Notice to Mariners Week 33

tillergirl

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Apols for the delay. Plagued with problems and crashes and this and that.

Permanent

1. ENGLAND - East Coast - Burnham-on-Crouch - Buoyage. - Those two yellow recent 'No Wash' buoys have changed the light characteristics - see image @ http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html
2. NORTH SEA - United Kingdom Sector - Bruine Bank (Brown Ridge) W, TSS North Hinder North W and Goote Bank SE - Buoyage. Legends. NM Blocks. Notes. - A melange. Mainly about notes about Military wrecks which are outside of the area I monitor (i.e. further north into the North Sea - all in deep water) but include movement about two of the buoyages marking the deep water channel into Zeebrugge. I note the two buoys that are moved are 'used' as a North Sea Passage recommended route - image of course as above;
3. FRANCE - North Coast - Out Ruytingen E - Depths. - A reduction to two depths either side of the Passe de Ruytingen which are note likely to hinder leisure craft;
4. FRANCE - North Coast - Binnen Ratel - Depths. - Ditto, 5 reductions of depth north of Dunkerque - probably not critical to leisure craft;
5. BELGIUM - Blankenberge - Buoyage. - A line of starboard hand lit buoys across the entrance - yes I mean that. I have tried to find clarity and failed. I assume the entrance is hooked round the furtherest east SHB before heading into the channel.. There is a link on the page of a nice videos of the entrance but only one show a distant line of SHB. Of course, you will all be pouring into Belgium Blankenberge;

Temporary

1. Trinity House notifying that the wreck buoyage marking the Ella off Lowestoft now has Racon;
2. Port of London - River Thames - REPORTING INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS
3. SEA REACH - CALOR JETTY - EMERGENCY FENDER REPAIRS - starting on the 4th September;
4. ST CLEMENTS REACH - GRAYS NO.1 - OIL BOOM REMOVAL - starting 1st September;
5. RIVER MEDWAY – SALTPAN REACH - Isle of Grain LNG Terminal, Jetty No. 8 River Works and Diving Operations - including a reminder of the exclusion area which is being live monitored and will penalise;
6. RIVER MEDWAY – ROCHESTER - BRIDGE REACH - New Wreck Reported - inshore of Middle Acorn Moorings, Bridge Reach, Rochester;
7. Approaches to King’s Lynn - Daseley’s Sled Approach - Alteration to Buoyage;
8. Port of Wells dredging.

Sorry, took an age to sort out. How are you all now coping without your plotters?:)
 
How are you all now coping without your plotters?:)

I coped without mine for three and a half weeks 'cos it was in the plotter hospital (having decided to snuff it 24 hours before we set off on our main cruise of the year <sigh>)

Bloomin' glad to get it back in working order!

If you'd asked "how are you coping without GPS it would have been a different answer :D
 
Did you not read my previous thread. Nothing wrong with the functionality of the plotters, it's the recent study showing the risk of dementia etc using that sort of product! :nonchalance: I don't have a plotter except I use a laptop when doing a survey so I can steer straight(!):ambivalence: and ensure I have got enough coverage during the survey. As the GPS! 'Tis, I suppose it was accidental finding France just using a compass.:cool: In fact for the first 10 years I couldn't afford a Decca. :eek:
 
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