Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
Having now walked along it a couple of times, I think it will hugely benefit from the marina starting to fill up as well as a bit of sun.
My only concerns were
a) cyclist - already responded to by Neil &
b) the railings - they are very nice but having seen a number of young children climb up and easily put their heads and torsos between the upper bars, they strike me as far from child friendly and possibly unsafe, Of course adults must take responsibility for their kids but we should ensure our built environment doesnt present clear risks
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Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
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Yes Ross, there’s a wide gap between the third and fourth horizontal bars (counting from the bottom) through which a child could easily climb while a parent is briefly distracted. I do think this is a fairly serious issue.
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 346
I don't think the railings are a problem. They are no worse than the vastly superior Folkestone Harbour Arm which attracts far more people and events.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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Pablo wrote:Yes Ross, there’s a wide gap between the third and fourth horizontal bars (counting from the bottom) through which a child could easily climb while a parent is briefly distracted. I do think this is a fairly serious issue.
Rubbish. Even the youngest Dover toddlers are far too fat to squeeze between the bars.
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
Or those between Cullins Yard and the Welly.
(Not my real name.)
Guest 1896- Registered: 29 Oct 2016
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Dover Pilot wrote:the vastly superior Folkestone Harbour Arm which attracts far more people and events.
The benefit of being a port that hasn't seen a ferry for nearly 20 years !
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,257
Considering what was previously in place I think the momentarily distracted parents will have nothing to worry about!
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Arte et Marte
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
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LoveDover wrote:The benefit of being a port that hasn't seen a ferry for nearly 20 years !
No reason why a port town can't attract visitors. You can't just blame everything that is wrong with Dover because it has a ferry service.
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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of course not, but it goes severely restrict what you might be able to do with the harbour and the piers/harbour arms.
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Guest 1896- Registered: 29 Oct 2016
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Dover Pilot wrote:No reason why a port town can't attract visitors. You can't just blame everything that is wrong with Dover because it has a ferry service.
I didn't say it can't, Dover probably already attracts a lot more visitors with the Castle, White Cliffs, etc, but people moan saying If Folkestone can have x than why can't Dover, but it is a lot less practical in an operational port
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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The population of Folkestone is much higher than that of Dover which makes it a more viable location for any start up business.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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The population of Folkestone is much higher than that of Dover which makes it a more viable location for any start up business.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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Sorry about the duplication my phone was on a go slow and I thought my first reply had failed.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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The Admiralty pier will be closed from 28th June until the 11th July due to this event, the security around the Duchess of Cornwall's visit and the various works that will need to be done on the ship whilst she alongside both before and after the christening.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Ah, wrong pier.
Thanks.
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 346
The new Marina is really swell
Q. There is talk of the new marina suffering from swell.
A. A few members of the berth holder community have raised concerns about the degree of swell in the new marina.H R Wallingford, an experienced, independent civil engineering and environmental hydraulicscompany, had created the originalhydrodynamic analysisfor Port of Dover.In order to gain actual data, Port of Dover have installed a wave rider buoy to capture the actual swell movement.We are monitoring the marina, and once a reasonable time series of data has been compiled we will provide this to H R Wallingford for them to review their analysis for us.The original modelling predicted waves within acceptable limits based on The Yacht and Harbour Association Guidelines and, on conclusion of the investigations, we will be in a better position to evaluate the findings in relation to the design guidelines.
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,070
Not caught it open before. I guess your mast's safe if you don't drift too far to starboard.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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Berthing in new marina or just passing through?
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,070
Passing though. Just a few cormorants in the new marina.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
