Over the past seven months, I've watched with interest how the derelict foreshore of Goat Island is being transformed into a marina. A huge amount, 44,000 tons, of aggregate has been dumped on the place, and a substantial amount of land was reclaimed from the sea. The basin in which the boats will eventually be moored was dredged out using a method with bunds. This means that you build a pier of rocks into the sea, then remove the bund again whilst dredging out the sea around it - and from the location where the bund was located. There were seven such bunds, but that work is now complete. Dredging also took place from a barge, moored in the old basin. As I type this, the first of the pontoons is being installed. Once completed, the marina will be able to house 80 yachts. The marina in the Inner Harbour here in Stornoway can house a similar number.
The first of the bunds
Working the bunds
Walking on water in October
Constructing the slipway
State of affairs 8 July
Marine dredging
A sgoth nosing around the works early in September
Constructing the breakwater at sunset in October
Removing the railings along the causeway
Constructing the pontoons, early November
This picture shows the works on 6 November
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