Best IALA bouy and light to mark a horse aground ?

[sarabande]

Don't rein in your ideas..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-46962316

 

[Poignard]

How about a fort?

 

[Old Bumbulum]

Surely a horse at sea - or anywhere else for that matter - should be displaying lights and shapes for a vessel not under command...?

 

[VicS]

Surely a horse at sea - or anywhere else for that matter - should be displaying lights and shapes for a vessel not under command...?

No because it does not fall within the definition of a "vessel"

 

[Dan Tribe]

A more suitable location would have been on the Galloper, or at Bradwell juxta Mare.

 

[dmayes]

Could be Beaufort force 3 if only one white horse.

 

[langstonelayabout]

And having walked among the Gormley statues in Liverpool I can only say that they should be marked as hazards or brought to the high water mark. They may be art but also pose a risk to those on the sea.

 

[Daydream believer]

Once someone puts a hole in their nice smart sailing dinghy on an unmarked submerged load of "scrap" I expect that the harbour authorities may have questions to ask.

At Ostend just about half a mile from the harbour, the Belgians had a fantastic set of steel silhouettes of cyclists in a line. These were arranged so that they were pedaling out of the sea & more were exposed as the tide went out. There was at least a dozen life sized ones.
They were there for while then suddenly disappeared
The answer was that they were stolen!! somehow I suspect that the authorities realised the danger to swimmers on the beach, along with wind surfers & paddle boarders etc & decided to remove them.
I would not be surprised if the same happens at Wells if the "monument" is not suitably marked. As nice as it may look

 

[Daydream believer]

Do not tell the people traffickers!!
Before you know it they will be turning up all round the coast full of illegals ready to jump out as soon as it gets dark

 

[Daverw]

When we were last at wells it was near the fisherman’s anchor and fire basket, so more to bump into than just a horse

 

[MikeCC]

It's now a seahorse and must be protected at all costs! SH*T must be notified immediately.
A cardinal mark would probably do.

 

[Motor_Sailor]

That bit of beach at Wells is known locally as the pot boiler.

Perhaps now they'll be a good supply of glue oozing from the sand.

 

[grumpy_o_g]

I give it a month at best before NGM and the Sea Horse Trust demand the Norfolk coast becomes a Marine Conservation Zone ...

 

[Mister E]

Surely a horse at sea - or anywhere else for that matter - should be displaying lights and shapes for a vessel not under command...?

Nay lad:encouragement:

 

[Gymnopedie]

Noting that even the harbour master admits that he "hit the target" some warning lights are obviously necessary.

If I may add a rider.....then the horse will no longer be "not in command" and a single all round white anchor light displayed in the fore part should suffice.

That said, the location obviously qualifies for denomination as a "horse sand" (vide River Deben and others) and IALA shapes and lights would hopefully save others from hitting the target.

Sorry to saddle readers with all this but I wouldn't wish them to be taken for a ride.

 

[Mister E]

Sorry to saddle readers with all this but I wouldn't wish them to be taken for a ride.

Good to see this thread is unbridled.

 

[[70521]]

More bl00dy litter!

 

[lw395]

They say it's there 'permanently' but it seems to be rusting at a fair pace...

 

[Boathook]

Could be Beaufort force 3 if only one white horse.

If it gets to Force 4 they could give it an anchor, etc. which will hopefully rein it in.

 

[ltcom]

Pay £15k for a piece of art and then how much for cardinal marks or two double balls plus their upkeep, plus the cost of labour for laying them......
Someone is going to be sticking anti corrosive chemicals all over the thing.......or else what is the point?
Smells like bull.... I mean horse..... to me.