A storm on 19th June 2010 damaged Tristan da Cunha's Calshot Harbour.

June Storm causes harbour damage

David Morley reports that a bad storm on the night of Friday 19th June 2010 resulted in damage to Calshot Harbour. Some sea wall blocks near the bait station at the island end of the western breakwater were washed onto the quay. Some dolosse were also deposited on the quay. Operation Zest did not strap these blocks in place as they did on the breakwater itself. Thus we had a large gap in our sea defences.
Photos taken by David Morley on Saturday 20th June show above: damaged vessels and debris on the harbour wall Below: the gaping hole in the harbour's defences

There has been some damage to fishing vessels (and the cargo raft,which may have to go back to Cape Town for repair) and to Factory equipment (including power supplies and sea water pipes).

Repairs have since been made and the blocks are back in place. Vessels have been moved and the quay tidied up. So not too bad, but a reminder (if we needed it) of the impact of winter weather. On Saturday we were getting 8-10 metre swells.