Ray Sand 'Channel' - new chart

[tillergirl]

Since the weather is rubbish today, I crunched some additional data from the Ray Sand that I collected yesterday and have updated the chart accordingly.

It now has the updated Crouch buoyage (the Outer Crouch No 1 and 2 are adjacent) and more detail on the east side of the chart (the best bit to cross).

The Ray Sand buoy is shown in the correct position which generally it isn't on commercial charts. I've checked it three times now and is approx 51.39.030N 000.59.300E. This is pretty good position for it.

The 1 degree meridian is a good half tide route all the way to the Blackwater.

Can be downloaded as a pdf here:

http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page6.html

Trinity House finished their work in the Outer Crouch now.

 

[morgandlm]

Rays'n Channel

Excellent stuff - thank you very much
Morgan

 

[tillergirl]

Pleasure! Why couldn't today be like yesterday?

 

[moonshine]

N or E

Tillergirl,

On CTE webpage download you have put 001deg 'N' should that be 'E' ??!!

Moonshine

 

[tillergirl]

Oh damn. Thanks. Changing it now!

 

[tillergirl]

Sorted now. Thanks Moonshine. I've sacked the proof reader.

 

[exfinnsailor]

A rising tide crossing then , Turn to port after the last seal then wait if you get it wrong

Thanks for ALL your hard work Tillergirl

 

[DanTribe]

Pleasure! Why couldn't today be like yesterday?

You must have been just ahead of us, I took almost identical pics of Chota & Alert. Were you the tan sail heading through the Ray Sand Channel?
Such a perfect day we didn't want to turn back.

 

[Bru]

Why is the weather NEVER like that when WE'RE out and about?????

It's not fair!

 

[creeksailor]

Scraped across here again on Monday. Took a desperate diagonal course over two hours after HW, from the point to well north of the Ray buoy, fingers were crossed, but clear all the way.

The chart is great.

Could have done with something like this while in Narrow Cuts, heading to the Havengore bridge, very interesting.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Many thanks Tillergirl !

Printed and put in my sailing bag under the stairs.

All ready to go.

The 1 degree meridian you mention looks good. It will be fun to try and steer this course without looking at the GPS.

 

[tillergirl]

You must have been just ahead of us, I took almost identical pics of Chota & Alert. Were you the tan sail heading through the Ray Sand Channel?
Such a perfect day we didn't want to turn back.

No the tan sail was behind me.

 

[tillergirl]

Scraped across here again on Monday. Took a desperate diagonal course over two hours after HW, from the point to well north of the Ray buoy, fingers were crossed, but clear all the way.

The chart is great.

Could have done with something like this while in Narrow Cuts, heading to the Havengore bridge, very interesting.

Thanks for the kind comment. Not sure I would get enough time to do a proper job there. It's surprising how long it takes to get all the data.

 

[tillergirl]

Many thanks Tillergirl !

Printed and put in my sailing bag under the stairs.

All ready to go.

The 1 degree meridian you mention looks good. It will be fun to try and steer this course without looking at the GPS.

Must confess to cheating yesterday - laptop in the cockpit and tillerpilot on! But strictly only in the service of customers you understand. I wanted to collect data so I had to stay on it. Why is it that it was happy to steer down the 001.00.015 meridian and not the 001.00.000!

 

[surekandoo]

Excellent chart again & many thanks.

Scraped through myself on Thursday 21st July on about 1/3rd rising tide heading north from the Crouch. Minimum 0.3m under my "swinging" keel. Keel up of course! Sea like a mill pond.

All new Whitaker channel buoys "inspected" as I tacked in on the previous day.