Recent content by _Firebird_

  1. F

    EBBCO / East Berkshire Boat Company

    I've acquired an old EBBCO Plastic Sextant and wondered about their history - I can see the company name was the East Berkshire Boat Company, based on the Wargrave Road near Henley-on-Thames, and the sextant is stamped as having been made by Henley Plastics Ltd but can't find much else out about...
  2. F

    Universal Marina land grab

    He is a good bloke, and glad the Crown Estate has listened - this time... will see what Universal try and do next, but imagine it will be a case of try, try, and try again until they get what they want.
  3. F

    Universal Marina land grab

    Additionally, Universal proposes to take away 46 Crown Estate berths. They currently charge £595 per metre for mooring of vessels up to 8m [http://www.universalmarina.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Universal-Marina-Pricelist-202021.pdf]. We currently have a Crown Estate mooring for up to 8m...
  4. F

    Universal Marina land grab

    Cheers! Well, will give my feedback and see if it does anything... its only going to drive more traffic out into the main channel as far as I can tell, and benefit no one else on the river.
  5. F

    Universal Marina land grab

    Found the supporting documents online - here's the link if it helps: https://documents.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/Universal-Marina-Additional-Berthing-Supporting-Information.pdf Trying to get my head around the proposed layout, a plan of that would have helped!
Top