JET-SKI SPEEDS JUST 'BONKERS'

HARBOUR MASTER TELLS OF 'FRAUGHT SUMMER'

- By RICHARD EVANS Local Democracy Reporter

A JET-ski was recorded travelling at a ‘bonkers’ 35 knots (40mph) through the middle of Conwy harbour over the weekend, says the council's harbour master.

On another occasion, a jet-ski attempted to swamp a dinghy carrying a child by doing ‘doughnuts’ around the boat, filling the vessel with water in an estuary with fast, powerful currents.

‘The incidents were described by Conwy’s harbour master Matthew Forbes at a harbour committee meeting at the council’s Coed Pella headquarters.

“We've had a really fraught summer with jet-skis this year in the (Conwy) harbour.

“We've had a number of complaints from people in Deganwy and people out on the river,’ Mr Forbes told the committee.