Cedric.
No panics
We are referring to offshore
cable laying from Seasalter to the London Array windfarm that will be located north of Margate (about 350 turbines when complete). They will be connected to a new substation about a mile from our club.
There will be a number of cables laid by barge probably in 2010,2011 and 2012 and we are in discussion with the developers with regard to making sure that clubs and sailors are not affected - especially for the keelboats that use the main channel and the open events run by a number of clubs - notably Seasalter SC, IOSSC and Whitstable YC.
Joan and I and Matt Stickels from Canterbury City Council met with their representatives at SSC last week to set up a liaison with them on behalf of all the clubs.
Have a look at
www.londonarray.com and select the 'planning' or 'downloads' options on the left to see what the preliminary proposals are.
I am co-ordinating information from them for clubs in the area.
best wishes of the season.
Steve