Totland Parish Council will shortly have professionally installed, fully licenced and insured buoys to prevent boats from mooring too far inshore and to protect swimmers at both Totland Bay and the west section of Colwell Bay.
The marker buoys at Widdick Chine and to the west of Colwell Bay from the slipway are separate to the safe swimming buoys on the east section of Colwell which Freshwater Parish are installing.
Both parishes want to ensure that boats are moored at a safe distance and swimmers are safe within the zone and although they are different solutions the aim is the same – to prevent craft from mooring inshore and to protect those swimming.
The Totland buoys in both locations will be professionally installed and insured – they are approved by Trinity House, are fully licensed and are heavy duty yellow marine compliant buoys which are anchored and chained. At Widdick Chine they will be tethered and roped together to form a barrier.
Councillor Helen Wood, Chair of Totland Parish Council,
“We have been working with a local marine services contractor to design and install what will be a robust and secure solution to ensure that the safety at Totland’s beaches is a continuing priority”.
About time too, I hope they are watched too, and maybe keep an eye out for large items being dropped off the side of those Sunseekers that like to anchor off there too… controversial, maybe, true, yes.
Sadly money wasted as there is no way to enforce these limits, the marine police usually only have 1 boat to cover the whole of the Solent and Portsmouth and the biggest threat namely the idiot jet skiers will just ride over any ropes.
How will that effect The Hut. They operate by using a boat taxi service visiting boats come over moor up and are then then picked up by boats operating from the beach in front of the hut. By putting up swimming area with bouys Wont that stop theses boat taxis from operating.