SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 12 February 1864, Page 8

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

From the trovintia I Qxnornmtoti G#vtHKk*t. ?. Yes'seli bound for New Hirer iMm**** for tho north end oi Point I»l*rtd,>- WOT»ft whioh, to within a eftWi iongth, there i* »6» low'than fly» fathoms yrtfw, 'AtmtXL-yMh is arvic\ to pxif»t nbout » quwtw of * mtit off w ftWOßtofly Aiwo«&'«,but th« j>iUfortow» mi beim.ivbb to fci&lm tium ilv» ftth©w» "ffttw en It, tard sand bottom. Gfttnidrtte 8»»i fa k\* ffUlioms, is mowed * tmlr*l»ihM*a W§ei Minted \rbite,ViUoMA»'.m > HIQ» &** *&» dewing from you ».'f 8, fott Ifcf **»»»* n etoloftvlngih* Wwif busy-ito jr&w ftrt '&4 Vpilffi w m w^AsSSM taft&ft 6 Kk' ftw » ft?* **^* length, ft w\ tasijto tffy ty to $%!&»»&* ttbW length fttow tot* gtaltenj ii »i #. tifi&th iHvthc* np» 34. UJ? 3T» tit* riMMtuAltak Vh»Hi»f .BttUon ii dUKid \*\*mM* lending Jwaoon*, and, osoupt in J&ifis jtieSt fc pilot wilt board tU« tcß«el obwftst of tW »U* tiou, but, should tlw wind and *eft >t to* sttcmrfovlwn tP pwt offj tho ASpuutaF ty attending fa the following diMcUou*,, m»y be able hinwolf 4o eondua nil ye* Bel to ft, jflfcee ofoafbtyi— , , \'^h The channel is marked by whit© buoys on the starboard ov south side, ,«m& ..ty, black buoya on port or north side. , S^eop midway bowoen the blnck and white buoys. _, About three cttbloV length below Jne Bom* bay Bock lies a small rock called the " Guiding Star Bock," -with only four feet of w»t«,ov» it, * A -vi liite buoy has been placed on ,the "wett sick of this rock, in twelve feet water. Th'^Sand Spit, on the opposite aido of the , Channel, hw boon advancing into it during the last tit months, and at present thebtcftdttbf the-paf sage between tho Spit and tiierockis BO,n^notr that it would not be prudent for a stranger to run through. \ ' . It would be safer, to anchor abreast of the second black buoy, above the. Pilot Station, •where a Teasel with good ground tackle could *ride in comparative safety. " . 'Hie leading mark to pass midway ..between the rock and tile Spit ie : — Keep . the -high hummock on the dxtfetac end of Point a sail's breadth open ,to the .etwtward of th© iron -svhite beacon on the Bombay KdckV-beM* ing ST.E. IN. When abreast of the jwWte buoy, keep off a little, bo as not to entire the point of the Spit too close ; a N. by E N -half E. course will tlien lead you through, between the Bombay rock and the black buoy on the opposite side of the channel. . . ' i On tho we&t side of the 'Bombay Sock is placed an iron beacon, surmounted by, a .barrel painted wJlitc. The top of the beacon, ia fifteen feet .above loVr water mark, and the rock projects from the bcacoii twenty feet W .K.W. into the channel-; immediately beyond thcro arc eighteen feet water. The cotirse ftom iabreast of this beacon to the second white bttoy as you proceed upwards is, N.E. by If-, and from thence to the third/white buoy?]S.^E. but allowance must be made for the set of tho* tide, which runs through' the blind channel and strikes across the ship channel, between the Bombay Hock and the iirst white buoy .above it. ». „ . The flood setting east, the ebb wcat. The best anchorage for a stranger to take is abreast of the third Mhite buoy from the Bombay B-ock, letting go tlie anchors nearest to tho S.W. side, a3 it is prettty s 6teep, too. Th« depth of water near.the shore 4s, threVjl. and, in mid-cliannel, five ... ;i fathomsV-Tgoo,d*^f]iolding aground. ..-, ;- ! ... ; : / :',; t ., : , .r,-y.'-, t ;yi'&--: ' < " : - Jt is] high' water full and. change atihe Pilot -Station at 12h; 30m., and tb^o.ris^of. tide from six to eleven feet, accordingytotlie wind« and state, of the tides j'Wester ; ly: winds-, setting the [tides up., „ -r., : -.- : ,;.;!•,.-,, u^-!r?<^iivH : ' ' ; A. flagstaff has beenorecjedon jSfeeep Head, on which .will' be, hoisted, onancl afte^jthe 15th. August, 1863 i tidal .';. signals,^jnearlyr' the- same as shown at Lonsdale. ?omt,_ *iEo^t';,PniUip, Viz.. Vn ■••;r,.Xtl!.-.;. V-:->V „' r.;^rf ■..<"'? ' \ ■ . .BEIW;EE>* .SU^BISE AN3>,:STD2?pT. During the first quarter floq'dj .blue flag. :•; half-mast high. . ; During the second quarter flood, a blue flag ■■■'.' —at the mast-head. ■<.- v, . \ „.-,v i;v . During tliird quar.ter. ]V .flood, "So 7 -, ; Marryatt's, lialf-mast,highV,r ;,. , ( . •>. During .Jthe : last ,' quarter. .' ,flood,j- No 7•• ..... .Marryatt's, ak thY mast-head, ■■■■■-■■ ' ■-■ ■' ■;■ !?S?j T ?P^'V'ii'-.u >J.j- '■ During fir,st quarter, , ; a ; blue J flag naif-roast high, with. a^ball underneath... j f -j During second^ quarter, ;a ! ;.blue* flag; at mast' head, witha baU.imderneatfc,, »;J ; Puring' third, ijuarter, • No. ,' t^..liiarry&t^-i, ; half-mast high, with ibaUjUi^deraeath. >."< Last quarter, .STo. 7,v Mjuci(yai]t « 4 at '"the- > ■-, , mast-head, with a ball, underneath. :' • ' " ; , When .the sea is high on, tliej-jbar,", a bllwJk ' j ball, will be hoistecl at -the . nortfi.yaydarm, in addition, to^ - ; tiie tidal^^ .signj^s ;• %uf,^lien it is unfit for a , vessel ito , enter harbo^, the tidil j signals will not:bc: sho^jrbu^.t^ojblack balls I will be hoisted at vtlie north yard^mm,' Communication may be;ha^.^ith"yp9fiel| ( .;at v -Beft, by means of Marryatt's signalSjiat^^ the south yardarm.; <..;■•: . : ; :.;..>'■■■■ : '*, ;:',■- Htj^ / , Marryatt^s- signals, JaV&oj^r^vyardann, osviil be intended, for. thepilots at, : the,;station. Masters of vessels' should nqt / for the harbor during; the.ebb tide,ianless iwith a good commanding; breeze, smooth vrater, and with » . vessel; easily steered. , „,;:' . ..^ ,C;' : >- : r The bearings and;courses given are by com' pass,, and, tho soundings at low r^jrajher »pr»ig vtides.?.'-., ■..,-; "-., .; r JJ,;,' •;;.rs''.' v^f.^.r ■'-•"■ '. ■ „.; .: y „ . : ff .t , : j;' ;;,.:„ ff ,;;;^r. m.j&KEi&. :