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West Falmouth club seeks seasonal floats; commissioners question depth and shellfish review
Summary
Chapel Quarter Yacht Club requested approval for three seasonal floats on moorings offshore and asked the commission to apply updated harbor-master (10A) rules. Commissioners debated which rules apply, whether floats could touch bottom and the need for a shellfish survey; the hearing was closed and taken under advisement.
Mike Jackson, representing the Chapel Quarter Yacht Club (a 501(c)(3)), asked the Conservation Commission to consider recently republished harbor-master 10A regulations that address floats on moorings and to allow three seasonal floats anchored more than 300 feet offshore.
Jackson and his consultant presented depth profiles for three proposed locations and described a mooring design that uses helical screws intended to minimize seabed disturbance. Jackson said the consultant’s numbers show the floats will be free-floating at all tides and meet the harbor-master guidance: "They all, you know, meet the requirement of 10a, and 2 of the 3 meet the…
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