Falmouth Harbour Users Group (HUG)
Falmouth Harbour’s commercial and leisure water users have come together to create the Trust Port’s first Harbour Users Group (HUG) which acts as an interface for information and best practice between Falmouth Harbour and all its diverse stakeholders.
The Falmouth HUG members will filter ideas, concerns and information both ways to widen the representation of user groups as wide-ranging as sailors, swimmers and paddleboarders, fishers and local councils, marine businesses, RNLI, HM Coastguard, environmental organisations and neighbouring harbour authorities.
A full list of current HUG members is available on request.
Harbour Users Group (HUG)
Dave Owens
Chair
Dave, born and brought up in Penzance, is an Environmental Planner and Manager working in private practice for the last 10 years. He worked for 26 years in local government where latterly he was heavily involved in the management of the Cornwall Council controlled harbours and frequently led the emergency management response to many storm events and several significant shipping incidents. He has extensive experience in community engagement and formal public consultation and will work particularly closely with the Harbour Board on this front. He sails competitively out of Flushing Sailing Club where he is the Chairman of Trustees and has lived in the Falmouth area for the last 31 years. Dave served on the previous Consultative Committee for three years and was unanimously appointed Chair of the Harbour Users Group at its inception meeting. Dave will be working hard to engage with as many stakeholders as possible and will encourage a greater level of understanding amongst the many harbour users. He can be contacted via the email address HUGChair@falmouthharbour.co.uk.
Trevor Brookes
Resident Naval Officer (RNO)
During his 5 years in the Royal Navy Trevor qualified as an operational helicopter pilot flying Sea Kings.
On leaving the Royal navy, Trevor followed a more local career as a Commissioned Customs & Excise Officer based in Cornwall. As HM C&E subsequently evolved into Border Force, so did Trevor’s roles and responsibilities leading to various managerial and advisory roles including working in Ghana, Togo & Nigeria, on drugs enforcement duties.
In 2015, Trevor re-joined the Royal Navy as Resident Naval Officer (RNO) – Falmouth, a unique post to represent the interests of the Naval Regional Commander and the greater Royal Navy.
Trevor is chairman of his local residents committee and the Camborne Trevithick Day Association. He enjoys sports and surfing and leads a male voice singing group.
Simon Cadman
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
Simon had a Merchant Navy deck officer career before entering the world of sea fisheries enforcement around Cornwall since 1987. He is the Principal Enforcement Officer for the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority and over the years has enjoyed good working relations with Falmouth Harbour officers to resolve, assist and advise on a number of mainly fisheries related issues within the port limits.
Toby Floyer
FalRiver
Toby has a background in education, maritime heritage and ferry operations. He currently gets a lot of joy from his work as MD of FalRiver, which includes the St Mawes Ferry, Enterprise Boats and the enormously popular FalRiver area guidebook partnership. He is also chairman of the Cornish Maritime Trust. With commercial and community interests, Toby wants to see the kind of transformation in the harbour which would result in high quality access to our amazing waters for everyone.
Tom Furse
Falmouth Coastguard
Tom is the Rescue Coordination Centre Manager at Falmouth Coastguard and is immensely proud of the work that his team do. He joined H.M. Coastguard in 2014 following 4 years working for Truro Harbour. Tom is the son of a 'Strawbuckie' and was raised in Flushing, developing a keen interest in the harbour and leading to a career in the maritime domain.
Richard Gates
Falmouth Town Manager
Richard is the Falmouth Town Manager and also the Deputy Proper Officer of Falmouth Town Council. He started at the end of 2009 and has an in-depth knowledge of the town including the business and residential community. He heads up the Falmouth Town Team along with Richard Wilcox from Falmouth BID (Business Improvement District). He also oversees many projects such as ‘Falmouth Safe & Secure’ and the vibrant events calendar as well as day to day operational requirements.
Peter Harvey
Commodore Flushing Sailing Club
Born in St Austell Peter first sailed the waters around Falmouth in the 1950’s. However, he only returned to Cornwall to live in 2013 after retiring from his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He remains a keen sailor. He regularly races his current boat, a Rustler 24, with Flushing Sailing Club, where he is currently the commodore. He is also the launch customer for Rustler’s new motorboat. He is a non-executive director of Pendennis Shipyard Holdings and the St Austell Brewery (he is a great great grandson of Walter Hicks, the Brewery’s founder).
