michael_w
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As seen protecting dredging gear at Harwich.
What does this mean??
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tillergirl
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"East is east and west is west and never will they be apart!" or
"It just has to be black and yellow, that'll do, init?" or
"Where East meets West" or
"Doh! You are supposed to go over the top of it"
And the flashes were 6?
Thinking about it seriously for a moment, I never really bother to look at the colours mainly on the grounds that frequently the yellow ain't what it used to be. Good spotting
"It just has to be black and yellow, that'll do, init?" or
"Where East meets West" or
"Doh! You are supposed to go over the top of it"
And the flashes were 6?
Thinking about it seriously for a moment, I never really bother to look at the colours mainly on the grounds that frequently the yellow ain't what it used to be. Good spotting
tillergirl
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So you went the wrong side?
Phoenix of Hamble
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Crikey.... I've sailed past that LOADS of times... and never spotted the conundrum!!!!
Leighb
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Me too, shows how observant most of us are
Isn't that the the Harwich Shelf buoy, and not directly concerned with the current dredging works? It should be an East Cardinal, so it is the topmark which is incorrect. It is there to keep you off the shoal which runs out from the Harwich shore. At LW there is not much over it, as one of the RHOD fleet discovered - yet again !! - on Sunday.
Phoenix of Hamble
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don't think its Harwich Shelf.... that has a little placard on it declaring its name to all and sundry....
suuspect its one of the marks being employed by the dredgers....
suuspect its one of the marks being employed by the dredgers....
Leighb
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In which case I don't think I have seen it at all!
Is it over on the Felixstowe side rather than the Harwich area which is marked with 2 yellow buoys as per the NTM?
Marmalade
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There was an isloated danger mark in the dredging channel last time I looked...
Phoenix of Hamble
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Sort of in the middle!
I only noticed it for the first time on Monday afternoon as well... so maybe its new!
michael_w
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It isn't Harwich Shelf. It's a new one to the north western end of the dredging works. The dredging gear is very close to the east. I emailed VTS yesterday, but haven't had a response yet.
Leighb
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I have only been going through to the west of the dredging, so perhaps this buoy was not visible as there were big dredgers in the way.
It certainly does not convey any meaningful information!!
It certainly does not convey any meaningful information!!
Dizzy101
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I think it may represent the end of a line of yellow markers that make up the dredging works exclusion zone off Felixstowe Docks.
At least thats what I thought it was when racing the weekend before last and paying particular attention to our course as we tacked out to Outer Ridge.
Definitely not Harwich Shelf, which is close by and was a mark of our course returning upriver.
John
At least thats what I thought it was when racing the weekend before last and paying particular attention to our course as we tacked out to Outer Ridge.
Definitely not Harwich Shelf, which is close by and was a mark of our course returning upriver.
John
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