tillergirl
Well-Known Member
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
As usual the UKHO is a week ahead - which is ironically already a week behind. I have just done a couple of changes from today: I have separated the Area list which covered from Havengore down to Dover to place all the Thames changes in a separate area. The website software is creaking because that Area had all of the notices in one list and rather 'filling' all the data. You will see no difference apart from separating out the Thames notices but the software updates will be a quicker process for me! The other thing I have changed is to only retain the past year's list rather than the past two years. All the past years are retained in the Area lists, just the chronological list has been removed. If anyone wants detail, I have the 2016 chronological list on my machine (and indeed the 2015 to 2010 lists) so I could always reinstate it if necessary. I doubt there would be much call but if.....
UKHO Permanent/Preliminary/Temporary
1. ENGLAND - East Coast - NM Block. - River Thames - New block for the River Thames opposite Wapping. I confessI can't notice the change much!
2. FRANCE - North Coast - Buoy. - The Yellow special mark north of the Dunkerque harbour is deleted. This ‘special’ mark had a 2.5m statue of a mermaid by the work of the French artist Leopold de Frankowiak.
Local
1. Lowestoft - YACHT AND SMALL CRAFT WAITING PONTOON - the waiting pontoon in the east end of the Trawl Dock is out of action and cannot be used by any vessels until further notice.
Any yachts or small craft who require a berth to wait for a bridge opening are advised to contact the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht club on VHF Ch. 80 or by phone on 01502 566726. A further notice will be produced when the pontoon can be used again.
2. Havengore Bridge - "in this month’s maintenance inspection, our contractor identified a fault with the hydraulic mechanism of the bridge which prevents the bridge from closing fully after lifting and therefore, compromises the use of the roadway. Our contractor is currently sourcing a replacement component and will now be back on site w/c 31 December. We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause with the bridge being closed to marine traffic during the holiday period and we will notify you of progress sometime during that week."
That's it. Nice big tide on Christmas Day.
As usual the UKHO is a week ahead - which is ironically already a week behind. I have just done a couple of changes from today: I have separated the Area list which covered from Havengore down to Dover to place all the Thames changes in a separate area. The website software is creaking because that Area had all of the notices in one list and rather 'filling' all the data. You will see no difference apart from separating out the Thames notices but the software updates will be a quicker process for me! The other thing I have changed is to only retain the past year's list rather than the past two years. All the past years are retained in the Area lists, just the chronological list has been removed. If anyone wants detail, I have the 2016 chronological list on my machine (and indeed the 2015 to 2010 lists) so I could always reinstate it if necessary. I doubt there would be much call but if.....
UKHO Permanent/Preliminary/Temporary
1. ENGLAND - East Coast - NM Block. - River Thames - New block for the River Thames opposite Wapping. I confessI can't notice the change much!
2. FRANCE - North Coast - Buoy. - The Yellow special mark north of the Dunkerque harbour is deleted. This ‘special’ mark had a 2.5m statue of a mermaid by the work of the French artist Leopold de Frankowiak.
Local
1. Lowestoft - YACHT AND SMALL CRAFT WAITING PONTOON - the waiting pontoon in the east end of the Trawl Dock is out of action and cannot be used by any vessels until further notice.
Any yachts or small craft who require a berth to wait for a bridge opening are advised to contact the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht club on VHF Ch. 80 or by phone on 01502 566726. A further notice will be produced when the pontoon can be used again.
2. Havengore Bridge - "in this month’s maintenance inspection, our contractor identified a fault with the hydraulic mechanism of the bridge which prevents the bridge from closing fully after lifting and therefore, compromises the use of the roadway. Our contractor is currently sourcing a replacement component and will now be back on site w/c 31 December. We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause with the bridge being closed to marine traffic during the holiday period and we will notify you of progress sometime during that week."
That's it. Nice big tide on Christmas Day.
