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Shrape Watersports Area

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Shrape
Watersports
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East
Cowes

Full details on No.6
the 2014 Breakwater Construction Programme are on pages 20-23.
Not to be used for navigation
Cowes Harbour Commission has introduced a Shrape Watersports Area
within the Inner Harbour, the purpose of which is to provide a safe area
for the following activities:

i. Dinghy and dayboat sailing
ii. Wind surfing
iii. Kite surfing
iv. Rowing
v. Support and rescue craft involved in the above activities.
Within the Shrape Watersports Area the above activities are permitted to
exceed the 6 knot speed limit, if safe to do so.
The Shrape Watersports Area is not to be used for activities involving the
towing of persons, such activities are prohibited within the Inner Harbour
and Outer Fairway.

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