No marina for us! - Yarmouth protests

8:20 PM Tue 24 Aug 2010 GMT

'Some of the 50 boats in the protest - photo by Oliver Dewar' .

Marinas breed like rabbits in all the sailing nations of the world, and they all look much the same, but some boat owners love their charismatic waterways and don't want them changed. In Yarmouth on the UK's Isle of Wight, more than 50 boaters gathered last weekend for a floating protest against proposed changes to their unique harbour. In the early afternoon, the fleet of sailing yachts, motorboats, RIBs, Yarmouth Scows and rowing boats mustered outside the harbour's breakwater before filing in line astern through Yarmouth harbour carrying banners, sounding klaxons and whistles to applause and support from visiting yachtsmen ...

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No marina for us! - Yarmouth protests

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