Capt Popeye
Well-known member
Hi am amgreatly interested for personal reasons in the ownership dispute a while ago over the Foreshore rights at Felixstowe Ferry in my youth all and sundry used to leave their boats on thr foreshore, as they wished; but I understand that a few years ago there arrose a dispute over ownership of that foreshore that went to court to settle it, can I ask if anybody know what it was about, plus who the owners were or are now ?
I spoke to the current fella owning the Boatyard a few weeks ago and plucked up the courage to ask him about it, he appeared to say that the forshore is privately owned and they went to court about it, the result is as I understand it, dinghys and other boats have to lay above the Mean High Water Mark mainly on Ferry Boatyard land now, and pay a small fee for doing so ? so guess that the larger boats lying in the lower forshore areas have to agree it with the Private Owners,. whoever they might be ?
I would be very pleased to find out what went on at the Ferry just for personal intetests sake; as I spent most of my Youth playing around that area and started canoeing plus rowing from that forshore.
Thank you CP
I spoke to the current fella owning the Boatyard a few weeks ago and plucked up the courage to ask him about it, he appeared to say that the forshore is privately owned and they went to court about it, the result is as I understand it, dinghys and other boats have to lay above the Mean High Water Mark mainly on Ferry Boatyard land now, and pay a small fee for doing so ? so guess that the larger boats lying in the lower forshore areas have to agree it with the Private Owners,. whoever they might be ?
I would be very pleased to find out what went on at the Ferry just for personal intetests sake; as I spent most of my Youth playing around that area and started canoeing plus rowing from that forshore.
Thank you CP