Hard Luck for Boaters

They're at it again!

This time the developers want to destroy our beautiful old careening hard to make way for plastic super yachts. They just seem hell-bent on ripping up every inch of our island and turning it into another bland over-commercialised non-entity.

The fact is they are desperate to spend their money on some kind of capital project, let's face it interest rates are rubbish and there's not much to excite investors at the moment. So build, build, build - it's a great time to exploit low labour and material costs and achieve future returns when sanity is restored to the markets. The only problem is, to build you have destroy what's already there.

So our lovely old careening hard is the latest target.

I can't help wondering if his has been thought through. Large yachts need lots of water and one of the pluses about the hard is that it dries out so well. So to keep the water in they will need a large gate and then access will only be possible in restricted tidal windows. Will this restriction and the noise of the busy town traffic appeal to the super-rich? Perhaps the area will be sealed off behind security gates to protect these valuable yachts from us plebs who like to wander around this area. And how many super-duper yachts do they expect? The last time I looked you would struggle to maneuver more than two or three at a time especially if the promised improved access for the Trident is fulfilled.

No guys, this isn't a good idea. Go and build somewhere else and leave our heritage alone!

Bob