Seaham Marina update 22/2/11

[Falcone]

Popped along today to have a look how they were getting on. Spoke to Norman Conn, the marina has approx 1.2 metres of water in at the moment and a wagon turned up as we were talking with some of the pontoons on board.
I stayed around the area for a little while, they also had a seperate company in to begin working on the pontoon installation.
i took this photo of the crane lowering the boat they will be using to aid the installation into the water.
Was told the gates would be arriving next week sometime and the scheduled completion date is still on for mid/late april.

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[big g]

looking canny down there mate

[jpster]

wont be long before you can fall out of bed and go fishing within 2 minutes Falcone

[Falcone]

the first image was taken at 12pm this pic was taken at 4pm, as you can see they have installed some of the pontoons, work on the pontoons is expected to be finished by sunday.

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[The Jester]

Nice pics and update Falcone, it makes a big difference just with the water in......

[Falcone]

A few more pics of the progress, things starting to take shape.

[The Jester]

Its coming on now Falcone, if you get any info on the number of moorings definately taking, or the prices, let me know mate...

[Codfather]

Cheers for the pics falcone, it's starting to look like a Marina now, keep us informed !

[Falcone]

The prices will not be known till completion I think I would imagine it to be cheaper than slander and hpool once i know then ul stick something up

[eddie t]

Aye its looking canny thanks for the pics falcone

[harry barker]

marina

I emailed them 3 or 4 weeks ago to there info web site,but they couldn't answer my questions.
What max draft of vessels can be catered for.my draft is 1.6mts.
What max length of craft can pontoons hold....34.5ft
Entry times and height over sill.
They seem a little vague at the moment.
Maybe try again when its up n running.

[Falcone]

between 1 and 1.3 metres will be the low water depth , i dont think it will not be as high as 1.5 as it would mean longer waiting times when gates are closed.
They are some boats at 10m to go in, so i wouldnt imagine length to be much of an issue.
Entry times would depend completly on the size of the tide, on the biggest tides there could be a wait of 4-5 hours between gates opening and closing, on the smallest maybe only an hour either side.

[Falcone]

pontoons almost finished, apparently the gates are to be delivered and fitted on tuesday 8th March.

[eddie t]

Its looking canny.

Just need the pier fixing now.

[The Jester]

Anymore updates on the marina anyone.....