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43 <br />Report of the Harbor blaster <br />To the Honorable Board of Selectmen <br />Town of Mashpee: <br />More and larger buoys were purchased and set out to <br />indicate what little channel there is into Popponesset Bay. <br />The cost of these ,buoys and their maintenance is shared <br />with the Town of Barnstable. These additional buoys strained <br />our budget to excess but I feel they are a good investment. <br />The prospects are brighter for getting some dredging <br />done in Popponesset Bay. The Waterways Committees of <br />Mashpee and Barnstable -have been working together toward <br />this end. <br />Buoys were placed in Waquoit Bay to mark the narrow <br />channel around Seconsett Point into Little River. It has been <br />ten years since this channel was dredged and it should be <br />done again. More and larger boats, both pleasure and com- <br />mercial, are coming through this channel. There is increas- <br />ing demand for more buoys and markers to guide the way <br />up Great River as well as Little River. <br />I am happy to report that the Town of Falmouth has <br />now appropriated the funds to install a lighted beacon on <br />the jetties at the entrance to Waquoit Bay. Their Waterways <br />Committee inform me that this will be accomplished early <br />this spring. <br />Complaints about speedsters and water skiers continue <br />to increase. At my request inspectors from the Mass. Division <br />Of Motor Boats patrolled our area a half dozen times. They <br />are very helpful in bringing some of the violators to task, and <br />the word spreads around to others. <br />Pleasure boating continues to increase by leaps and <br />bounds and I believe it is to our advantage to develop our <br />waterways. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />GORDON CROWELL <br />