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I’ve been a berth holder for 23 years. Coming in on a dark night there is a need for a bright torch to spot the buoys in the creek. I can’t see how a beacon by the entrance will be of much help. Getting from the cardinal mark to the beacon will still be a challenge.
 
MoodySabre said:
I’ve been a berth holder for 23 years. Coming in on a dark night there is a need for a bright torch to spot the buoys in the creek. I can’t see how a beacon by the entrance will be of much help. Getting from the cardinal mark to the beacon will still be a challenge.
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Yes, with your experience and entering at night the proposed beacon may not help but I am thinking more about all those who will benefit.
 
Is there any information describing where it will be positioned and what it will look like?
I had a look on the attached document and couldn’t see any do.
 
Jon4468 said:
Is there any information describing where it will be positioned and what it will look like?
I had a look on the attached document and couldn’t see any do.
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The beacon will be the item in the western end car park. It looks a bit like the base of a wind turbine.

I hope this gets a more stable base than the car park area by the dock. The concrete has dropped again and much of it is flooded by rainwater.
 
Oh,that’s what that is!
I thought it was for a wind turbine, it’s been there well over a year.
I’m not sure how helpful it would be there, visiting boats may end up running aground on Pewit island rather than actually entering the creek, but I’m sure that they know what they are doing. Years ago when the power station was illuminated 24/7 people used to aim at it and end up on the flats near St Peter’s.
MoodySabre said:
The beacon will be the item in the western end car park. It looks a bit like the base of a wind turbine.

I hope this gets a more stable base than the car park area by the dock. The concrete has dropped again and much of it is flooded by rainwater.
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Lucky Duck said:
The OP and the link mentions the entrance rather than the car park. If it is latter I’m not sure how it will help.

Does the recommended approach through the creek still mean taking the red cans the ‘wrong’ side?
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The mention of the carpark is a red herring. The beacon is currently being stored in the carpark/boatyard while they apply for planning permission. I have taken an image from the planning application that shows its proposed location, see below. The planning applications says "at seaward entrance to marina". The beacon will be a visual reference beacon, visible from out in the main river, not a substitute for the current navigation marks. Just as, say, the Walton Tower was constructed as a day-mark for Harwich and Bateman's Tower for Brightlingsea, for example. The comments so far published are here: 25/01095/FUL | Proposed location of Beacon Structure on land at seaward entrance to marina | Bradwell Marina Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7RB

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Thanks, this plan mentioned ‘pilot beacons’ by the bar/restaurant which I mistakenly took to be the proposal.

https://cdp.maldon.gov.uk/w2webpart...c/pagestream?cd=inline&pdf=true&docno=2387188

While I can’t see the harm in the new beacon, the Marina office tower is also conspicuous in that neck of the woods

Edit - my own view is that money might have been better spent improving the navigation marks, etc within the creek
 
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