The Harbour Master provided the Board members with the following updates on the Ilfracombe Harbour Business and Marine Safety Plan 2020/23 – incorporating Annual Report 2019 (circulated previously):
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· There was a need for the Safety plan which was three yearly updated to be separated from the annual report · The separation would make the monitoring of objectives easier as three years was a better timeline for checking progress · It was requested that Board Members attend a workshop to be arranged over the winter months to work on the separation of the documents · There were four documents that needed to be stand alone: (a) Long term Strategy Plan (b) Master Plan (c) Business Plan (d) Annual report · Increased activities in the Harbour meant that the Harbour Master was more likely be needed to deal with water-borne incidents. To minimise reliance on Commercial users and the RNLI the Harbour Master suggested the purchase of a small vessel which could be launched from the fuel berth. The cost of a second hand, four metre vessel could be less than £3,500. |
In response to a question on the Harbour Master’s area covered, the Harbour Master advised just beyond the RNLI buoy was within her jurisdiction.