ralf
D ya no,de powerpoints may be the turning point for some light hearted banter and friendly jest........are we turning a corner here.........certainly hope so from my bunker :P

kieran walsh
My point is not that there are not enough power points, but rather the dangerous fashion the pontoons are covered in trailing 220 volt leads and splitter sockets.
I can very easily cope with no power points, as long as the wine cooler functions for 14 days between charges and no warm bottles are added to the cooler.:)

Conor Nolan
Is this what it's come to? Not enough power outlets on jetties??
Noel must be correct. The battles are all won.

kieran walsh
Having stated here already my feelings on the location, here are my observations on the dev.
There are not enough power points fitted, with the result that extension leads, 220 volt, and socket splitters, with more extension leads are being used to bring power to a number of cruisers from one meter point.
An accident waiting to happen for sure. I can almost hear the claimants solicitor laughing all the way to the court room.
The old style WI smart card will not operate the meters. The new card has a smaller chip fitted. No cards available in shop. (BTW, Does that mean the old style cards I have paid for will now not work anything...anywhere? )

Pump out position is wrong, wrong, wrong. When the mooring is busy you cant get near it.
This should have been located, IMO, on the inside of the breakwater. That way every one can see that the cruiser tied up there is either using the pump out or moored illegally.

There is an open boat, a Boston Whaler ??, used by the tour boat operator for fast boat tours of the lake. This open boat is chained to the jetty, taking up the space between 3 mooring bollards by the entrance ramp, beside the large tour boat mooring on the old harbour wall.
I believe it is chained there to make it easier for the tour boat to exit its mooring on the old harbour wall.
The tour boat operator claims to have sole mooring rights for the old harbour as well. Can anyone confirm this to be the case.
As I said before, the space between the entrance ramps should be used for lake boats and small craft, leaving mooring space for cruisers only on the main jetty.
The mooring fingers on the south side of the north side jetty are shorter, so bear this in mind when looking for a mooring there. Larger cruises with all around hand rails might find it difficult to get crew off.

On a different topic regarding Lough Key. Do emergency services have exit cards to get out of the car park with a patient on board? I was there a good while back and the ambulance staff had no change to get out past the barrier.

These are just a few comments, really should have more to be doing with my time.

Kieran Walsh

I can't imagine that there would have been an enormous increase in expense to equip every finger with them but perhaps I'm missing some health & safety or maximum load issue.

John Geary
Anyone advise if the development is open yet? I am considering going to Lough key over Easter. Any news appreciated.