Lol, I'd love to know how many people were on the committee that wrote this simpering drivel.
"The exclusive use of a fortunate few..." Give me a break! I'd love to compare how many boats moved through that space annually in order to keep themselves running for cruising and racing, then add up how many people got access to the water from attending said cruises and races, against your tally of dinghies and paddlers and the like. Only then could possibly I be willing to hear out your argument in good faith.
And for the record, I *have* spent a *lot* of sunny weekends there in the last