Above: Private leisure yachts at Beaufort’s locked downtown private commercial marina illegally leased against the public to Safe Harbor. Photo source: Safe Harbor website

Headline in The Island Packet on August 28 in a news article by Karl Puckett: “Beaufort tries to correct botched lease with Safe Harbor. ‘There is no excuse for this’. Residents are not happy the lease was approved without public input. The revelation comes as Safe Harbor is planning a marina expansion.” Click here to read the entire article.