Club commodore Ian Cobb said all their activities are based on using the grinding course and the council has removed the concessional fee they used to pay.

He added that this has resulted in 25 members leaving the club.

“It costs around £2,500 to run the club every year, with rent, insurance, electricity, and the maintenance is quite high – it doesn’t paint a bright future for us,” he said.

Club member Allan Dyer, who has moored his boat in the harbor for 25 years, said the fee increase to £198 for the year to use the slipway came without warning and is charged on top of the fee to leave his boat in the harbour. marina.

“For 25 years I paid Somerset Council for the mooring… I don’t see why I should have to pay such a large sum,” he said.