Little Ship Club October 2015 eNews

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13 October 2015 eNews Little Ship Club (Queensland Squadron)
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For the information of LSC Members, here is some news
from the QRBC’s September meeting.
Assistant Regional Harbour Master (Brisbane Region)
Jonathan Beatty delivered a presentation on the problems
associated with the decay of the Tangalooma wrecks and
outlined a risk minimisation program to be implemented
before the end of 2015. Broadly, work will involve:
• the lowering of all high structures
• stabilising hulls
• removal of severely rusted and broken decks
• replacement of signage
There will be some restrictions on access to the wrecks
during the works period. (Refer MSQ Notam on p.10.)
Buoy replacement program A number of old steel
buoys located through Moreton Bay will be replaced
with low-maintenance poly buoys. A large barge will be
employed to facilitate this update. M1 will be replaced
immediately.
William Street ramp and access channel Problems still
exist at western edge of the new (west) boat ramp and
cannot be resolved with land-based excavator.
William Street Cleveland two new floating walkways
TMR grant funding supplied to Redland City Council.
Contract awarded in February 2015 and TMR granted
an extension of time to RCC to deliver this project due to
contractor delays. Northeastern walkway commissioned
in late August 2015 and the southwestern walkway for the
new ramp scheduled for completion late October 2015.
Relocation of Manly Harbour entrance navigation
lead lights Day leads are working well. Some site investi-
gation has been done to identify the two lights interfering
with the night blue leads. Still some work to do to identify
them. And then more work to do to shield them.
Macleay Island new boat ramp Council and TMR have
rescheduled works for completion by December 2016.
Council has advised potential issue with building car park
over underground power cable. Design of the alternative
location commenced in August 2015. Design scheduled to
be completed September/October.
South Wavebreak Island, Gold Coast Meeting advised
that recently there has been a lot of sand movement
in thisarea and markers have been relocated to define
changed channel.
Proposed TMR works for the Russell Island jetty in
light of the current public consultation period which
Redland City Council is currently hosting as part of its
“City Plan 2015” –
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The Russell Island jetty is currently undergoing remedial
works to extend its safe working life by a few more years,
but TMR has indicated it will need to be replaced – and
at a substantial cost. A member has proposed that now
is the time for RCC and TMR to take advantage of this
situation by integrating floating pontoons for small craft
to tie up when visiting the island. The current, newer
section is inadequate for the many local dinghies, let
alone room for visitors.
Proposal is that a ‘mini-marina’ would encourage more
boaties to land on the islands instead of just cruising past
due to lack of facilities. It is believed the extra piling work
and floating jetty would be a relatively minor increase
to project costs, and the long-term benefits to the island
economy, and ultimately to RCC, could be substantial.
This proposal to be presented at the next QBRC meeting
on 11th November at Manly, where delegates from many
marine-orientated departments, organisations, and clubs
discuss such infrastructure.
Above: existing Russell Island jetty; below: proposed new facilities