Today the pontoons arrived from Walcon; it's raining hard and I discover that Di Tricker's rain gauge caught 30mm of rain during the day. 2 articulated lorries turned up and squeezed into Everson's yard stacked high with the pontoons and ramp. Some needed assembling so those were offloaded into the yard while those that were already assembled were craned straight onto the mud so they could be floated off as soon as the tide rose as 2 yachts were due to be craned out in the afternnon. With a draft of half a metre the pontoons would float well before the yachts could get anywhere near the crane. The pontoons look enormous as they are offloaded, it looks like they'll have at least a metre of freeboard so I'm really pleased when they float alonside the old pontoons and are the same freeboard to within an inch or 2. The metal pipe to which boats will be moored looks far too high but as this is the spot for safety boats they may be OK, I'm sure they'll get in the way if we use these pontoons for tenders. Some adjustment may still be needed though.
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This blog records the history and the progress of the project to improve and extend Deben Yacht Club's clubhouse and other facilities
