Lincolnshire yacht club race gets green-light after EA river clean-up
Jul 9th, 2009
A Lincolnshire yacht club has been given the go-ahead to host a regional round of the National 12 Class Series sailing competition after successfully managing to clear excess weeds from local waterways. Welland Yacht Club's hopes of staging the event for the first time in 20 years looked dashed after organisers declared that the River Welland was too clogged up for any competitive sailing to take place.
According to the Lincolnshire Free Press, the Environment Agency (EA) suggested that recent hot and sunny weather is to blame for the unusually quick growth of weed vegetation being seen in inland waterways across the country.
Working alongside members of the yachting club, EA officials worked to clear the River Welland so as to allow the event to go ahead as planned this weekend.
"When the sun shines and you have warm conditions it means more nutrients get into the water and the weed grows quicker," Rita Penman, a spokesperson for the EA, said.
"We have been working to clear the River Glen as that is more of a priority as a flood risk, but after being informed by Welland Yacht Club of its upcoming competition we sent a boat to the Welland."
Just this week, the Royal Yachting Association announced the launch of a new strategy to promote Britain's inland waterways.
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