Charging For Whitestrand!!!!!

INCREDIBLE!!! Once again the local idiots who run the council/harbour office have come up with a new gem. £25 week for visitors (£25 for residents) to be able to leave their boats overnight. If you don't pay there is a £100 tow away fee.

Maybe I am wrong but I have never seen a problem at whitestrand even in the height of summer!? yes it gets very busy but its manageable and an absolutely vital option in a tidal estuary such as salcombe.

We are not allowed to use Normandy pontoon, which is hardly ever full, as its only for visiting yachts but they want to charge us for using whitestrand overnight. What other options do we have if we don't have a mooring or at least use of one. Taking our boats out at Batson? That is a joke in itself as it is the worst facility ever and always chaos for the 12 seconds of tide we get down there!!

Come on harbour authority WAKE UP....dont join the shopkeepers in ripping us all off!