SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 27, 8 January 1864, Page 2 (Supplement)

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

From the Provincial Government &dsctte,\.\\^. 7WM Vessels bound fdf New "-River should steer^B for the uorthend of Point Island, around which ,IW to within a cable's length, there is not less thanaß five fathoms water. A small patch is -said toJjjß exist about a quarter of a mile pll'in'a westerlj^H direction, but- the pilots have not been able t»||M find less than five fathoms water oil it, hard sandlM bottom. Outside the Bar, in six: fathoms, isjH moored a spiral-shaped b I ack b »'oy, bearing froinJJ the north eudof the Island north hajf a iniielfß Stesr for this buoy, arid as you approach It f thejj leading beacons, painted white, will come onjM with each other bearing from, you -E. % S. KeepjM the beacons in, one,; leaving, the black buoy onlH your port hand, which will lead you over, tliraH bar in fifteen feet at low water, spring tideaj^H The breadth ofthe bar is about a good ' cable's™ length, and insile of it, in four 'fathoms, 'is a|fl spiral-shaped white buoy, marking the- so utafH side of the channel. . ,' JM The course from this bnoy, to about ;two^H io'es' length above the. Pilot Station, is E £3R iS , and from thence, to about ibitrcables' leiigtfilM farther up, Eby N. The channel then irra-hiaMyjM bends to the northward until past the Bombjej^H The Pilot Station is situated between thelM leadiug beacons, and, except iv heavy ,\£ai^>, aJ9j pilot will board the vessel abreast of the ; s\*cMn||M but, should the wind aud sea be,tpo strong fojfl him -to '.put- off, the shipmaster "by attending to|H the following^ directions; may be. able himseljljH /to conduct-hts vessel to a place of safety :-^- *|M The channel is marked by white buoys on thfjfl starboard or south side, and by- black buoys °ii|M the port or north side/". Keep midway betiveea^B the black and white buoys. iljH About three cables' length below iheßpmba|j^H Rock lies a small rock called the " Guidiil^H Star Rock," with only four feet ..water. over ijiH A white buoy has been. placed oh the westgi^^H of this rock, in twelve feet water ' The. vV-?9^B Spit, on the opposite side of the Channel,, ha^H been advancing into it' during the last si^H months, and at present thebreadth of the pas^H sage between the Spit and the rock is sonarrowJß that it would not be prudent for a stranger tl^l run through. ,> . „ ■ " |^H It would be safer to anchor- abreast of th^H second black buoy, above, the. Pilot Stationi^H where a vessel with good ground, tackle coul^H ride in comparative safety. .; ,: „" The leading mark to pass midway^between rock and the Spit isi-f-Keep the high hummocj^H on the extreme end of Saiidy '•'.' Point a. s^i^J^H breadth open to the eastward ofthe iron wbitje^J beacon on Bombay IlOclc^ bearing N'Ef -ffiH When abreast of the white buoy, "keep oU?^H little, so as not to shave- the point of the Sp^^H too close; a N by E half E course: will thej^M lead you through between the Bombay liockaifjj^H the black buoy on the opposite, side of. ihi^H On the west side of the Bombay Rockj^B ; placed an iron beacon, surmounted by 'a barre^H painted white. The top of the beacon is iifteeri^B ' feet above low. water mark, and the rock profH jects from the beacon twenfy;:feet"VV N W intoß ! the channel ; immediately beyond there iiß eighteen feet water. The course from abreast of H this beacon to the second white buoy as yon « proceed upwahls is N;Ev by N, and from thenco^B to the third -white buoy N E, but allowance™ musfbe made for theset of the tide, which. runsH through the blind channel and strikes acrossH the shJpchannelV between the Bombay Ilocic^B and the first, white buoy abbve_iti - ' _ , V :.H The flood setting east, the ebb west. > .kS The best anchorage for a stranger to take >lfl abreast ofthe third white buoy from the BambajrH Rock, letting go the anchors nearest to the S side, as it is pretty steep, too. The depth ofH water near the shore -is three, and, in niidtH channel, five fathoms^-goodholdiug grpuiid. v^| It is high-water full' aud r change at the Pilo|H Station at 12h. 30m., and the rise of tide" frotaM six to eleven feet, according to the winds and^H state of the' tides ;' westerly winds sbtting th'H A flagstaff has beenerected on Steep Head,^B on which will be hoisted, oh, and after the 15tk^B August, 186 v 3,tidarsigna!s,. nearly the same ai^B shown at Bqnsdale Point,- Port Phillip, viz. ?""^B BETWEEN SUNRISE 1 AND SUNSET. .If During the j first : quarter flood, a blue fiag^H half-masjtJiigh. - ,(,;:, •;• B During the .second quartefilood, a blue->fla|^B at the, mast- head. , • ..._.. Duringthe third quarterflood, No 7 : Marryatt'i(^B ." half-mast high. ' Du ring the last quarter fipod,;N6 7 Marryatt^^B ; at themast-head. ' ' ' '■ ; TBBB TIiDE. ': - •■ : '~~"^^B During first quarter, a blue flag half-mi»^H 0 fhigh," with: a. ban-underneath:': During- second quarter/yaj blue "flag r^M , inast-headirwilh a ball underneath. : During third quartgr, No 7,-:Marryatt's, half-^B mast high, with a. ba_lLuiidsrtiea.Ufiet^ : -^B Last quarter; No 7,-iVrarryatt^s,.at : tae mzist^B head, ivith'.a ball underneath. ■. ; --^| When the sea is high on" the bar,* a black^bsj^M will be hoisted at the'novtlryarda'rVn, in additio^^B to tlve tidal signals;" but; vvhenitisun^tfo^j^B vessel to eriiier the; harbor, the ticlal 4Qfhals w^H notbe showny but' two r black 'balls. will^^^H hoisted at the northjyardarm.^^ -Cbmtnumcati^H may be r had; with -vessels ■' sea, by 'means. Marryatt-s signalsi ; at"the:SPuthL ; yardarm. j^| MarryatL'i signals,- at the north yardarm, w^H be intende.d;fpr,'tb.e:pilpts "atvtheistatton. . f^| ■'Mastere'rofiTesseJ.SiLsh'puWiJncrtJ^-r'uh for t^^| harbprldunng^e^ebbitide^unless; with a g°^H commandiug i sree?e, ; aiappth Water, and wita^H vessel,easily steered, 'y'. -y:^ f ■ ;: ; ..-.;. ;'; , ? _./ j^H TJtie^ ; bearings kn'd courses given' are by ' ?|^H pass, arid the -jsouhdiugs*-: at low water,^F*B^M " C^' ':,., J.B. GREIO^B