Leighb
Well-known member
Swell running into a marina can be very unpleasant, the RNSYC at Lowestoft can be very uncomfortable with a easterly swell which manages to refract round two right angles to cause a most unsettling movement.
a new and very very expensive marina was built on the South Coast of Madeira a few years back. Whoever designed it totally failed to allow for the huge Atlantic swell and all the pontoons were wrecked the first winter, it has never been occupied. The local authorities have boarded it all up to hide the embarrassment! Over the next few years a good part of the outer breakwater has also been destroyed. The sea takes no prisoners if you underestimate it.
a new and very very expensive marina was built on the South Coast of Madeira a few years back. Whoever designed it totally failed to allow for the huge Atlantic swell and all the pontoons were wrecked the first winter, it has never been occupied. The local authorities have boarded it all up to hide the embarrassment! Over the next few years a good part of the outer breakwater has also been destroyed. The sea takes no prisoners if you underestimate it.