Richard Taylor, of Main Road, Salcombe, writes: I have read with interest the various comments that have been made regarding the proposed skiing in the harbour. This is clearly a divisive issue. I have been on the water in Salcombe for 35 years and should declare that I am a Salcombe yawl owner, but have been a waterskier in Salcombe for 30 years. The argument to ski on the estuary fails, on conservation and speeding grounds, but also control. A system such as that operated on the Avon would be required, with boat owners paying into a club, which would be the only way of regulating it, and may suit a few boat owners, but not be of interest to the casual skiers, of whom there are many in Salcombe. So what's to be done? My solution is this: the area of sea outside the Bar is sometimes called the 'Range' and for many years skiing was allowed there. The harbourmaster seems to have made a unilateral decision not to allow skiing there. This is the heart of the matter. Presently the majority of the harbourmaster launches are operated by teenagers, who spend their time showboating around the quays and central pubs wasting fuel and not enforcing the harbour regulations in the less accessible areas of the estuary, which should be their primary role. So why did they extend the harbour limits, when they clearly have no interest in properly policing it? Big egos. The answer is to allow waterskiing on the Range, which worked very well for countless years. The harbour never sends boats out there and only enforced the speed limit there as an ego trip, not for any genuine reason, which has upset the balance, bringing up the old question of skiing in the harbour back on the agenda. Will sense prevail? I doubt it – far too many big egos.