Notice to Mariners Week 18

[tillergirl]

Permanent

1. ENGLAND - South East Coast - South Falls W - Foul. - a new FOUL in the south-east TSS west of the Mid Falls lateral buoy. At 50m not likely to hinder leisure craft!
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - Approaches to Harwich - Buoy. - UKHO confirmation of the recent local Harwich Haven NtoM about the Beacon Hill yellow special mark now in place (Apr to Oct). Image for position at: http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html
3. ENGLAND - South Coast - Dover - Inner Harbour - Light. - Green light on the Dunkirk Jetty deleted.
4. NETHERLANDS - Ribben Hinderplaat - Legends. - The Nature Reserve is deleted and a 'Entry Prohibion' substituted (south of the Hook of Holland);
5. BELGIUM - Thorntonbank to Lodewijkbank - Works. Wind farm. Restricted area. - Buoyage. - Between Thortonbank and Lodewijbank wind farms are now prohibited for entry in consequence of the start of another wind farm between the two. Image showing buoyage on the same page above.

Temporary

1. Trinity House - The exclusion zone around the Fluvius Tamar in the North Hinder TSS is now increased to 1000 metres;
2. Trinity House - the Woodbridge Haven Safe Water buoy is moved to specified co-ordinates (see in the Temporary list in the above page);
3. Kentish Flats Wind Farm - notification of an unknown submerged object within the Kentish Flats Wind Farm. Not likely to be on our usual route but see the image to STAY AWAY in the Temporary list on the page above!
4. THAMES BARRIER CONTROL ZONE - THAMES BARRIER TEMPORARY NAVIGATION LIGHTS - Image in the Temporary list shows the change;
5. NAVIGATION - Essex Marina – Excessive Wash - but that was raised in the past week - included for the sake of being 'complete';
6. SHEET PILING, THE GRANARIES, MALDON, ESSEX - ADMIRALTY CHART 3741 - RIVER CHELMER, ESSEX - the Chelmer being the top end of the Blackwater - I think that is the housing complex on the right before the Bridge;
7. LOWESTOFT DREDGING ACTIVITIES – REVISED SCHEDULE - as it says - different times etc;
8. Port of Wells dredging;
9. Ramsgate Harbour - dredging;
10. There is some Cable laying and diving on the London Array at the moment with exclusion zones but at the moment I cannot locate the location. I am enquiring;

That's it.

 

[LittleSister]

Thank you!

 

[tillergirl]

Not at all

 

[tillergirl]

London Array have supplied the detail of the Cable and Diving works and I will update this evening to the web site (must get down to the boat!). The simple message is Foulger's Gat is free but the works is close so please call up any London Array vessel on Ch 16 when nearing for the very latest information.

 

[tillergirl]

I am in the process of uploading details of the London Array NtM to the web site at my usual page in the Temporary list - http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html .

Works started on 14th April and will extend until 28th May - of course subject to the weather etc. Cable repairs are within the Wind Farm area but are adjacent to the east of Foulgers' Gat. A 750m exclusion zone is in place - image available on my web page plus piccies of the craft involved and details of the anchor deployments (extensive). The email today include the helpful comment from the Marine Coordinator "As you can see the 750m exclusion zone comes up to the edge of Foulger's Gat, however does not intrude so safe passage is still available. *We would advise anyone planning to pass through to contact one of our CTV's on Channel 16, who will then relay the most current information."

There is a full pdf on the NtM to download on my web site. Worth reading if en passage through Foulger's during the works period.