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This is an occasional newsletter from the Crouch Area Yachting Federation
for affiliated Clubs, issued only when there is something of interest to
tell your members. Designed to be pinned on noticeboards
inner_crouch
Issue 2 October 2015
Please be aware of the very high tidal predictions in the near future
Clubs are advised that due to the natural 19 year astronomical cycle there
will be a number of exceptionally high tides throughout the period of
September 2015 to January 2016. Mariners should also be aware that the
increased tidal ranges will also affect the low water period and
subsequently the available water over these periods is predicted to be much
less than on normal spring tides.
The dates where the most notable high tides are expected are:
30th October 2015 25th – 27th December 2015 11th – 14th January 2016
New Coastal team to promote tourism on the Crouch
Maldon District Council together with Rochford District Council is bringing
together businesses, councillors, community officers, community volunteers
and leisure representatives to form one group to promote tourism on the
River Crouch. A grant of £10,000 has been obtained from the Department of
Communities, to draw up and consult on an integrated plan across District
boundaries, using the River Crouch as the main focus point to share ideas
on how best to promote the area. Once the plan is complete it is then
planned to secure funding from Europe to implement the plan over a 6 year
timeframe.
At a meeting on Wednesday at Brandy Hole a diverse group representing the
Crouch valley community as a whole ( including CAYF representatives, CHA
Harbourmaster and CHA members) met together to gather and discuss how best
to promote tourism and leisure activities as an Economic Plan. With the
other stakeholders we identifid a range of initial ideas, issues of
funding and possible barriers to progress. Stage 1 which is the completion
of a plan identifying objectives and the economic delivery is to be
completed by March 2016.
Crouch Harbour Authority River Roach - New Buoys Established
Clubs are advised that the following new buoys have been established in the
River Roach (Upper).
Name
Position
Characteristic
Light
Sutton Wharf No 1
51° 34.674 N
000° 43.647 E
Green Conical Lighted Buoy
QG
Sutton Wharf No 2
51° 34.690 N
000° 43.854 E
Red Can Lighted Buoy
QR
Sutton Wharf No 3
51° 34.799 N
000° 44.654 E
Green Conical Lighted Buoy
QG
Sutton Wharf No 4
51° 34.839 N
000° 44.784 E
Red Can Lighted Buoy
QR
The following buoys have been moved to new positions as follows:
Name
New Position
Characteristic
Light
Top Rochford No 7
51° 34.832 N
000° 45.009 E
Green Conical Lighted Buoy
QG
Top Rochford No 8
51° 34.817 N
000° 45.190 E
Red Can Lighted Buoy
QR
Havengore and Potton Bridges, and the River Roach
You may recall CAYF are concerned at the frequent closure of the Havengore
and Potton Bridges, recently through a lack of bridge keepers. This is an
ancient protected right of navigation and we are eager to see this right
protected. We have so far involved the local MP, challenged the now private
company that runs the Foulness ranges on behalf of the MOD and have now
taken the issue to the MOD Minister.
We are awaiting a formal reply, but it seems the MOD stance is that they
don't have any influence over what they consider Private land and they
don’t acknowledge ownership of Potton Bridge, even though they built it.
CAYF maintain the "Ancient Rights of Navigation over Tidal Waters "comes
in to play and the MOD have a duty to maintain the operation of the bridge.
The CHA, RSA and RMHA are with local yards looking at placing navigation
withies and yard buoys in Potton Creek from the "Violet" through to Wakering
Yard. This is a very narrow winding creek but a well used cut through to the
Havengore Bridge from the Roach by fishing and leisure craft. It passes
under the Potton swing bridge!
Concern has been raised over the clearance under high voltage power cables
in Paglesham Creek. Clem met UK Power engineers at the site and they agreed
that the poles have moved and cable height has dropped. These cables were
only replaced a year ago and it would appear that no stays were fitted to
the poles. This should be rectified in due course but no timescale was given
we will monitor the situation.
New Owners at Paglesham Boatyard,
Many Clubs will be aware that that the yard at Paglesham know as
Shuttlewoods has been sold. The new owners are Maclean Marine Engineering.
This is a new company to the area who have transformed the old yard back
into a working unit. The owners main line business at the yard will be to
fit out large luxury houseboats for the London market. These will be hulls
prefabricated on the South Coast and brought by sea to Paglesham for final
fitting out before delivery back into the Thames. Parts of the yard and
moorings will trade as a boat yard and the new owners wish to work alongside
the existing mooring holders and continue the long established relationship
the location has with them in the past.
It is hoped by the new owners to be up and running early 2016.
For a while all Clubs are asked not to use the yards pontoon as its
considered now a dangerous structure. Shore side very limited parking whist
the yard is being remodelled. Yard moorings and slipway are not to be used
by visiting boats till further notice. A CHA Notice to Mariners No 33 of
2015 has been issued covering this.
There is a small walkway across the saltings in Paglesham Pool near the Pill
box which will allow access at half tide to the sea wall path. Please be
careful as it is very weedy and slippery.
Club feedback to the RYA
Clubs will be aware there was significant concern at the lack of response
back to the RYA requests for information this year. The RYA requested
individual follow up at forums and individually with the Club Commodores.
This provoked the following rather blunt feedback:-
· Some of the various contacts used by the RYA were out of date.
With modern technology it was felt that the RYA should use one up to date
database, based on the annual the affiliation fee return.
· Club officers are busy volunteers and “skim” a large variety of
incoming the messages to clubs, if the message is not obvious or too lengthy
it is dumped! The RYA information to Clubs requiring feedback should be to
short, be simple and focussed.
This has been fed back to the chairman of ECRYA and to the RYA at Hamble to
hopefully improve the communication between the RYA and Clubs.
RYA Affiliates Conference: 14 November at Royal Harwich Yacht Club
For the first time the RYA will be facilitating a nationwide programme of
RYA Affiliates conferences. The primary aim of these conferences is to
educate clubs as to the wide variety of services available to support the
work that they do.
The conference is free to club officers and key volunteers. During the day
clubs will receive an overview of the different services available from
those that are directly involved. Clubs will have the opportunity to network
with other clubs, book clinics with RYA staff and volunteers and attend
workshops focused on Push the Boat out and CASC (delivered by Mandy Peters,
RYA Legal advisor).
The Eastern Region event will be at Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the 14th
November. CAYF would very much like to encourage all RYA Affiliated Clubs
to attend. It will help their understanding of how the RYA add value to
the Club. The event will be free, teas, coffees and lunch will be provided.
I pass on some more information during the committee meeting.
Mussel Fishery River Stour
Wash Mussels Limited` has applied to the Secretary of State for the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for an order under the Sea Fisheries
(Shellfish) Act1967 for a period of 5 years to have exclusive rights to
cultivate and harvest shellfish of the kind specified in the order on the
River Stour.
Many CAYF Clubs wrote objecting to this application earlier thisn year
which may restrict popular anchorages. Subsequently HASA arranged a meeting
with the Mussel Farm Directors and their solicitors to re assess the area
where the Mussel Farm wants to be, there are five areas up the River Stour
where they want this all to take place, alltogether the Mussel Farm wants to
use 66 Hectares of the River Stour.
The Harwich Harbour Master was not keen on having floating markers, which
would happen if they had Crab pots and with commercial boats very near this
could cause a problem, also in this area the local sailing club do most of
there racing there. The local fishermen are very annoyed about it, as it
will affect their livelihood as they are charter skippers and take people
out to fish for Bass in the very areas the Mussel Farm wants to lay there
Seed Mussels. A second meeting is to be sought.
CAYF Officers representing your interests
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This is an occasional newsletter from the Crouch Area Yachting Federation
for affiliated Clubs, issued only when there is something of interest to
tell your members. Designed to be pinned on noticeboards
inner_crouch
Issue 2 October 2015
Please be aware of the very high tidal predictions in the near future
Clubs are advised that due to the natural 19 year astronomical cycle there
will be a number of exceptionally high tides throughout the period of
September 2015 to January 2016. Mariners should also be aware that the
increased tidal ranges will also affect the low water period and
subsequently the available water over these periods is predicted to be much
less than on normal spring tides.
The dates where the most notable high tides are expected are:
30th October 2015 25th – 27th December 2015 11th – 14th January 2016
New Coastal team to promote tourism on the Crouch
Maldon District Council together with Rochford District Council is bringing
together businesses, councillors, community officers, community volunteers
and leisure representatives to form one group to promote tourism on the
River Crouch. A grant of £10,000 has been obtained from the Department of
Communities, to draw up and consult on an integrated plan across District
boundaries, using the River Crouch as the main focus point to share ideas
on how best to promote the area. Once the plan is complete it is then
planned to secure funding from Europe to implement the plan over a 6 year
timeframe.
At a meeting on Wednesday at Brandy Hole a diverse group representing the
Crouch valley community as a whole ( including CAYF representatives, CHA
Harbourmaster and CHA members) met together to gather and discuss how best
to promote tourism and leisure activities as an Economic Plan. With the
other stakeholders we identifid a range of initial ideas, issues of
funding and possible barriers to progress. Stage 1 which is the completion
of a plan identifying objectives and the economic delivery is to be
completed by March 2016.
Crouch Harbour Authority River Roach - New Buoys Established
Clubs are advised that the following new buoys have been established in the
River Roach (Upper).
Name
Position
Characteristic
Light
Sutton Wharf No 1
51° 34.674 N
000° 43.647 E
Green Conical Lighted Buoy
QG
Sutton Wharf No 2
51° 34.690 N
000° 43.854 E
Red Can Lighted Buoy
QR
Sutton Wharf No 3
51° 34.799 N
000° 44.654 E
Green Conical Lighted Buoy
QG
Sutton Wharf No 4
51° 34.839 N
000° 44.784 E
Red Can Lighted Buoy
QR
The following buoys have been moved to new positions as follows:
Name
New Position
Characteristic
Light
Top Rochford No 7
51° 34.832 N
000° 45.009 E
Green Conical Lighted Buoy
QG
Top Rochford No 8
51° 34.817 N
000° 45.190 E
Red Can Lighted Buoy
QR
Havengore and Potton Bridges, and the River Roach
You may recall CAYF are concerned at the frequent closure of the Havengore
and Potton Bridges, recently through a lack of bridge keepers. This is an
ancient protected right of navigation and we are eager to see this right
protected. We have so far involved the local MP, challenged the now private
company that runs the Foulness ranges on behalf of the MOD and have now
taken the issue to the MOD Minister.
We are awaiting a formal reply, but it seems the MOD stance is that they
don't have any influence over what they consider Private land and they
don’t acknowledge ownership of Potton Bridge, even though they built it.
CAYF maintain the "Ancient Rights of Navigation over Tidal Waters "comes
in to play and the MOD have a duty to maintain the operation of the bridge.
The CHA, RSA and RMHA are with local yards looking at placing navigation
withies and yard buoys in Potton Creek from the "Violet" through to Wakering
Yard. This is a very narrow winding creek but a well used cut through to the
Havengore Bridge from the Roach by fishing and leisure craft. It passes
under the Potton swing bridge!
Concern has been raised over the clearance under high voltage power cables
in Paglesham Creek. Clem met UK Power engineers at the site and they agreed
that the poles have moved and cable height has dropped. These cables were
only replaced a year ago and it would appear that no stays were fitted to
the poles. This should be rectified in due course but no timescale was given
we will monitor the situation.
New Owners at Paglesham Boatyard,
Many Clubs will be aware that that the yard at Paglesham know as
Shuttlewoods has been sold. The new owners are Maclean Marine Engineering.
This is a new company to the area who have transformed the old yard back
into a working unit. The owners main line business at the yard will be to
fit out large luxury houseboats for the London market. These will be hulls
prefabricated on the South Coast and brought by sea to Paglesham for final
fitting out before delivery back into the Thames. Parts of the yard and
moorings will trade as a boat yard and the new owners wish to work alongside
the existing mooring holders and continue the long established relationship
the location has with them in the past.
It is hoped by the new owners to be up and running early 2016.
For a while all Clubs are asked not to use the yards pontoon as its
considered now a dangerous structure. Shore side very limited parking whist
the yard is being remodelled. Yard moorings and slipway are not to be used
by visiting boats till further notice. A CHA Notice to Mariners No 33 of
2015 has been issued covering this.
There is a small walkway across the saltings in Paglesham Pool near the Pill
box which will allow access at half tide to the sea wall path. Please be
careful as it is very weedy and slippery.
Club feedback to the RYA
Clubs will be aware there was significant concern at the lack of response
back to the RYA requests for information this year. The RYA requested
individual follow up at forums and individually with the Club Commodores.
This provoked the following rather blunt feedback:-
· Some of the various contacts used by the RYA were out of date.
With modern technology it was felt that the RYA should use one up to date
database, based on the annual the affiliation fee return.
· Club officers are busy volunteers and “skim” a large variety of
incoming the messages to clubs, if the message is not obvious or too lengthy
it is dumped! The RYA information to Clubs requiring feedback should be to
short, be simple and focussed.
This has been fed back to the chairman of ECRYA and to the RYA at Hamble to
hopefully improve the communication between the RYA and Clubs.
RYA Affiliates Conference: 14 November at Royal Harwich Yacht Club
For the first time the RYA will be facilitating a nationwide programme of
RYA Affiliates conferences. The primary aim of these conferences is to
educate clubs as to the wide variety of services available to support the
work that they do.
The conference is free to club officers and key volunteers. During the day
clubs will receive an overview of the different services available from
those that are directly involved. Clubs will have the opportunity to network
with other clubs, book clinics with RYA staff and volunteers and attend
workshops focused on Push the Boat out and CASC (delivered by Mandy Peters,
RYA Legal advisor).
The Eastern Region event will be at Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the 14th
November. CAYF would very much like to encourage all RYA Affiliated Clubs
to attend. It will help their understanding of how the RYA add value to
the Club. The event will be free, teas, coffees and lunch will be provided.
I pass on some more information during the committee meeting.
Mussel Fishery River Stour
Wash Mussels Limited` has applied to the Secretary of State for the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for an order under the Sea Fisheries
(Shellfish) Act1967 for a period of 5 years to have exclusive rights to
cultivate and harvest shellfish of the kind specified in the order on the
River Stour.
Many CAYF Clubs wrote objecting to this application earlier thisn year
which may restrict popular anchorages. Subsequently HASA arranged a meeting
with the Mussel Farm Directors and their solicitors to re assess the area
where the Mussel Farm wants to be, there are five areas up the River Stour
where they want this all to take place, alltogether the Mussel Farm wants to
use 66 Hectares of the River Stour.
The Harwich Harbour Master was not keen on having floating markers, which
would happen if they had Crab pots and with commercial boats very near this
could cause a problem, also in this area the local sailing club do most of
there racing there. The local fishermen are very annoyed about it, as it
will affect their livelihood as they are charter skippers and take people
out to fish for Bass in the very areas the Mussel Farm wants to lay there
Seed Mussels. A second meeting is to be sought.
CAYF Officers representing your interests
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