Notice to Mariners Week 28

[tillergirl]

Permanent

1. New editions of Charts 1606 - England - East Coast, Thames Estuary, Fisherman’s Gat to Princes Channel and 1609 - England - East Coast, Thames Estuary, Knock John Channel to Sea Reach on 27th July.
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - Orford Haven and Woodbridge Haven - NM Blocks for Charts 2693 and 2695 - the UKHO only show the positions of the Safe water buoys - refer to East Coast Pilot (http://www.eastcoastpilot.com/downloads.html ) for the downloads which show the full detail.

Temporary

1. Kingsnorth Power Station - Demolition of Remaining Boiler Structures - planned demolition event on 27th July 2017 at 15:00hrs. At that time the two remaining boiler structures at Kingsnorth Power Station will be demolished by use of a controlled explosion. (Intriging to consider the difference twix a 'demolition event' and a 'controlled explosion'!)
2. KING'S LYNN CONSERVANCY BOARD - The Wash - Approaches to King's Lynn - Additional Navigation Aid - a new red can called..... 'R'. There is a link to download the chartlet on my usual page (Temporary List) - http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html
3. Port of Wells - dredging;
4. Port of Ramsgate - Filming event - tonight between 2200 and 1am involving a local fishing boat, a safety boat and a controlled special effect fire on the fishing vessel.
5. River Crouch - Inner Whitaker South Cardinal - has lost its topmark - now was it yellow/black/yellow, black/yellow/black or what -I confess I would check..

That's it.

 

[ex-Gladys]

Re 5.... It's Yellow... Black... YBY is W, BYB is E...

 

[tillergirl]

Round the Island Race, August, 2011 013 by Roger Gaspar, on Flickr

Ah E = BYB not BBB then - but even the mascot is BB

 

[ex-Gladys]

Yep ... Nass is the right colours, I'd complain to Trinity House, and hope they bring a brush and pot of paint.. Easy way to remember is point of cone end is black, base of cone is yellow

 

[tillergirl]

That's a good point; I mean the point of the point. But since the Inner Whitaker hasn't got a point at the moment, what would the point of the 'point' point be?

Er, before you complain to TH, TH will say they don't maintain it but expect the local responsibility to maintain it. The local responsibility is the Committee and apparently you have just be deputed as a deputy. :ambivalence:

 

[tjbrace]

Pointless exercise!

 

[PeterWright]

That's a good point; I mean the point of the point. But since the Inner Whitaker hasn't got a point at the moment, what would the point of the 'point' point be?

Er, before you complain to TH, TH will say they don't maintain it but expect the local responsibility to maintain it. The local responsibility is the Committee and apparently you have just be deputed as a deputy. :ambivalence:

And that whole post, Roger, is priceless. If, heaven forbid, you should ever get fed up with surveying the estuary and keeping us all informed of NtM's, you have a ready made career in stand up comedy.

Peter.