Sneds
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Any more progress made? Would love to get down there this year and I’ve a long weekend off at the end of this month, draw 1M
Need to be realistic. The issue isnt the mechanics of shifting mud - thats easy. The issue is being financiially able to do that constantly along with maintaining harbour walls and other infrastructure, on an income the size of the maraina's. In other words can it be made viable? Remember - according to a University of Bristol investigation years ago, there is a deposit of mud of over 30 tonnes per tide!Watchet is back
Great news, thanks!
The other marina's in the group will subsidise it I would imagineNeed to be realistic. The issue isnt the mechanics of shifting mud - thats easy. The issue is being financiially able to do that constantly along with maintaining harbour walls and other infrastructure, on an income the size of the maraina's. In other words can it be made viable? Remember - according to a University of Bristol investigation years ago, there is a deposit of mud of over 30 tonnes per tide!
Nominally there are 250 berths. Pick a likely average mooring fee out of the air and work out the sums for yourself.
Quote;- Sarabande "with dredging on every tide removing around 300 tonnes of mud"Need to be realistic. The issue isnt the mechanics of shifting mud - thats easy. The issue is being financiially able to do that constantly along with maintaining harbour walls and other infrastructure, on an income the size of the maraina's. In other words can it be made viable? Remember - according to a University of Bristol investigation years ago, there is a deposit of mud of over 30 tonnes per tide!
Nominally there are 250 berths. Pick a likely average mooring fee out of the air and work out the sums for yourself.
The video posted here about wall repairs states the customer is Somerset West & Taunton Council, which suggests the marina isn't paying for it.Need to be realistic. The issue isnt the mechanics of shifting mud - thats easy. The issue is being financiially able to do that constantly along with maintaining harbour walls and other infrastructure, on an income the size of the maraina's. In other words can it be made viable? Remember - according to a University of Bristol investigation years ago, there is a deposit of mud of over 30 tonnes per tide!
Nominally there are 250 berths. Pick a likely average mooring fee out of the air and work out the sums for yourself.
The video posted here about wall repairs states the customer is Somerset West & Taunton Council, which suggests the marina isn't paying for it.
Yup. The mud belongs to the marina operator. Birdseye mentioned the harbour walls.Just the wall repairs as the council are the landlord and own the infrastructure, the marina operator are using their own dredger at their cost to clear the mud