Danger to shipping

[Koeketiene]

How/when did this happen?

Smack, bang on my time honoured Harwich-Ostend track
What is the government thinking?

 

[sailorman]

is it a ferry

 

[Koeketiene]

is it a ferry

No - it seems to spawn Sunk pilots

 

[tillergirl]

Never miss a chance to advertise!

http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html (Under Temp NtM)

I assume that's the one. Can I stick your photo up?

Week 14

HARWICH HARBOUR APPROACHES

CORK HOLE – TEMPORARY LIGHT VESSEL

Latitude 51 deg 54'.330N., Longitude 001 deg 25’.420E


Harwich Haven Authority has been advised by Trinity House Lighthouse Service of the temporary establishment of a light vessel. THLS NTM 18/2011 refers.


Date : On or about 18th April, 2011.


Station : Temporary light vessel to be moored in the position defined above for testing for a period of approximately 4 weeks.


Description : Red hull: light tower amidships.

Mariners are advised that the light vessel will not exhibit a characteristic main light but will exhibit lights for a vessel at anchor. A fog signal with a character of 3 blasts of 2 seconds duration every 60 seconds may be sounded in periods of reduced visibility or at anytime for testing purposes.

The light vessel may be withdrawn without further notice.

This light vessel will be anchored in the Cork Hole site for experimental buoys.

 

[Koeketiene]

Never miss a chance to advertise!

http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html (Under Temp NtM)

I assume that's the one. Can I stick your photo up?

Have seen the one at Cork Hole - was wondering what it was doing there.
But this is not the one.

This one bears 130 from Rough Towers - about 3NM out. According to my only recently updated C-Map cartridge, they have added a sort of mini-roundabout to the South of the already established Sunk TSS.

 

[Leighb]

The buoy is surely Sunk Inner? It is shown on Imray C30 dated June 2008, they changed the light characteristics in 2009, but AFAIK it hasn't changed position. On my chart and on my latest version of C-Map it is 4.5M 127deg from Roughs Tower.

There is nothing shown at 3.0M on 130deg, however S. Threshold is at 3.0 M 120deg, but is a yellow buoy so can't be the same one.

 

[Koeketiene]

The buoy is surely Sunk Inner?

It's not a buoy, but some sort of light ship.
I observed pilots being picked up from it by a pilot vessel on the way out.
Chatter on VHF 71 confirmed this.

 

[Leighb]

Sorry, I did not look closely enough at the picture, I thought it was a high focal plane buoy.

 

[Marmalade]

According to my chart, sunk inner is a "light float" whatever that means...

...on reflection I suppose it means that thing in your photograph...

 

[larson250]

I think I could just about sail around it!