Newsletters
The Dunbar Harbour Trust issues a regular newsletter with the latest soundbites from the website and announcements of upcoming events and activities. You can receive the newsletter in your email box by enterering your best email on the right of this page.
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Arte -- a TV company, much-watched in France, Germany and around the world, interviewed Dunbar's Roy Pugh for a programme on Black Agnes and her heroics during a 6-month seige in 1338. You can watch it here (there is an option to change the language)
Arte TV, link https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/099163-000-A/a-dunbar-n-enervez-pas-la-comtesse/
Photo 1: Roy recounting history. Click <<READ MORE>> for photo 2: Black Agnes in action!
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Barry says: "we are lucky enough to have the best sign writer in East Lothian to come to the One Man and His Boat shed, and paint on our carvings and markings on the Lynsey B's hull."
'Thomas Paints' signwriting, 07519 953857, signwriting, gold-leaf etc.
Watch Barry on youtube: remember to Like, or even better, to Subscribe to his films
Photos from Barry's youtube site. Click <<READ MORE>> for photo of the finished job.
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16th to 23rd September.
There was a temporary 8 days partial closure of the main slipway and restricted access between the inner and outer harbours. At Broadhaven slipway and under the bridge, the divers and workers were busy making alterations to the slipway extension in order to improve tidal access for the RNLI's ILB.
Watching the works was a spectacle for viewers. The slipway has been extended 9m from its west edge directly into Victoria Harbour.
Photos by Kenny Maule, Click <<READ MORE>> for a 'ghostly' photo 2
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see photo above from the East Lothian Council
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Next Month ......
Looking Forward: Next month we'll have an 'in depth' interview with a 'weel kent' boatman:---Noll Togneri, as he remembers the outdoor swimming-pool in its heyday, with his characteristic ducking and diving.- Hits: 462
May's quiz; Where is this above inscription? "ORDNANCE SURVEY 1913"
Click <<READ MORE>> for the answer.
Next month we'll have an article on 'projected sea levels' around Scotland
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A shag under the bridge, with his mating crest. Hint: the harbour is the wrong place to look for a mate. Head out to the Scart Rock disco-dance.
Photos by Kenny Maule
All the mature gulls are also 'getting it together'. First ask Aunty to avert her eyes then click <<READ MORE>> below for the gulls.
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SAFETY FLYER TO THE FISHING INDUSTRY
Fatal: man overboard from the creel boat Sea Mist (BF918) Macduff, Scotland. 27 March 2019
The skipper/owner of the single-handed creel boat Sea Mist (BF918) became entangled in the back rope while shooting creels, and was pulled overboard. No-one witnessed the accident however, the skipper’s son, who was nearby on his own fishing vessel, saw Sea Mist circling and raised the alarm The son discovered one of his father’s boots entangled in a back rope. Sea Mist’s skipper had attempted to cut himself free. He was not wearing a lifejacket at the time. Following a sea- and air-search, he was recovered deceased from the water.
There have been 33 recorded fatalities on UK creel boats/potting vessels since the beginning of 2007, 20 of which were a result of either falling or being dragged overboard with the gear.
Safety lessons
- A physical barrier between him and the back rope could have prevented this accident.
- He was working alone on deck without a lifejacket or personal locator beacon.
- He had carried out some sensible safety precautions: he was carrying a knife, unfortunately his attempt to cut himself free was not successful.
Full Marine Accident Investigation reports: www.gov.uk/maib
Photo from the full report
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Every year boats from Cove are craned in at Dunbar (ever tried carrying a boat on your back down Cove's footpath?)
Of course they block the bridge road but only for 10 minutes --- they're pretty effficient.
This is Poo II -- what does 'poo' mean? --- it's Cove & St. Abbs lingo for crab.
Photos 1 & 2 by Kenny Maule. Click <<READ MORE>> for photo 2.
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Harbour Master Quentin has been keen to work with the Coastal Communities Network (CCN) to share ideas and to explore potential for collaboration and now Quentin has been invited to bring Dunbar Harbour ‘to the table’.
"The CCN is guided by the belief that coastal communities across Scotland are well placed to harness long-term solutions to ensure healthy, well-managed seas. https://www.communitiesforseas.scot/about-the-network/
Scotland’s dynamic and complex shoreline attests to richly-biodiverse ecosystems below the waves. The species and habitats found in our inshore waters underpin the ecological integrity of marine habitats and the economic prosperity of nearby coastal communities. With the escalation of threats and impacts within our inshore waters, managing our seas for environmental and economic sustainability is no easy task."
Photo by Kenny Maule