NOTICE TO MARINERS.

West Coast Times, Issue 282, 18 August 1866, Page 2

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The following notice to mariners has been Tssued bythc Secretary to the Marine Hoard, Adelaide, South Australia, " Port Willunga, Qvtv St. Vincent. Buo). — Notice is hereby given, that a large red buoy of the new construction has been placed outside the edge ' of the reef, extending to the westward of Snapper Point, the southern horn of the bay, in which lies Port Willunga. Description and Position. — Tlje buoy is of pyramidal shape, with a round top, and may be Been at a distance of four .(4) miles in clear ■weather. It is moored in ten and a half (10^) iathonis at low water, immediately beyond the edge of the reef, and affords an excellent guide for clearing the rocky and uneven ground lying to the S.S.W. of the reef. Caution in the event of buoy shifting.-In the event of any accident happening to the buoy, the reef may be cleared by keeping the inn close to the beach, to the northward of the jetty, twice its own breadth, open to the northward of the end of the jetty. The buoy is placed inside this mark. Moorings removed. — The moorings % which were laid down in 1855 have been removed ; ships .will therefore have to depend on their own anchors. - The holding ground is good anywhere outside the four-fathom line off the jetty. Anchorage, — The anchorige is expbsed to all winds from N.W. to S.W. round by west ; and at times a heavy sea rolls in, rendering ships at anchor very uneasy, and, unless well found in ground tackle, in an unsafe position. Caution in Bad Weather — Shelter in Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Island. — It is therefore recommended, on the approach of a N.W. gale — which is indicated by availing barometer, and the wind freshening from the northward, with a cloudy sky — that shelter should be sought in Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Island, where a ship may anchor in perfect safety, according to draught of water, and remain until the wind shifts to the southward, when she will have a fair wind to return to Port.Willunga to complete her loading. f