Yellow buoy outside Chichester entrance

[doris]

Just West of the dolphin thingie outside Chichester entrance there is a yellow buoy in about 5m of water, shaped a bit like a motorway cone, with a sign on the top of it. If I'm not having a Saga moment I think it said Hard on the sign. Anyone know why this buoy is there?

 

[rickp]

Just West of the dolphin thingie outside Chichester entrance there is a yellow buoy in about 5m of water, shaped a bit like a motorway cone, with a sign on the top of it. If I'm not having a Saga moment I think it said Hard on the sign. Anyone know why this buoy is there?

See Notice to Mariners #14, which the Conservancy seem to have lost from their 'new' website.

Deployment of Three Oceanographic Instrument Moorings

Notice is hereby given that Emu Limited will deploy an instrument in a seabed frame at each location for a minimum period of six months.

Station Latitude Longitude

Portsmouth 50?46.0'N 001?06.0'W

Hayling Island 50?45.8'N 000?57.0'W

The Nab Tower 50?39.8'N 000?57.4'W

The seabed frames will form part of L shaped moorings (as illustrated below), marked by yellow surface marker buoys. The surface marker buoys will stand approximately 1.5m tall, and will be equipped with a light (flashing 5 times every 20 seconds). The buoys will also have radar reflectors. The mooring at Hayling Island will have two extra marker buoys.

Mariners are requested to give at least a 100 metre clearance from these buoys.

 

[AIDY]

HARD always used to be a racing mark ! along with Chi and W-E which are laid just east of the entrance by chi combined sailing clubs. !

 

[fireball]

Erm - if it's a yellow buoy with "Hard" written on it, then it is a racing mark ... it's been there for years, and if you search hard enough (geddit!) there are another 3 in the vicinity...

 

[rickp]

Ah, right - different buoys then. Now I'm not berthed there, I've forgotten about those racing marks!

 

[doris]

Erm - if it's a yellow buoy with "Hard" written on it, then it is a racing mark ... it's been there for years, and if you search hard enough (geddit!) there are another 3 in the vicinity...

It's not like any racing marks I have seen so I will go with the conservancy data. Must now find the NTM no. 14

 

[rickp]

It's not like any racing marks I have seen so I will go with the conservancy data. Must now find the NTM no. 14

I have mailed the Conservancy asking them to bring their new website uptodate. I assume that when they changed over, they lost some of the more recent updates.

 

[fireball]

I can assure you, if it said "HARD" on it, then it is a racing mark.

http://www.hisc.co.uk/racemanagement/chap2/Chartofmarks.pdf

 

[rickp]

They've added it now.

 

[AIDY]

It's not like any racing marks I have seen so I will go with the conservancy data. Must now find the NTM no. 14

I've raced round it for years.... it used to be a conventional yellow round racing mark. however it has now changed. They are laid and have been changed recently by (Chi Racing clubs) each club puts some money in a pot each year from subs for the upkeep !