Dijon Mustard
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Hello. I’m a certified watchkeeper at Felixstowe National Coastwatch Institution (NCI). In our watchtower we mark out the location of all the visible buoys and beacons around the Harwich deep water channel and River Deben approaches (Lat and Long, and Bearing and Distance from our watchtower). These are used to aid general watchkeeping and also to help with the quick location of a casualty in the event of an incident.
To support the watchkeepers, especially our trainees many of whom are not sailors, we have photos of said buoys and beacons alongside the position information, but these photos need replacing.
Ideally we would like to update all the photos but they have to be of the specific buoy or beacon, not generic reds, greens or cardinals ie up close and personal showing the name or number, much as you might see in a Pilot book. It’s quite a long list!
From our tower, with the aid of very powerful binoculars we can see and would welcome photos of:
Wadgate Ledge Bn
Cobbolds Point
Woodbridge Haven
Cutler
South Bawdsey
HA Buoy
Washington
Cork Sand Beacon
Cork Sand Yacht Beacon
Felixstowe Ledge
Ship Channel Buoy 7 or 8
Pitching Ground
Inner Ridge
Outer Ridge
Landguard
Rolling Ground
Platters
Does anyone already have photos of these specific marks, or is anyone in a position to provide them?
About Us
NCI is a recognised part of the SAR facility and trained watchkeepers are the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels 0, 16, 65, 67 and 71 and providing a listening watch in poor visibility.
We are here at Felixstowe (on Martello Tower P) every day during daylight hours keeping a visual watch over Felixstowe's beaches from Cobbolds Point to the north, to Martello Park to the south, and the sea from the Woodbridge Haven buoy to the north, out to Roughs Towers to the east and round to Walton on the Naze to the south. We also have webcams monitoring the Deben entrance.
We have dealt with 12 incidents already this year, giving HM Coastguard valuable local ‘eyes on’ information while they co-ordinate the emergency services attending the incident; and in some cases conning the RNLI lifeboat to the casualty’s position.
Call us on Channel 65 for radio and AIS checks and local weather information. We are here to help! Can you help us?
To support the watchkeepers, especially our trainees many of whom are not sailors, we have photos of said buoys and beacons alongside the position information, but these photos need replacing.
Ideally we would like to update all the photos but they have to be of the specific buoy or beacon, not generic reds, greens or cardinals ie up close and personal showing the name or number, much as you might see in a Pilot book. It’s quite a long list!
From our tower, with the aid of very powerful binoculars we can see and would welcome photos of:
Wadgate Ledge Bn
Cobbolds Point
Woodbridge Haven
Cutler
South Bawdsey
HA Buoy
Washington
Cork Sand Beacon
Cork Sand Yacht Beacon
Felixstowe Ledge
Ship Channel Buoy 7 or 8
Pitching Ground
Inner Ridge
Outer Ridge
Landguard
Rolling Ground
Platters
Does anyone already have photos of these specific marks, or is anyone in a position to provide them?
About Us
NCI is a recognised part of the SAR facility and trained watchkeepers are the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels 0, 16, 65, 67 and 71 and providing a listening watch in poor visibility.
We are here at Felixstowe (on Martello Tower P) every day during daylight hours keeping a visual watch over Felixstowe's beaches from Cobbolds Point to the north, to Martello Park to the south, and the sea from the Woodbridge Haven buoy to the north, out to Roughs Towers to the east and round to Walton on the Naze to the south. We also have webcams monitoring the Deben entrance.
We have dealt with 12 incidents already this year, giving HM Coastguard valuable local ‘eyes on’ information while they co-ordinate the emergency services attending the incident; and in some cases conning the RNLI lifeboat to the casualty’s position.
Call us on Channel 65 for radio and AIS checks and local weather information. We are here to help! Can you help us?
