Notices to Mariners Week 14

[tillergirl]

Permanent

1. Removal of the ship anchorage in Dover harbour;
2. Dangerous wreck close inshore just north of Sizewell. Not marked.
3. Reduced depth at the western entrance off the Admiralty Pier extension but nothing to worry leisure craft;
4. Revision of depths over two wrecks on The Would (north of Sea Palling) but both at over 18m;
5. Three oddly placed yellow special buoys adjacent to the Deep Water route into Zeebrugge;
6. Removal of lots of marks in the Rak van Scheelheok channel and a couple of changes on the way into Stellendam;
7. A restricted area marked by 4 unlit north cardinals close to the Dutch shore off Cadzand.

Temporary

1. New recreational guide for personal watercraft issued by the PLA. Available for download;
2. Three on the River Crouch: 1. Rice and Coles, new unlit mark on the sewer outfall. 2. Dredging operations in Burnham Yacht Harbour between now and June. 3. Fairway No 15 temporarily removed for maintainance;
3. Works to remove the redundant tide gauge in Lowestoft, east of the Bascule Brige;
4. A reduced depth (3.4m) in the approach channel to Lowestoft (from the north). Illustrated on the web site.

That's it.

 

[LittleSister]

3. Works to remove the redundant tide gauge in Lowestoft, east of the Bascule Brige;

Does the tide no longer flow in Lowestoft, then?

Or perhaps people no longer look at it to gauge the tide?

Thanks anyway!

 

[tillergirl]

:

Does the tide no longer flow in Lowestoft, then?

Or perhaps people no longer look at it to gauge the tide?

New Lowestoft tide gauge:

You are aground = The tide is too low
You are afloat = The tide is high enough

 

[Tradewinds]

Permanent

1. Removal of the ship anchorage in Dover harbour;

Does that mean you can no longer anchor inside the harbour?

 

[tillergirl]

Good question. I am guessing the answer is still yes and that this is done to remove a designated area which is marked by buoys - which cost money and perhaps they want to get rid of because no one uses the anchorage. But that's guess work.

I'll ask the question.

Further to the above: http://www.doverport.co.uk/marina/leisure-zone/ This shows that a major part of what was the anchorage is now a leisure zone for what looks like swimming and rowing. I guess so few yachts anchor there now that perhaps the area is otherwise designated. I have emailed them.

 

[jerrytug]

Does that mean you can no longer anchor inside the harbour?

I just rang the marina and they say that we definitely CAN use the anchorage, and the NtM is nothing to do with yachts. He also said they won't be charging for anchoring.
Long live Dover!

 

[Tradewinds]

I just rang the marina and they say that we definitely CAN use the anchorage, and the NtM is nothing to do with yachts. He also said they won't be charging for anchoring.
Long live Dover!

Good news!

 

[Tradewinds]

Anchorage area

Overlaying Dover Harbour's recreational area on a chart (purple pecked line) it seems that the traditional anchorage (inside red ellipse) just N of the anchorage buoys is now within this designated recreational area.

So the next question is - will they allow anchoring within the recreational area or do we now have to anchor in the old ship anchorage?

Just curious.

 

[tillergirl]

Well we'll see what their answer to the email is. The ship anchorage is a tad deep at 8m for us?

 

[LittleSister]

perhaps they want to get rid of because no one uses the anchorage.

I've used the anchorage! Was rather a long time ago, now though, but I was looking at the harbour chart only the other day and pondering doing it again next time I'm headed that way.

 

[Tradewinds]

I've used the anchorage! Was rather a long time ago, now though, but I was looking at the harbour chart only the other day and pondering doing it again next time I'm headed that way.

I used the anchorage last year on a couple of occasions - on the 1st occasion I was there for 2+ days waiting for the weather. Other yachts used the anchorage as well but the majority went into the marina.

It's a bit rolly but, having seen the harbour tidal streams in the very useful PDF download (http://www.doverport.co.uk/downloads/Marina Guide 2015.pdf), I can now see why it's a bit more rolly at certain times of the day