Rothesay Harbour finished

Booby Trapper · Post by **Booby Trapper** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:18 am

Latest Pics taken today, it looks complete! Last pic shows the pedestrian lifting bridge and lights system.

FullCircle · Post by **FullCircle** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:06 am

Ian, looks really nice. Hope to be able to tie up there sometime in 2009...

Daveanmucker · Post by **Daveanmucker** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:03 am

Looks really good, been a long difficult job but it may be all worth it , I hope so. Will be interesting to see wether the passenger bridge works well.

Looking forward to finding out for myself.

pzazz · Post by **pzazz** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:49 pm

Any information on what the depth is inside?

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:57 pm

Show him the picture of the big hole Ian!
Whurra'kin boats?

Booby Trapper · Post by **Booby Trapper** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:38 pm

Good idea Bill. Never thought of that.

Biggest spring tide range is about 3.4 metres so it could get a bit shallow. The first set of pics were taken yesterday at 2pm (high tide)

About this deep

And at least this deep.

Watch out round the edges though!

Clyde_Wanderer · Post by **Clyde_Wanderer** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:04 am

Ian, what is the long green building on the old marina entrance?
Good pics.
HNY, C_W.

Booby Trapper · Post by **Booby Trapper** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:07 am

Eamonn
Not realy sure. I've never noticed it when I've been there, it just looks like some some of covering to the pier. I'll try to remember and look next time I go.

Booby Trapper · Post by **Booby Trapper** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:59 pm

Spoke to someone at Bute Berthing Company today I was enquiring about annual berthing charges. He told me that they do not have any info on opening times or charges as they do not know which tender for running the new facilties will be accepted by the council and they don't know yet who will be running it.

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:01 pm

Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Ian, what is the long green building on the old marina entrance?
Good pics.
HNY, C_W.

Believe it or not it is the old Taxi Stance. This used to be on the road leading to the victorian toilets, but was lifted in sections by a crane to the entrance with the new bridge.

Just a point of interest, the old bridge leading over to the pier was hit in the late seventies and the mechanism damaged apparently beyond repair. My great grandfather, James Donald, built the original bridge and designed and installed the swing mechanism.

Not a lot of people know that....

Donald

Clyde_Wanderer · Post by **Clyde_Wanderer** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:04 am

Booby Trapper wrote:Spoke to someone at Bute Berthing Company today I was enquiring about annual berthing charges. He told me that they do not have any info on opening times or charges as they do not know which tender for running the new facilties will be accepted by the council and they don't know yet who will be running it.

Yes Ian, Davy was in for a coffe the last time I was there, (Tarbert music fest wk end) and he was saying that there was a tender going out but wasent sure if they would get it.
I would have thought there wouldent be any doubt as to who would get, but one never knows.
Anyone know who else tendered for it?
It would be a shame to loose a good character like Davy.

Post by **Silkie** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:46 am

Aja wrote:Not a lot of people know that....

I certainly didn't - but I'm happy that I do now.

Clyde_Wanderer · Post by **Clyde_Wanderer** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:45 pm

Silkie wrote:
Aja wrote:Not a lot of people know that....
I certainly didn't - but I'm happy that I do now.

Silkie, a lot of people know a lot of things, but no one knows everything.

Ghillie · Post by **Ghillie** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:44 pm

pzazz wrote:Any information on what the depth is inside?

The inner harbour depth is 2m below CD at the entrance and in all areas south of the most northerly pontoon.

Between the Northerly pontoon and the Northern Wall the bottom shallows from 2m below CD to half a metre below chart datum over a 5m wide berm adjoining the North wall and the North East corner.

In other words, turn left when entering the inner harbour.....the bottom is loose sand.

hlymburn · Post by **hlymburn** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:15 pm

Do you mind if I use one of your photos of the inner harbour on the berthing website for a wee while? If OK I'd like to give an acknowledgement eg Phot courtesy of ......... What name?

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