rocks, snapping anchors and ruining a soca concert.

The cancellation of the Clearwater concert featuring Barbadian group Krosfyah left hundreds of music-lovers disappointed.

Marine Police and Harbour Radio, meanwhile, were flooded with calls as boaters were caught off guard by winds gusting to 45 knots.

Harbour Radio said they responded to nine calls for help in a 90-minute period on Saturday evening.

Extra staff were rushed in to help Harbour Radio and Marine Police cope with calls from vessels grounded, disabled or in distress.

Police said the Marine unit attended several West End incidents. In one, two people needed help as their boat, the Vivacious , was blown on to rocks on the western side of Hawkins Island. The vessel was towed off the rocks by the Reef Explorer .

Police also retrieved a vessel which broke two anchors in Ely's Harbour and was drifting down to Bethel's Island.

The pilot boat St. George's was on standby to assist a 35ft fishing vessel which got into trouble off North Rock.

And Marine Police assisted the Challenger which had broken down some six miles southwest of Gibbs Hill.

The two people on board were not able to restart the boat's engine so Police towed the vessel back to its mooring in Ely's Harbour.

According to Harbour Radio some 18 people needed help on Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, the Krosfyah show had to be called off as the weather caused problems on stage.

A spokesperson for promoters Treble Clef Productions said the group providing the sound system warned that water damage to equipment made it unsafe to continue.

However, the promoters said Krosfyah's manager confirmed that the group would be cutting their Chicago tour short to perform in Bermuda on September 11. And the promoters said all tickets already bought would be honoured at the gate.

Fans continued to drive into St. David's for several hours on Saturday hoping that the concert would continue.

But a Land Development employee at the scene of the show blasted the Parks Department, whose employees apparently were nowhere to be found after the show's cancellation.

The man complained about the number of would-be concert-goers who were given no direction by Parks employees. He suggested the crowd should have been controlled and monitored. "It looks like Cup Match down here,'' he protested.