New Navigation Bouys in the Roach above Paglesham.

[FullCircle]

For those of you less fearless than me, the Crouch Harbour Authority are laying new navigational buoys in the River Roach above Paglesham. It has been confirmed they will be lit!
In case there is any doubt, I don't think they are laying on any extra water to float them in at low tide

An excellent move.


The CHA have after much prompting from the Roach Users Groups to day installed the following navigation
Buoys in the Roach up river from Pagelsham.

Black Edge Buoy No 1 (Green) Lat 51.35.230 N : Lon 00.48.190 E

Barling Buoy No 2 (Red) Lat 51.35.120 N : Lon 00.47.194 E

Barton Hall Buoy No 3 (Green) Lat 51.39.925 N : Lon 00.45.639 E

Mucking Buoy No 4 (Red) Lat 51.34.810 N : Lon 00.45.639 E

Lower Rochford No 5 (Green) Lat 51.34.811 N : Lon 00.45.300E
No 6 (Red) Lat 51.34.790 N : Lon 00.45.311 E

Top Rochford No 7 (Green) Lat 51.34.844 N : Lon 00.44.867 E
No 8 ( Red ) Lat 51.34.826 N : Lon 00.44.871 E

These positions will be logged with Trinity House and be confirmed for chart use

 

[Jan Harber]

My goodness, we thought the Roach was the last undiscovered Essex river when we kept our boats there, on one of the (Ron Pipe) moorings near The Violet...
Going up to Stambridge was always an adventure, particularly if we were doing one of the RSA races when at least one boat would end up on the mud however well we believed we knew where the best water was...No problem now then, even at night...
Are you sure there isn't going to be commercial traffic up there again? Otherwise how can lit buoys be paid for?

 

[FullCircle]

My goodness, we thought the Roach was the last undiscovered Essex river when we kept our boats there, on one of the (Ron Pipe) moorings near The Violet...
Going up to Stambridge was always an adventure, particularly if we were doing one of the RSA races when at least one boat would end up on the mud however well we believed we knew where the best water was...No problem now then, even at night...
Are you sure there isn't going to be commercial traffic up there again? Otherwise how can lit buoys be paid for?

Thats the power of LED and Solar Panels Jan. Besides, have you seen the latest Crouch Harbour dues? £44.50 this year, got to be getting something for your money.

I can't imagine commercial traffic except the rapacious fisherman who have bottom trawled the life out of the clams.

 

[Cantata]

This is quite something. Never again will I have the challenge of ditch crawling up there with Colin Jarman, arriving just after half tide to the astonishment of the locals still perched up on the mud. Mind you we really did get stuck then, and boy did we get some stick as well...

 

[surekandoo]

Amazing! You soon won't be able to move in the Crouch/Roach for additional nav marks.

 

[DanTribe]

Never mind about the bit above Paglesham, I could do with some more marks between Crow & Branklet. I came through there about 2 hrs before LW and found some very thin bits of water. I used to follow the Branklet round near the edge of Wallasea but that now seems to be silted up. Where is the channel now?