Following a self assessment successful marinas will benefit from the associated promotion and recognition as having achieved the agreed levels of customer service and the essential facilities.

Marinas with two to five gold anchors will have undergone a vigorous three stage assessment process which includes a site assessment, a mystery shop and a questionnaire distributed to berth holders. Marinas will receive a comprehensive independent review of their facility and constructive feedback on any deficiencies along with recommendations; a key development is that marinas will have one month to address any deficiencies to try and raise its standard. The fee to take part in the scheme depends on the marina size and type of assessment. Prices range from £300 to £1300 and this will give the marina a three year subscription to the scheme during which time two further mystery shopping visits will be conducted. Rob Stevens, Chief Executive of the British Marine Federation, said: “The redesigned Gold Anchor Award scheme is a great step forward in ultimately setting standards in the industry and encouraging members to achieve them. Berth holders can now enjoy quality assured berthing much more easily by simply looking at a marina’s rating, knowing that the marina has been through a thorough assessment to gain the award. I urge as many marinas as possible to sign up to the scheme.”

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Alongside the re-launch, a new website www.which-marina.com will be launched; this will incorporate Berthsearch which presents all members on a mapping facility, showing at a glance which marinas have been rated along with detailing their facilities and if they have any vacant berths. Boat owners will also be able to see a marina’s rating through the Reeds Almanac marina guide and in RYA publications. The new scheme is endorsed by the RYA and includes the RYA ‘berth holders charter’ with partnerships established with the Italian, French and Australian Marina Trade Associations to operate the scheme on a truely international platform.

Additional Benefits… • Reeds Nautical Almanac listing • Press release to the industry media • Inclusion in the RYA members magazine and website • Annual investment in marketing and partnerships Boating publications • A range of free marketing materials to participating marinas • 4 & 5 Gold Anchor facilities receive the ICOMIA Clean Marina Award

The official scheme re-launch was at the UK and Europe Marinas Conference in Southampton on 10 - 25 May 2011.

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THE BUZZ Do you remember your first time? The first time you made it up that little creek or lost sight of land to the make a real landfall: the planning, the trepidation, the angst, followed by the buzz of achieving it.

t’s the buzz, those little adrenaline highs; mooring in that tight space, beating a similar boat or reaching a new port; that are one of the main reasons boat owners get into the sport. It’s also one of reasons they stay in the sport and actively use their boats. Familiarity lessens the buzz. ‘Been there before’, makes pilotage into a port easier, but dulls the enjoyment. Time and ease are great reasons to cruise familiar waters but unless cruising is sprinkled with new adventures; boating gets boring, samey and results in boats used less frequently. In order to get owners using their boats more, rekindling their buzz, helps. Quite often a skipper reaches their or their partners comfort zone, then work within it. The limit of their comfort zone maybe linked to: a scare when boat handling and they now only move the boat in certain wind strengths, or they do not feel confident with a new boat. Maybe they have ‘done’ the ports in the area, but lack confidence to go across a tidal gate, crawl up a shallow river or take on a longer passage down the coast or overseas. To increase someone’s comfort zone takes training and experience to make them feel confident and competent; maybe yacht harbours and marina operators can help make this possible. The RYA noticed many owners were nervous about going out of sight of land and crossing the channel for the first time. They now organise Sail and Motor cruises to

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provide a hand holding exercise and training for the participants first time across. Carol Paddison, RYA Cruising Officer, commented: “The RYA Sail Cruise is a fun and sociable way to cross the channel for the first time. The knowledge that 19 other boats will be taking the same route at the same time can make the thought of being out of sight of land less daunting”. But you don’t need to be the RYA to organise this; an RYA Training Centre actually supplies the instructor and the training. Just put the idea to a group of cruisers or a club within the harbour and with luck, a few posters and a meeting, nature will take its course. Similar projects are run on boat handling techniques or man overboard recovery over a day or weekend; often made into an event.

Instead of one boat hiring an instructor for the day, an instructor is shared between a few boats; allowing everyone to get some oneon-one training, but at a fraction of the cost. Trevor Barnes (Manager) and Jon Humby (Assistant Manager) from MDL’s Woolverstone Marina, now have a season long schedule of activities following discussion with Robbie Bell, RYA Development Officer. The first event was a two hour briefing to 25 berth holders by Martin Hubbard, a local RYA Instructor, giving navigational advice and tips to support a planned 50 mile trip to the MDL Marina in Chatham. Martin added, “Cutting through the banks of the Thames Estuary is daunting for the first timer; the wreck of the US explosives ship, ‘The Richard Montgomery’, guarding the entrance to the Medway keeps the pressure up... But a little time chatting through the safe short cuts and pilotage techniques put the passage into perspective”. If you’d like to organise something for your marina, there are local RYA Development Officers covering the UK offering free advice to chat through what is possible. Their remit is to increase people using boats, probably a similar interest shared throughout the industry. Written by: Simon Jinks - SeaRegs LLP www.searegs.co.uk Contacts: Guy Malpas - RYA Yachting Development Officer guy.malpas@rya.org.uk - www.rya.org.uk

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Modern Marinas V’s Motorway Service Station!

hen I first became involved in the marina industry in the early 80’s, there were far less marinas than there are today and they were considered a new ‘convenience’ to boat ownership. Back in those pioneering days I was frequently asked to describe this new ‘convenience’ we now commonly accept and looking back it is probably fair to say that marinas have on occasions been compared to motorway service stations! In the early years one would only visit a motorway service station to top up your fuel tank or to buy a coffee if you dared. You might use the shabby facilities if you were desperate! Food was certainly never an option! Over the intervening 30 years marinas have sprung up all around the coast of the UK as have motorway service stations around our motorway network. In my analogy both marinas and motorway services have been accepted and improved both in terms of service and facilities – or have they!? My question to you and your readers is: Today which score higher in terms of customer service, facilities and value for money - the modern day marina or the modern day motorway service station? Dan McKiernan and I spend a good deal of time driving up and down the M6 to our great marina in Whitehaven, Cumbria (it really is the best kept secret

in the North West). We know every single service station on route, and having tried them all, we now always stop at the same ones. Why is that? And is our ‘passage planning’ up and down the motorway network any different from our boating counterparts planning their next coastal hop around the UK? The key features of where we choose to stop are- an M&S food shop with a smiling person behind the till, very important! Here we have a known brand and a reassurance of quality- but at a price – a price I might add that we willingly accept. The chosen stations are also location led, although this is a lesser consideration and we would gladly continue on a further 30/40 miles to reach our M&S Food Hall with an assurance of service and facilities. A strategically placed “posh new service station” with no M&S and grumpy staff gets the thumps down from us! Sounds like the same reasons that yachtsmen might stop over at a marina. So I think my analogy of marinas and service stations stills stands good, what do you think? Without doubt marinas have come a long way in the last 30 years and standards of service and facilities have increased massively along with the price. How do you think as an industry we compare? To finish with – if you are ever in Cumbria region, Whitehaven Marina is worth a visit - way better than any motorway service station!

By Mark Bowden - Responses welcome! - Send to LGordon@britishmarine.co.uk

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New Harbour Centre at Suffolk Yacht Harbour A new building bustling with excting innovations, features and facilities for berth holders

pened on Easter Saturday by Griff Rhys Jones, our new Harbour Centre has provided a bespoke solution to a number of space and suitability issues.Visually, the new building is characterised by the individual architectural style favoured by our architects, Wincer Kievenaar, already in evidence on other recent new builds here - like the Harbour Room hospitality suite and East Anglian Sailing Trust’s new waterside headquarters. The relatively unstable nature of the ground called for a steel framed building supported on pile foundations which has been generously clad in untreated Siberian larch. This attractive finish incorporates ‘solar finning’ horizontally mounted rows of thin planks which create shading within the large areas of glass - like fixed venetian blinds - keeping the interior cool in summer and warm in winter. The new building is enhanced by very high levels of insulation and double glazing. In conjunction with an interesting array of gables, balconies and sweeping external staircases, the building has achieved a strikingly modern appearance, perfectly in tune with its marine surroundings. When viewed back from the river, the upbeat architecture is visually exciting, set against the wooded hillside and soft Suffolk landscape. The Harbour Centre has been designed to be ‘future proof’ with 9,000 sq ft of floor space over three floors. We are currently using 6,000 sq ft and the remainder forms three new high quality office suites, to be let, in the short term, to interested organisations. The ramped ground level has an impressive new

entrance foyer leading to the fully stocked chandlery, disabled facilities, harbour offices, boatyard and workshop stores. A sweeping new stainless steel and oak staircase leads up to the administrative and accounts departments, harbour office, meeting and boardrooms with delightful outside decked and balcony areas, providing stunning views over the marina and River Orwell. Internally, this new building is bristling with exciting innovations and technical features that reflect the aspirations of this very advanced development. Meeting rooms and offices are all CAT5 cabled to ensure the easy installation of modern communication, computer, video and high technology systems. A revolutionary Eco under-floor heating and hot water system uses raw seawater drawn directly from the harbour. This passes through multiple filters, heat exchangers and a source pump system to provide piping hot water at virtually no cost. This free resource also fuels a very sophisticated, completely invisible, under-floor central heating system. This is the first UK marina to incorporate this advanced technology and has guaranteed that the Harbour Centre is virtually carbon neutral.

Background Suffolk Yacht Harbour started life in the 1960s when a group of sailing enthusiasts transformed an area of flooded marshland into a small harbour for 70 yachts. Today it is the East Coast’s most successful marina with outstanding facilities for 550 boats.

More information from: Jonathan Dyke, Managing Director Suffolk Yacht Harbour Ltd - tel: 01473 659465 - jonathan@syharbour.co.uk - www.syharbour.co.uk

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Final pieces of jigsaw are put in place at new luxury marina

arpaz Gate Marina Ltd, the new luxury marina based in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), has filled the key management position of Harbour Master ahead of the marina’s completion and soft-launch on May 2011. The new recruit, Captain Deniz Akaltan, will officially take responsibility for the management of the marina from May although he has been working with the SeaAlliance Group – the marina management team prior to this. Captain Akaltan, 34, joins the Karpaz Gate Marina team with a

wealth of relevant marina management experience and related industry expertise. He is highly proficient in English as well as his native Turkish, and was previously Harbour Master of Atakoy Marina, a leading marina in Turkey, where he was involved in all aspects of marina management. In addition he has more than eight years of experience as a Harbour Manager while working at a marina yacht club, during which time he organised international yacht races and rallys including the International Black Sea Yacht

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Natchez on the waterfront… Decking - how to walk on water

ne does not have to be biblical to desire the best approach to walking on or at least over the water. In fact the walking surfaces of fixed piers and floating docks are among the most visible as well as important functional portions of a marina. And there are all sorts of options these days - from the traditional southern yellow pine to more exotic woods, composites, plastics, aluminum or other metals, concrete, and I'm sure there are others. So what is the best material? In truth, it depends on any number of factors, including climate, exposure to storms, the functionality desired and the supplier/manufacturer.

VARIOUS WOODS: Probably the least expensive decking in the short term is the traditional southern yellow pine or Douglas-fir. These materials are strong, easily handled, easily assembled, and can take reasonable loading.They can survive with little damage from extreme temperatures.Their biggest drawback is that they tend to check, split and splinter over time and in continuously damp environments

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(like a marina) are subject to rot, even when pressure treated (which the pine, in particular, most always is). After the first 3 to 5 years their maintenance requirements tend to go up geometrically, though repairs are usually relatively cheap.

METALS: Aluminum decking seems to be more popular for an individual, lightweight lake float for a residential house (and of course for gangways). They are relatively light and easily moved out of the lake for the off season.They usually are not built with a frame that can sustain significant loading – though of course there are exceptions. Steel decking seems to be disappearing and steel floats are being covered with different decking materials (usually wood or composite). Costs, treatments for durability and prevention of rusting, etc., as well as costly attachment issues are some of the more apparent reasons for the diminishing use of steel.

CONCRETE: Concrete has become more popular in the last couple of decades.Yes,

concrete can float... if built correctly. It is hard, much cooler than other materials in very hot temperatures and generally has a long functional life. Concrete decking can come as decking in panels or integrated into the float. Concrete floats tend to be more expensive and heavier than most other floats.Well built, you may not even realize you are walking on a floating dock.

PLASTIC/COMPOSITES/ RECYCLED: There are so many plastic, recycled and composite materials that it is hard to keep track of them, and new ones keep coming out every month. There are virgin plastics, recycled plastics, and the composites of both virgin and/or recycled plastics along with any number of potential additives from sawdust to rice hulls, wood flour, glass, fiberglass or metal. A popular one is made from recycled milk cartons (talk about being “green”). The advertised advantages are that they are supposed to have an indefinite life and no annual maintenance. In truth there are some that actually measure up, but many that buyers should be wary of.The downside is that they are normally weaker than most other materials and require tighter spacing for stringers or supports. Many manufactures suggest that their material works with 24 in spacing for stringers. Our experience is that stringer spacing of greater than 16 to 18 inches on center is a big mistake, and in hot temperatures and/or for heavier uses this may need to be further narrowed, or the boards will sag or deform. Composites usually have a greater expansion factor than other decking materials A number of the composites have had problems with mold, mildew

and overall staining, not quite living up to the maintenance free claims (this is typically due to their wood content). Some of the composites and some of the PVC based plastics have been noted for their issues with static electricity. Boards made of HDPE plastic (same as in milk jugs and supermarket bags) seem to avoid this problem but are typically subject to much greater issues with thermal expansion. Most manufacturers have dealt with slipperiness, but make sure that whatever product you are looking at meets your local code requirements on this front. On the “green” front many of these items are tough to honestly score.The PVC based products tend to score the lowest as there are increasing questions about the use of PVC (due to toxicity), it is new material and it is not typically recyclable. Most of the composites do make use of various waste materials and some measure of

recycled plastics, but they are not recyclable themselves (in most cases due to their composite nature – there’s no current way to separate their ingredients).The HDPE plastics can score fairly well when made from largely recycled material, and if they are just plastic they can be recycled themselves. We have been recommending the use of some composite materials for over eight years and have been very pleased with their results. However, we recommend that the stringers be a maximum of 16 inches on center, that the composite materials be a minimum of 1 ¼ inches (and many times thicker), and the boards be screwed into pre-drilled holes into the frame.

RECOMMENDATIONS: The bottom line is to be wary of any materials that are not proven. Google the product and supplier you’re looking at with the word “problems” added.Talk to others who have

installed the material, and carefully read the warranty offered as many contain conditions that are very hard to live up to and many void the warranty for use in marina or wet conditions. Take a holistic view of the installation, the functionality, the look, and the costs. I believe that longevity and user friendliness with little to no maintenance is much more meaningful than shorter term perspectives. And with whatever decking choice you make, ensure that the float system is heavy enough to withstand the desired use as well as the weather and storm exposure. No decking will ultimately be much good without something well built holding it up. I welcome hearing about your experiences - the good, the bad and the ugly. Written by: Daniel Natchez

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Marina de Lagos Creates Sailing Academy

arina de Lagos is finishing the set up of the Marina de Lagos Sailing Academy which started operating in February. With this new service, Marina de Lagos broadens the scope of nautical services it offers by creating a structure that will become a reference for the training and practice of sailing teams both nationally and internationally. The Marina de Lagos Sailing Academy will be manned by the local company Just Discover, specialising in the promotion and development of nautical activities, and focused on the sports and leisure sailing. Marina de Lagos Sailing Academy’s activity will be based on the development of training, practice and competition programmes, in fleet and match

racing, and also corporate events and local school sport. The Marina de Lagos Sailing Academy will operate a fleet of 8 boats (four Cork 1720, two V1 Lutra 30, one Capelli Tempest 690 rib (150 hp) and one Vailant 750 rib (250 hp)). This fleet will be completed by sailing yachts and updated and renewed when necessary to ensure the high standards of quality Marina de Lagos has accustomed its clients to. The Marina de Lagos Sailing Academy will promote the sailing sport in the Algarve and specifically in Lagos, aiming to increase and improve the interaction with the public on the events it will organize. Marina de Lagos’ guests will also enjoy special conditions for the use and rental of academy’s boats, for the hiring of instructors or

skippers for sea trials. Marina de Lagos’ visitors come from all around the world, with 2.000 boats from 30 different nationalities annually. This clearly expresses the preference of our clients and the importance of our commitment towards seeking and maintaining quality throughout the years, also demonstrated by the awards the Marina has received such as the Euromarina Anchor Award, the Blue Flag, the The Yacht Harbour Association’s 5 Gold Anchors, and recently IMCI’s 5 Blue Stars.

Contact details for the Marina de Lagos Sailing Academy Tel: (+351) 282 792 681 · Fax: (+351) 282 792 682 · e-mail: info@southwestcharters.com

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The link between East and West

“DENTUR has proven to be a valuable enefiting from four member for us,” says ICOMIA’s surrounding seas, an Secretary General Tony Rice. ancient boat building “The quality and technical expertise tradition and strategic Turkish companies employ are geographical positioning in both widely admired with many achieving Europe and Asia, the future for the broad industry brand recognition. boating industry in Turkey is looking DENTUR brings that experience to bright. National Marine Industry ICOMIA’s activities.” Association and ICOMIA member DENTUR plays an important role in DENTUR represents the growing ICOMIA’s different committees. Sipahi Turkish marine industry. YAVUZ SPIAHI, represents his association in the “Turkey is one of the most exciting President of Denture, Turkish Marinas Group as well as the and fast growing boating nations in Marinas Industry Association ICOMIA’s Environment, External the world”, says DENTUR President Affairs and Technical Committees. In and co-founder Yavuz Sipahi. addition to this, as a member of the ICOMIA Executive Acting as the voice of the Turkish boating industry, Committee he also attends regular meetings held DENTUR was formed by a few leading Turkish marine worldwide for the leaders of the industry. “Being a companies in February 2000.The aim was to offer a member of ICOMIA has helped us to understand how common roof for marine manufacturers, producers to become one of the top ten boating nations in the and companies and to facilitate international world and how to improve our domestic market. cooperation. Through our membership, we provide the Turkish “We noticed that our neighbouring countries marine industry with an international voice. I am proud already had established their own marine industry to be a member of ICOMIA,” says Sipahi. associations. It was important for us to follow their lead The DENTUR President stresses that his national in order to solve internal problems.Turkey needed one association is still very young and green: authority to represent the marine sector,” says Sipahi “DENTUR is like the baby of ICOMIA. Luckily, we about the formation of DENTUR. have more experienced marine associations there to Eleven years later, DENTUR serves an impressive help us improve the quality of our domestic industry, membership of over 300 Turkish marine companies step by step.” and helps organising the fast growing Eurasia and But, ask not what your country can do for you – ask Ankara Boat Shows, supporting regional boat shows you can do for your country. As the connecting link like Izmir, Bodrum and Antalya. But Sipahi and the rest between East and West, Sipahi points out that DENTUR of DENTUR also have their eyes on the wide horizon. has a rare advantage in the global boating industry. “Another goal for DENTUR is to cooperate with our “Turkey is a truly unique link between East and fellow marine industry associations on an international West” says Sipahi. level. It is important for us to build lasting relationships “We have Western thinking, and close ties with the with other countries.” Islamic world. I think DENTUR has a lot to offer the ICOMIA (International Council of Marine Industry international boating industry and ICOMIA with our Associations) offered DENTUR this opportunity in 2004. exceptional positioning; both from a geographical and As the voice of the global recreational boating industry a cultural perspective.We can connect the two worlds since 1967, ICOMIA’s membership consists of 32 of the together and help them to understand each other so largest marine industry associations in the world. we can work together towards a bright future for our DENTUR joining ICOMIA recognised the global status industry.” of the Turkish marine industry.

Article by: Maria Anckarsvard - ICOMIA Communications Manager

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IGY Marinas Caters to Crew IGY Marinas has not only concocted the perfect recipe for yachting destinations, the company is also known to spice things up for the many captains and crew that frequent its Caribbean marinas. From crew parties, BBQs, events and seminars, the winter yachting season in St. Thomas, St. Maarten and St. Lucia is a time to celebrate the people who make it all work smoothly. Because of its network of marinas strategically sprinkled throughout the Caribbean, IGY is able to hold some simultaneous events, such as the IGY Rybovich Golf and Crew Olympics, for which the two companies paired together and intend to hold annually in both St. Thomas and St. Maarten. In St. Lucia, Marina

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Manager Adam Foster is known for his impromptu BBQs on the docks at Rodney Bay Marina. In addition to being the center of the action during the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the marina is surrounded by top-notch provisioning, restaurants, shops and many more conveniences. At Yacht Haven Grande in St. Thomas, marina staff hosts a party for captains and crew every Friday night in high winter season and an endless array of events take place all year-round. They can range from a farmer’s market on Sundays, tai chi and yoga on the lawn and Salsa Saturdays at W!ikked – one of the many restaurants at the marina. Making plans for the Caribbean has never been easier, given the reservation portal on www.igymarinas.com, where users

can book a berth at any IGY destination and check out new offers, which the company is constantly churning out.

IGY Marinas can be found in Boston, Montauk, New York Harbor, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Cabo San Lucas, and of course – the Caribbean.

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Canarias Sailing Rally

he Canarias Sailing Rally seeks to provide an easy and enjoyable way to see the best of the islands in the local spirit of truly taking pleasure in doing things at the pace! The charm of the Canaries has long been a well-kept secret. From dramatic volcanic lava tunnels to quiet verdant woodlands, the archipelago invites you to explore another world. The Canarias Sailing Rally offers the opportunity to cruise comfortably around the islands, whilst introducing the colourful and yet lesser-known aspects of this region’s culture with carnival street parties, visits to volcanology and astronomy centres, examples of local folklore, options for walking and diving and most importantly of all, the welcome relief of some winter warmth. The Canary Islands, known in some circles as Europe’s south coast, enjoys a splendid vernal climate throughout the year.

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Benign and temperate, with minimal rainfall and long hours of warm sunshine, there really are few excuses for not going out sailing. Having organised and hosted some spectacular events with TP52, GP42 and RC44 World championships and earned a reputation as an established stop off for cruisers, Club de Mar Puerto Calero has teamed up this time with the Real Club Náutico de Santa Cruz de La Palma to create the Canarias Sailing Rally, set to take part next February to coincide with carnival season. Seeds for the idea were sown by comments from an ever-growing volume of cruising visitors who found themselves pleasantly surprised by how much they enjoyed the area but due to time and work constraints hadn’t left enough time to be able to explore. Once the annual Caribbean migration has passed through the islands, marinas and anchorages

are largely under-used and ironically the winter months provide some of the best conditions. The team has found considerable support from other marinas in the Canaries, keen to take a part in promoting what they are proud to recognise as a largely undiscovered cultural wealth which visitors rarely have the opportunity to see for themselves. Both groups feature a significant number of locally-born sailors who delight in their history, the huge range of sporting activities available to all ages and a profoundly rich seam of events throughout the year that celebrate the area’s many cultural traditions. The Rally starts on the 10th February 2012 and departs from Puerto Calero, Lanzarote and visiting the six other islands ensuring good berthing, full facilities and an attractive cultural programme from each marina destination. The fleet will be accompanied by an experienced leader offering tips and advice together with a technician available for recommendations and assistance within the marinas. After 18 days, the event winds down suitable fashion with a party and celebrations on the beautiful island of La Palma. For more information, visit www.canariassailingrally.com or contact: Event Coordinator: Melanie Symes info@canariassailingrally.com Tel: +34 928 510850 Fax: +34 928 511462

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The story of Balthazar - Part 2 of 3

Bearing Gifts Tim Coghlan continues Balthazar’s story and its famous connections

a workshop built in the basement and began a picture o why was the boat called Balthazar? And framing and dealing business, which was very herein hangs a tale. Don Baker was born in successful due in part to Edmund’s knowledge of the 1932 in Highbury, North London, which is next artist community. door to Islington.When he was fifteen, his Nearby in Canonbury Square lived the famous father bought a new semi-detached house in Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant and his long-time Canonbury Park South, Islington. The house was built lover of 32 years, the author and poet Paul Roche, who on a bomb site with reclaimed bricks and materials had started adult life as a Jesuit priest, and then and cost the princely sum of £1,400, at a time when married an American wife Clarissa, by whom he had prices were interestingly controlled by the three children. Also in the same square was another government. After schooling at Highbury Grammar, famous Bloomsbury artist Vanessa Bell, who was the where he did well, he became a medical student at older sister of Virginia Woolf, and had had an affair St George’s Hospital on Hyde Park Corner. He had a with Duncan Grant, by whom she had had a daughter weekend job at the Harrods department store, a few Angelica in 1918. In July 1954, Edmund arranged a hundred yards from the hospital, in the basement painting exhibition of ‘Nine Artist of packing department. One day he Canonbury’ in the bookshop, in which stretched up his arms for a yawn and Edmund also several famous artists including both caught both in an overhead conveyor befriended Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell belt, which damaged them to the extent exhibited their paintings. An A4 folded that he could no longer feel a human Lawrence leaflet survives, in which ‘Item (4)’ was pulse, which ended his medical career. Durrell ‘Portrait (Paul Roche)… (Price by At this time, aged about twenty, Don arrangement with artist.).’ Don and was already befriended to the thirty two Edmund must have bought the painting, as they had it year old Edmund Fogden who owned the famed for the remainder to their lives and it is now owned by Canonbury Bookshop of 268 Upper Street, Islington – a nephew. It is a remarkably fine work, finely framed by then very much a hub of intellectual London life. Don. Grant painted the Adonis-like Roche on Edmund was a highly intelligent man who is thought numerous occasions including using him for the to have worked for MI5 during the war. He owned the model of Jesus when he decorated the Russell Chantry whole building and having abandoned his medical at Lincoln Cathedral. One of that Canonbury artist set studies, Don moved in with him at a time when painted the original back doors to Balthazar which are homosexuality was still a criminal offence. Using his still on the boat, but who it was has now been lost. compensation money for the Harrods injury, Don had

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The story of Balthazar - Part 2 of 3

with them at both, enjoying exploring the Thames and Another of the great writers whom Edmund its estuary. Then in summer of 1967, a year before the befriended was Lawrence Durrell, who lived most of Balthazar narrowboat project – Balthazar his life on various islands in the Med, making only the appropriately being named after the second book in occasional visit to England. the quartet - Don and Edmond decided to take time Just how they got to know each other is lost. But know out to sail the Justine all the way to the island of Gozo him Edmund certainly did, and they would all go off Malta, where Durrell was then living. The bookshop boating on ‘boys own’ trips on Edmund and Don’s was left to be run by the staff for six months. Taking as second boat, which they had bought new. This was the crew another of Don’s nephews, who was aged only Justine, a 26 ft four-berth Folk Boat, which they ordered fourteen, they set off for Le Havre, then up the Seine to from Denmark. It had a Bermudan sloop rig, and a Paris, then into the French canals and down the Rhone deep fin keel giving an overall draft of 4” 6’, thus to Marseilles, where the boy flew back for his return to making it very suitable for coastal and offshore school, after the adventure of a lifetime. cruising. (Their first boat was Pat II, which they bought Don and Edmond then sailed to Gozo and stayed in the mid-fifties. This was an ex-Dunkirk Little Ship that with Durrell, before returning to Marseilles, via a dog’s had begun its life as a North Sea inshore trawler and leg to the Greek Islands. The plan had been to put the been converted to leisure use. boat on a steel cradle at Marseilles and ship it back to They bought her in poor condition moored, behind England – as the 4 HP Stuart Turner petrol engine an island near Richmond Bridge, and overhauled her.) would never have got up the Rhone. But by The Justine was named after the first book of The Alexandria Quartet that Durrell enjoyed chance a British warship was in port on a goodwill visit, and pair of them went on Durrell wrote in the late 1950s. The boating board. Here they got talking to one of the quartet is a fictionalised account of his time in Alexandria, after he had with them and young officers, who had the brilliant idea of offering his services, together with those of escaped with his first wife from Corfu to exploring the three cadets and sailing the boat at no Egypt in 1940, following Greece’s occupation by the Germans.Whilst in Thames and charge, back to England by way of a sailtraining exercise. It worked perfectly and six Alexandria, Durrell worked as press its estuaries weeks later, the boat was handed back to attaché to the British Embassy and had them in Portsmouth in immaculate order – an affair whilst still married, with Eve with much of the running rigging replaced at no cost. Cohen. She was a Jewish woman and native of that Edmund and Don then only had to sail Justine back to ancient city, whom he later married and then divorced Queenborough, a voyage which, with mainly running in 1955 - before the work was published. (He went on before the prevailing wind, only took a few days. to have two more wives – the same as Ernest However this was not end of their boats. One of Hemmingway, who also enjoyed batting for both sides. Don’s nephews Paul recalls, ‘They loved their boats!’ Durrell was worse and allegedly abused his and Eve’s As well as continuing to keep the Balthazar for canal daughter Sappho, who committed suicide by hanging cruising, Edmund wanted to explore the Essex and in 1985, leaving writings that suggested an incestuous Dutch and French coasts, for which the deep fin keel relationship with him.) on the Justine was totally unsuitable. So they sold her The Justine was moored initially at Thames Ditton in about 1982 and bought a glass fibre Sabre 28 yacht Marina before being moved to a swinging mooring off with a shallow twin bilge keel. Once again, the boat Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey. Durrell boated was a sailaway, which they had to fit out below, so once again it was back to Thames Ditton Marina. The new yacht was called the Clea, after the last book in the The Alexandria Quartet, and it was also to prove their final boat, despite their wish to own at some stage a boat called Mountolive – the third book in the quartet. Given their ambitions for the Clea, Edmund set about studying to obtain his Yacht Master Certificate, which he achieved after three years. They had many adventures sailing in the North Sea and down the French coast.

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Mabway’s ‘state of the art’ Crane & Anchor Simulator

abway announces the arrival of a new Crane & Anchor Handling Simulator. This addition to the Mabway training portfolio was officially opened by Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage at Mabway’s training facility in Gosport on the 20 April 2011. This state of the art simulator, manufactured by TRANSAS Portsmouth, is a new venture for Mabway and the aim of this new acquisition is to provide a Gosport based crane training facility which has the capacity to benefit a wide range of marine support companies based on and around the South Coast. The simulator can be programmed with a number of crane types and conditions and, as simulators by their very nature are adaptable, it has the ability to be configured to allow winch and anchor handling operations in all conditions of sea and weather. Mabway Managing Director Anne O’Reilly said “the arrival

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of this equipment will enhance our existing simulation training activity and increase our abilities as a Marine and Industrial Training Company. We will now be able to attract more customers to Gosport, both locally and nationally, with corresponding benefit for the local community. We aim to deliver courses to local and national companies through 2011 and expect that this will lead to an expansion of our instructor base which we aim to fill using the wide range of skill and versatility available locally. Our goal is to assist in making Gosport a Centre of Excellence for Marine Based Training and, in partnership with Gosport based colleges, bring a focus to the opportunities for expanding and consolidating training in the Gosport peninsula. Key players from the marine industry and others involved in lifting operations have been invited along with representatives from crane manufacturing companies and the lifting council.

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TYHA NEWS

Milta Bodrum Retains its 5 Gold Anchors TYHA Gold Anchor Award Scheme

Assessed in March 2011 by Murat Tuncer, Turkish Gold Anchor Assessor, he says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bodrum (Ancient Halicarnassus) is a wonderful summer resort and the Marina is located in the heart of the old port. Many international celebrities, including royal families come to Bodrum and visit the marina with their yachts. Bodrum must be seen to be appreciatedâ&#x20AC;? High praise indeed The marina is very well run and is located in the centre of Bodrum which is an attractive tourist town. Due to its location the marina is well protected against all weather. Their staff are experienced and well trained and are also very friendly. The onsite restaurant is patronised by locals as well as tourists so it can be hard to find a free table in high season.

e are delighted to announce that Milta Bodrum keeps the standards extremely high and has retained its 5 Gold Anchor Rating.

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To sum up, Miltra Bodrum is a superb marina and deserves to keep their Five Gold Anchors for another three years.

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