E-Loran

[mjcp]

For a yachtsman, ... finding the entrance to Cowes.

It used to be easy - there was a brown thing that came out of it...

But they have painted the ferry red and white now

 

[AntarcticPilot]

It used to be easy - there was a brown thing that came out of it...

But they have painted the ferry red and white now

So does it indicate safe water?

 

[Mark-1]

So does it indicate safe water?View attachment 210106

Which raises the point that moving bouyage is far easier, far more effective and far harder to catch a culprit than spoofing/jamming could ever be.

Maybe we should all fret about that, or does that not provide an excuse to buy cool new tech?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Which raises the point that moving bouyage is far easier, far more effective and far harder to catch a culprit than spoofing/jamming could ever be.

Maybe we should all fret about that, or does that not provide an excuse to buy cool new tech?

Actually, one of the hardest buoys to spot that I know is Pye End, the safe water buoy marking the way into Hamford Water!

But you make a good point; physical infrastructure is much harder to disrupt than electronic !

 

[14K478]

Actually, one of the hardest buoys to spot that I know is Pye End, the safe water buoy marking the way into Hamford Water!

But you make a good point; physical infrastructure is much harder to disrupt than electronic !

From memory, coming from seaward, line up the lower lighthouse on the beach with the white house with two gables. Before my first singlehanded cruise in 1970 I memorised the directions given by Jack Coote in “East Coast Rivers”.

From Harwich, a mile SSW from Cliff Foot!