HomeMy WebLinkAboutLarry Odence_Bonnybrook Realty ApplicationFrom: Larry Odence <larryo301@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 11:11 AM
To: Cavanaugh, Kimberly
Subject: Bonnybrook Realty Applica on
Barnstable Conserva on Commission
A en on: Kimberly.Cavanaugh@town.barnstable.ma.us
Subject; Bonnybrook Realty Trust Pier Extension
Dear Madams/Sirs:
Much has happened in Cotuit Bay since I first started sailing circa 1938; the wonderful anchorage is basically
full, there are more and more boaters each year especially with the recent growth with kayaks and other self
propelled additions, and Sampsons Island’s migration west remains to such an extent that there are on-going
safety issues directly across from where Bonnybrook Realty wishes to expand their pier.
The real growth in leisure boatings seems to have started after World War II but the safety issues at The
Bonnybrook Realty area did not become readily apparent, at least to me, until periodic dredging did not restore
the opening to the distances prior to those of the 1960s/1970s.
The dredging program a couple of years ago did little to help my safety concerns and the way the point was cut
seems to have stimulated more shoaling in the direction of Loop Beach.
All this to say that we need to be mindful that boating accidents in such a congested area can happen to the best
of skippers and thus should support the wise counsel from the Harbormaster Office by not permitting the
requested 25 foot pier extension of Bonnybrook Realty Trust.
Yours sincerely,
Larry Odence
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