Update 15th June 2022: The buoys have been deployed for 2022.
Update 6th June 2022: The buoys have arrived and will be installed this week, weather permitting.
MAY 2022: As this was very successful during 2021 the Parish Council will be extending this area. We are currently waiting for the additional buoys and once they have arrived they will be out.
BUOYS for Totland & Colwell
Planned over the winter of 2020, Totland Parish Council will shortly have professionally installed, fully licenced and insured buoys to prevent boats from mooring too far inshore and to protect swimmers at both Totland Bay and the west section of Colwell Bay.
Totland Parish Council will be installing marker buoys at Widdick Chine and to the west of Colwell Bay from the slip way. We will also be installing launching buoys off the Colwell Slipway. This is separate to the safe swimming buoys on the east section of Colwell which Freshwater Parish are installing.
Both parishes want to ensure that boats are moored at a safe distance and swimmers are safe within the zone and although they are different solutions the aim is the same – to prevent craft from mooring inshore and to protect those swimming.
The Totland buoys in both locations will be professionally installed and insured – they are approved by Trinity House, are fully licensed and are heavy duty yellow marine compliant buoys which are anchored and chained. At Widdick Chine they will be tethered and roped together to form a barrier. We have been working with a local marine services contractor to design and install what will be a robust and secure solution to ensure that the safety at Totland’s beaches is a continuing priority.
