SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 48, 26 February 1864, Page 7

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

From the Provincial Govomment Gazette, Aag.Ji^^M Vessels bound, for New River should steejp^H for the nortljr end of s Point Island, arount||^l •whichj to within a 'cable's lengfh,f there is notf^l less tlian five ''• fathoms water, * A small P at<^>|^B is said to exist about a.quarter p£a mile off iij^H a'westerly- direction, but"£the pilots have »ctl|^H heen able to find less than fivo fat^oma- wfttecp™ on it, Iwd sand bottom. "Outside the Bar, %■ six fathoms is *naorecl a spiral-shaped blaclf ; ;■ bvtoy- bearing from-: the inosrtliJeiicfc ;pf tiKBS Island north half a *mile. ,gtoej* fo»;tliiibuoy(i« and a*} you ap^o^oh it tfc-3 If^ftfting f beacons,,^M pointed Mute,^ will come; tm- -vritli eftcH'othe^gM beaming ftom-you $. Sv^ Seep ■' tfce-bff&oofll i ■ . ia .one/leaviflg th 9 black buoy lonAty&us po*ifM hand, "wttoJi -trill lead you.ovey .tbe^bfts m i^vß tifim' mi &t lo?? ■w&te^ swing Mm* Tm ;.■ bKS&4& of tw-%$ ir (tat fc gso4 oftblor ■ length, and iaside : si i^ iti- £rit*-ffttite&i. i§ a ■ leif&l'simj-ed wliite buoy, murking the gouti* ■ Md of the ch&flfidir fl $he covffse from thia buoy, to ab&tiis ttra )?■ cables' length above the .Ettbt Mtioflj ii Si *Am $\j and; fromith&iaa, •■ to s iabmi^-Mi» mm f ■ lengfch ! fmhet, up, S« by JST. f£U oh&nnel then |B gradually b,ends to.,the ; jttoythKay^.yHtitil p^fe :§M %e J Boi^^'Bjtia|jt, 'AA. Ar '„- . .-.AA-, „.;■■; /M -Uh^ilot^Siatidtt i^ Bitttfttedbfe^reea the .ifl leading beacons, and, exoept in; heavy gale 9, a -Am pilot -mH board th<ijjTe.ssfl;abi , easfe t bf the sta- -|B tioa, but, should j the/j-vfinds and; ; 6ea b 6 toa |B stemg fov him; to^ptit -off,^.theK ahi#ia3ter by aim attending to 'the'f6llowiiig : dirfll}i&ri*i,' may bo ;m * able his r vessel "to a placo .yM The channel is mariedvhyr ,^*hite; buoys on |;1 the stayb'oard or Bouth,. Bide, and by black ]\m buoys oh poift?'dv north' side. Keep midway ".;[■ be-ween the black and *whitdh'abyß; i,;s ; 1\ About three oable3'Qengfck=below : lhe Bom- f_ bay Eook lies a small tfock called the .-" Q-uiding 1 Star Boek/Vwith only foto feefc of water ore? V it. A white bnoy^hasbeen placed on the west > side of this ro"cl4 iu^tweive feet water. The Sand V ( S^it, on the. opposite, side. of :theoG3ianiiel, has V; been advancing .' into. .it,. during H the,|last six I 'nioihths^' tod at present thebWadth of the, pas- t sage hfetWeeh the 'Spit' and- ffierockissb narrow that it would^not be prudent; for astrah|6r to run through, j:; - ; <m •-.> A:xr :«A~rx !AsA. It would be safer to anchor abreast; the second black buoy, aboye the I*ilot .Station, ;- ; where a vessel -with good groimd'tackle- could |, ride in comparative safety. _.. T , ,- r '!j The leading mark- Wpass-midway between | the rock and the Spit is: —^Keep the high -;*] hummock ontlie , exiieiiie T end of Sandy Point } a sail's, breadth ppeu- v tOr,the* ; eastward of the | iron White beacon on' the Bombay JJock, bear- i ing jST.E. £N. "Wlien abreast of the wliite j buoy, keej) off a:Hfctle,"soTas:uot to shave the I point of the Spit too close, jra. J^.by E. half E. -\ course will;tlioh' lead you, through; between the | Bombay'i*6ck*ahd the-black^buo^on the op- - l| posito side of the- channel.-: .._". ,„.,*-. On the west side of the Bombay Rock is V placed an iron beacon, surmounted by a barrel painted wliite. The ,top of the beacon-is fifteen feet above low water mark, , and the rock projects from the beacon' twenty: :fee~t '"W.ST.W. into the channel ; immediatbly' beyond there . are eighteen feet water: '. The; course Vfrom . iabreasfc of this beacon to the second white buoy ;; as you proceed upwards ! .is If.E: by N"., and j from theiice to the third white' 'buby W.E.. but •; allowance must be made for; the set of the tide, wliich runs through the\'hlmd;' .Channel and . A strikes across the ship ; chanhelVbetAveen the Bombay Rock and the' first white buoy above it. ._ '"'..• AaA.AAThe flood setting east," the ebb -west. The best anchorage for a stranger, to take is abreast of the tlifrd wliite buoy from the Bombay Eock, letting go the anchor's nearest to the S.W. side, as it is pretfcty 'steep,^ ;too. Tho depth of water near the shore is ; three,- and, in mid-channel, five fathoms — good holding ground. Ifc is high water full and change at the JPilot Station at 12h. 30ni., aaid the i-ise of tide from six to eleven feet, according to the winds and state of fche tides ; westerly winds setting the tides up. . : ; ■■.'.:. aaa -.Ar'.'i'.A^.i A flagstaff has been erected on Steep Head, on which will be hoisted, onand after ,theTsth August,. 1863, tidal signals, nearly the c ' same as shown at Lonsdale Point, Port Phillip, Viz. . . . :;- BETWEEN' STrcrRISE AUD STHfSET. During the first quarter flood, a blue flag half-mast high. During the second quarter flood, a blue flag at the maist-head. During the third quarter fleod, Ifo . 7 Marryatt's, half-mast high. ■During the last quarter flood, ,No 7 Marryatt's, at the mast-head. EBB TIDE. During first quarter, a blue flag half-mast high, with a ball underneath. During second quarter, a jblueflag at masthead, with a ball underneath., . .... During third quarter, No." 7', Marryatt's, half-mast high, -with a ball underneath. Last quarter, r*fo. 7, ,Marryatt^s,..at ? the mast-head, with a ball underneath. ' | When the sea is high on the bar, a black ball will he hoisted at the north yardaa*in. ; in addition to the tidal signals ; but, ,when it ..is unfit for a vessel to entar the harbor, the tidal ' signals will not be sho wn, but two ; blackballs - will be hoisted at the north yard-ai*m. Communication may be had with -vessels at sea, by means of Marryatt's signals, at the.south yardarm. . A , -.-. ~ : Marryatt's signals, at the north yardarm, will bo intended for the pilots at the station; ; Masters of vessels should m ot run for the harbor during the ebb tide, unless with 'argOod commanding breeze, smooth; water,, and with a I vessel easily steered: Tho bearings and courses given are by compass, and the soundings . at low water spring tideS. - „-•..- r,,v •-, I --T* JAB. GAKEI&A