ABSTRACT
Just when the need has vanished for any Briton ever again to set foot on a boat, even in order to emigrate, the urge to do so has caused a demand for moorings which is completely outstripping the supply. This, naturally, is at its most acute within weekend reach of the large centres of population, particularly in the south and south-east of England, but there is every likelihood that it will spread. The natural deep water moorings are nearly all taken up. It is now no longer enough to own a yacht; it may remain high and dry without a berth. To meet this demand planning applications for both new marinas and harbour extensions have come in to every county planning office whose area includes English Channel coastline, besides others on the East coast, Wales and Scotland. Most of these proposals are having a sticky passage, and many have sunk without trace. The object here is to ventilate some of the problems that are automatically raised by such development, since many new projects are likely to come up for consideration in rural as well as urban areas.
