tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post6230322781362525564..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Ramsgate Main Sands, where is the sand going and why?Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-85464448253813773992016-02-08T22:19:25.843+00:002016-02-08T22:19:25.843+00:00During Winter with North East gales the heavy seas...During Winter with North East gales the heavy seas would always move sand to the west, but on a change of wind with the south west and Southerly gales it would be moved back, since the ferry terminal has been in place there is no wave action to shift it back the natural balance has been destroyed. Older residents will remember the shingle banks that were in place one at the boundary of King George Park called Moses bank the other in the middle of the main sands, both of these banks have now shifted west one straddles the groin a shift of several hundred metres the other is almost up to the the East pier. Our beach is on a one way trip to fill the lovely Royal harbour up where from time to time it gets dredged up and dumped on the spoil ground, never to return, so we are paying to lose our own beach. The solution would be to redesign the breakwaters by taking the one that comes from the East pier head and building it to curve from where the outer end is and run towards the middle of the main sands, this would stop the heavy NE swells from rebounding off the East pier and taking sand towards the entrance. {Ron Blay former dredger master}.Stargazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438893365861077965noreply@blogger.com