SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERGARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 6

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERGARGILL.

From- the Provincial' Gov&Htfaii'ttesetfcy&ag.li^ M Vessels .bound for'NewY River Yshodld steerY $ for the north end of Point Island, aground which, s-J to within a cable's'lengthYYtfii-^^^ ': 1 five fathoms water. ' A small patch 'is'said, to ; i exist about _ quarter bf a mile off 'ih'ii westerly jj direction, but the pilots-have notYbeen able to; |j find less than five fathoms water on it, Jiard sand y bottom. * .Otitside'the ' Barj / in;, six fathoms, isi h{ moored a spiral-shaped black buoy, bearing from the north end of the Island north'Silalf 'a'~rnile, \k Steer for this.buoy; ? an)l3^you apprOT Y leading beacons', painty^lKf^wi|lYcoineton; \z with each. other bearing'from YyoyjE.^'SlYKeep L* the beacons in bhe, leaving th& x sfs hupyqn \$ your port hand, which WillY^^Y2^ : Y^^^li e \& bar in fifteeii'feet ? at 'low waiter,' *:spring v ; tides. \fi The breadth of the hair israbput^; gpbd^ableV j-? length, and inside of'itHn* ifpttf;fa£h^^ |:£=j spiral- shaded jwhite Ybupy^-inai^in^ ; "tf-i- south' ;ij siderpf t^'ch^helYY ;^YYY"' > Y^-v4i'Y Yy^i.-Y? "••■•■ y The course frbmYttisYbi^^Ytp : jfj cab les' 1 ength above the^ J^-^ij^S^iqn^iff^E YJ.* (| N, and : fr6mYthence| jt^^^ \U farther up,'E by NA The channel then gradually fe bends to the northward until past the Bombay fe Rock*. '• '■'"■ 'A.A- : 'iySAi'Aiy : iyA f yAA jg The Pilot- Stition is situated^etween^lie: p leading beacons, and, except' in: heavy .gales, a j'if pilot will board tbe.vessel, abreast '."pf the station A but, should the wind and. sea betpoY&ronji^tqr; ;i1 him to put off, the shipmaster,^ by^ttending ttf Sj the following directidns,f"tnay te "fcbl.-sYhiihself Yt to conduct his vessel to a place of .safetjr :— £J The channel is marked byjvhite buoyspn the A *, starboard or south side, andjby black' b'uoys on' Y-J , the port or north si.de. Keep midway between ;Yjj the black and white buoys. "" r '.''.. *. A.. ..^„..< Yj About three cables' length belowthe.Boiiibyi }a Rock lies *_.a sinall'--rockY called^ S : tShs ''GuiSs^M' .i\ Star Rock," with only four ; feet. .water, ■.bveiv^K fA white buoy ha^been placed pii' theYw A of this rock; -in twelye^etYwjtefel^^he !?* Spitj^brt the Opposite sVdl;6f *tlie" 'Channels has)i i) been advancing into it the last" six Y months, and at present the breatdth of the pas- Yi - sage between the Spit' and tfie. rpcfc is so harrow, f j that it would not be prudeatfeir a, stranger r to Yl run through. ' Y Y AIt would be safer to anchor abreastYbf. the second black buoy,' above the Pilot." Station, A, where a vessel with good ground tackle could ;Y ride in cotUparatiyVsafety^ YY Y , yi The leading hiarfc to pass i midway^betweenithe.: A rock and t'he Spit is t^Keepi the Y* on the extreme end of Sandy 'Point a sail's Y* breadth open to the eastward: Cot the iron v white; A* beacon on Bombay Rock,' bearing^ ? N YE j':fYN-Y yl I When abreast of the: white buoy, keep Ypffi aj y< little, so as not to shaye the point of tfie Spit 'zt. too close; aN by E.half E .course willYthjei-i p leadyou through beUyeen the.Bpnibay Rdct'and S| the black buoy on the opposite side of the-. A channel. w - y B On the west side of the ' Bombay ;Rock is. s^ placed an iron beacon-, surmounted by ""a barrel Yr ■ painted white. The tbp of the;beacpn is fifteen y feet above low water mark, and Ytbe , rock P^P-:-* if jects from the beacon twenty, feet^y N^VV. into "£■ the channel; immediately, beyond Jthere'.. is 'a% eighteen feet water. The course frpm abreast "of. A : t this beacon to the second white buoy ,as you YT proceed upwards is N/E by Nj;ahd_,from}thence, Yis to the third whiter buoy NY E, but .allowance pa must be made for the set of the tide,, which runt ijjj j through the blind. channel and strikes -across Y the ship channel, between, the Boii\_ay Rpck J:^ and the first white buoy above 'it >-f JY > Y A h The flood setting east, the. ebb west,„Y : I - a The best anchorage for a stranger to take it A„ abreast of the third white bupyirpm, thtf B-ambay 'Ai Rpck, letting go the anchors, njjw Y * side, . as it is .pretty steep,Ytp^y.^;e;4 '^f water near th-p.; ..shore .. is .thre^Y^rf^feX^^n A\ channel, five fathoms-— good; SpTdin^^ Yt. It is/high-water fiiil; and fy Station at 12h. 30in., and the rise' Jrlide^^ri fyC six to eleven feet,'acc6Hihgto^^wi*^|md Y*i state of the tides 5 westerly win x (W% settingyife p]] tides up. . A '.A '„ A. Si J iyy. A:S^jj^ trj_ A flagstaff has been erectedvpp^^ep Herf, on which will "he hoisted, on and after the Is)m yA August, 1863,.tidal:signajs, : nearl3^(^a^e;?8 fA. shown at Lonsdiife Poiiit^Port PhillipKyiz. f-rr S? betweew..>^Pnbisem;nd;"sWi«.se'4'»*^ '; A^ Daring the fi-riYYquarter ; flp^d^-iblueYila^ \ J half-mast. high^., v . ..:y. r -s,A*r* K ' r 'A '■ A ~i L ; * :-;. : ? During the -seco^ qtfarter^pod, a blue flag Y* \t the mast-he^ii^Y ■yr~yr-yyy*'. .- ■■ i i Y* Duringthe third (Juairterflood.No 7Marryatt'», Y '" half-mast' high. .Y . y . ■ . '■■-.'• i'9 During the last. quarter floo'i No 7 Marryatt's Y J at the mast-head. .'■-•• 0 .-y-^?.BBB v :tiDE.' 7; * ; '*; ; *-Y. e ; -I During first quarter.^a blue > flag h-if-iiuut y fc high, with.a ball underneath. 'a During second, quarter^ a Wue flag* at ?.**J mast-head, [.with akball* underneath. s During third quarter,' No i7\Mariyatt's, ; half- Yj mast high, with a ball underneath. . A j. Last quarter; No 7,,Marryatt^' : atthe ; niast- ■; v head, with a ball underneath. ■'•'•; f .. When the.sea is highoh: the^'bar, a black ball Y S will be hoisted atthe north yardarm, in addition * to the tidaLsignalsr^ but, when It ist unfit for 1 i'll ! vessel to enter the harbor,, the tidalsignals will " c i not be-, shown, but two Y-blacki balls will -be ! hoisted at the north yardarm. Communicatior _h [ may; be had^ with yessehu at;«^liy siineans : oJ : li j Marryatt's signalsiat the. south :yardarm; .1 V-'& ■■- Marryatf s signals, atthenbrtii yardarm, wil "/;•« fbecintended'^br the pilotff at the station/ :; ... *»j i .iYJrfastersYof lveissels-. should' Jnbt .iru™ for* thi ,-y| \ harbor during, the? ebb tide ,'Ain less with^ a gooi Syr* ' commauding^bi^e^e, emooth water j and with 1 -;.:■■, jvessibXeasily"S i h^^.:,y* ; y rAAAAA '..-.-A ■■'■...■y -' ySin ; bearings: andvepurses given are by. com- .y* ■ pass, and the soundings at low i water sprinj YY?! Itidesi' ; i'n zrAAzAyAAi AASyy.ytA y y.^ T- rAAzA: Ayyzzili:B/GSMGyAy-yA AM \A Harbor i])iaster.Y ; . _ * ,*• -,-'■- "'-' a - ! - ; ' : -"' -■•". r<