Woodfarm Rock Kyles of Bute

The divers were still there yesterday afternoon but the perch was standing proudly.
The Admiralty chart shows an anchor right on the approach from the Rubha a'Bhodaich buoy so maybe he felt this was where he was meant to anchor.
 
yup I can see how he made mistake , never actually checked chart as I learnt transits as a nipper and used them successfully for last 35 yrs , i actually looked at navionics on my ipad and the whole area covered in anchors . not sure of the plotter . his enraged query of " did you really have to come that close ?" prompted my reply of ,"yes", didnt calm him :)

however this first time in my life ive found someone anchored on the transit , scary to think even with an anchor light Norm at mast head or bow , you could have plowed straight into his stern on a dark night .

On returning on monday found he had headed further into bute shore and out the way , saving another burst of his "water rage "
 
I too wondered what that guy was doing anchored there on Saturday. He must have wondered though, why so many passing yachts (racing) went so close to him. Sometimes when it seems the whole world is wrong, it's useful to look in the mirror!

I didn't return that way, so didn't see what happened to him.
 
Just had a look at the charts (MemoryMap) on the laptop and see that on the large scale insert, there are a series of anchors right along the marked safe water transit lines! I believe Antares Charts have surveyed that area and plan to incorporate it in the 2015 issue software.
 
Whit transit? Gloria Mundi?

Was a bit puzzled by this. I am looking at the UKHO chart and see a broken magenta line, but not a transit. What transit, please?
 
Sgeir said:
Was a bit puzzled by this. I am looking at the UKHO chart and see a broken magenta line, but not a transit. What transit, please?
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Ditto. It looks like the pecked magenta line with anchors along it marks the outer limit of the "Small Craft Anchorage" designated in magenta above the name "Balnakailly Bay" on the 1:5000 scale plan.
 
Hmm. A nice solid object to hit at any state of tide instead of a well buoyed rock which only deepish boats could hit at low tide. I wonder how well this will work out.
 
JumbleDuck said:
Hmm. A nice solid object to hit at any state of tide instead of a well buoyed rock which only deepish boats could hit at low tide. I wonder how well this will work out.
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Most folk manage to miss the perches going into and out of East Loch Tarbert; I'm sure they'll adapt to this.
 
markhomer said:
yup I can see how he made mistake , never actually checked chart as I learnt transits as a nipper and used them successfully for last 35 yrs , i actually looked at navionics on my ipad and the whole area covered in anchors . not sure of the plotter . his enraged query of " did you really have to come that close ?" prompted my reply of ,"yes", didnt calm him :)

however this first time in my life ive found someone anchored on the transit , scary to think even with an anchor light Norm at mast head or bow , you could have plowed straight into his stern on a dark night .

On returning on monday found he had headed further into bute shore and out the way , saving another burst of his "water rage "
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MM5AHO said:
I too wondered what that guy was doing anchored there on Saturday. He must have wondered though, why so many passing yachts (racing) went so close to him. Sometimes when it seems the whole world is wrong, it's useful to look in the mirror!

I didn't return that way, so didn't see what happened to him.
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I'm intrigued by this. I can't think of anywhere someone could anchor there that would force a boat to pass close. Like Sgeir, I'm not aware of any transit but even if there was there was there would be plenty of water to deviate from it enough to give an anchored boat a reasonably wide berth.

I can't make this situation make sense. I can see how someone could inconveniently anchor right in the middle of the shortest/optimum route through but not why boats would *need* to pass close to that boat.

Where was the boat anchored, what was the state of tide?
 
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toad_oftoadhall said:
I can't make this situation make sense. I can see how someone could inconveniently anchor right in the middle of the shortest/optimum route through but not why boats would *need* to pass close to that boat.
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Did you miss the word "race"? It was the CCC Closing Muster from Rothesay to Tarbert.

Now whether you accept that "race" is a sufficient excuse to take the shortest line or not, there are bound to be some who will take any small gain they can.
 
From memory, the boat was anchored a few metres to SE of the buoy.
I could not see the buoy on approach as it was obscured by the anchored boat. I went to NW, as close to the shallows of Burnt Isles as I could.
I think that various of the fleet had passed this anchored yacht on both sides.
 
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