Now, the marina in the back is clearly not a solution - the end of the channel is too shallow and dredged to the bedrock, amongst many other objections like the winds, size, channel, docking area etc.

I got pics from both (existing/old) barge sites on busy days, and it is clearly naive to assume they'll be able to unload in the proposed marina.

IMO the best solution is to keep'em where they used to be for a while, and find a real solution without politicians (either side).

Live and let live