CROUCH HARBOUR AUTHORITY
Notices to Mariners
NOTICE TO MARINERS No 4 of 2008
WRECK RAISING - F.V. PINTO
Operations to raise the sunken fishing vessel Pinto will take place during Tuesday 6th or Wednesday 7th May 2008.
These operations will involve use of divers.
The wreck is lying in River Crouch just East (downriver) of River Roach.
All vessels should give the operations a wide berth and proceed at slow speed
to minimize risk of damage/injury by wash.
E.M. Wakelin
Harbour Master
29 April 2008
NOTICE TO MARINERS No 3 of 2008
WRECK OF F.V. PINTO
(Notice to Mariners No 1/2008 and 2/2008 Refers)
The wreck of the fishing vessel ‘Pinto’ in position:
51degrees 37.075’ N
00 degrees 52.615’ E
Is marked by an Isolated Danger Mark Buoy.
This buoy has now been fitted with a light of character GP.FL. 2 White 5 secs. Range 0.5nm.
The wreck will have minimal clear depth or be awash at L.A.T. All vessels should keep well clear.
E.M. Wakelin
Harbour Master
16th April 2008
NOTICE TO MARINERS No 2 of 2008
SUNKEN FISHING VESSEL
(Notice to Mariners No 1 of 2008 Refers)
The wreck of the former fishing vessel ‘Pinto’ which sank on 2nd April 2008 has now been located in position:
51degrees 37.075’ N
00 degrees 52.615’ E
This position is towards the South shore of River Crouch down river of River Roach, about 250m west of Clark’s Racing Mark.
The wreck is marked with an Isolated Danger Mark (black buoy, single red horizontal stripe, two vertical black balls topmark)
The wreck will have minimal clear depth or be awash at L.A.T. All vessels should keep well clear.
E.M. Wakelin
Harbour Master
8th April 2008
NOTICE TO MARINERS No 1 of 2008
SUNKEN FISHING VESSEL
On 2nd April 2008 a forty foot wooden former trawler sank under tow in River Crouch in reported position
51 degrees 37’. 107 N
00 degrees 52’. 653 E
This position is towards the south shore of River Crouch down river of River Roach, about 200m upriver of Clark’s Race Buoy.
The wreck has not been positively located. Attempts to do so are ongoing. Mariners are advised to keep clear of the area and to navigate with extreme caution until the wreck is located and marked.
E.M. Wakelin
Harbour Master
4th April 2008
NOTICE TO MARINERS No 2 of 2007
River Crouch – Wallasea Wetlands
Please take notice that six beacons have been installed to mark the breaches into the Wallasea Wetlands on the South Bank of the R. Crouch opposite and downriver of Burnham.
The breaches are marked as follows (counting from seaward)
Breach No. 1 No beacon.
Breaches 2, 3, 4, 6 One beacon
Breach 5 Two beacons
The beacons are steel tubular piles carrying red port hand topmarks. They mark the riverward extent of underwater hazards/obstructions in way of the breaches. However vessels may encounter shallow water north of the beacons at low tides.
There are underwater hazards and obstructions on the foreshore/river banks around the breaches and also within the wetlands. Vessels should keep well clear. Navigation within the wetlands by small craft is potentially very hazardous due to obstructions and the uneven nature of the beds.
E.M. Wakelin
Harbour Master
6th July 2007
NOTICE TO MARINERS No 3 of 2006
RIVER CROUCH – FIRING DANGER AREA
Mariners are warned that experimental firing is frequently carried out in all conditions of weather and tide across the Maplin and Foulness Sands, in the areas South East of the pecked line shown on Admiralty Chart No 3750 England, East Coast- Rivers Crouch and Roach running from Ware Corner on Foulness Island to a position LAT: 51 degrees 39.58 mins N. LONG: 001 degrees 02.93 mins E. Thence in an easterly direction to cross the pecked line indicating the southern limits of the Crouch Harbour limits.
No vessel may enter or remain in the area. For details of warning signals and further information see the Firing Range Byelaws.
CAPTAIN I R BELL BSc
HARBOUR MASTER
16th March 2006