Clubhouse designs fail to float many boats

Monday 7th April 2008, 2:29PM BST.

One of the designs put forward for a new RCIYC headquarters on the Crown Pier.

PLANS to build a new Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club headquarters on the Crown Pier have outraged some people.

Ironbridge Estates managing director Peter Kaufman Kent has sponsored a competition to design a new clubhouse and the six shortlisted entries were published in Friday’s Guernsey Press.

Michelle Ward said she had wondered if it was still 1 April when she saw the images. ‘Can Mr Kaufman Kent seriously believe any of these designs are in keeping with the area, which is a very sensitive part of the beautiful backdrop of St Peter Port?’ she said. ‘The word, carbuncle, springs to mind.’

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