The Wash to Blakeney

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Week 51

ENGLAND - East Coast - Buoy.

The isolated danger light-buoy, Fl(2)10s, in position 53° 01´·53N., 0° 25´·66E., is reported off station.

Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in the area and consult the local port authorities for the latest information.

Notice 5751(T) refers

base image courtesy of Imray Chart Y9 and Meridian Chartware.

Affects:

UKHO SNC: 108 and 1190.

UKHO SCC: 5614.8 and 5614.9.

Imray Full Charts: Y9

The unnamed isolated danger light buoy in the Well in the Wash is off station at present.

Week 45

ENGLAND - East Coast - Buoy. Light-beacon.

Insert:

Fl.Y.2s B at 52° 49´·08N., 0° 21´·13E.

Delete:

Fl.Y.2s B, close NE above

Notice 5131 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200 (Panel A, The Wash Eastern Part).

UKHO SCC: 5614.10 (Pane A, The Wash, Eastern Part)

Imray Full Charts: Y9

Establishment of a new Yellow special lit buoy in the channel to Kings Lynn. Back in July local notices reported the damage and loss of lit beacon ‘B’ following a collision with a fishing vessel. The yellow special buoy replaces the mark approximately 20 m south of the remains of the old beacon which is now regarded as ‘FOUL’ ground.

Week 37

ENGLAND - East Coast - Drying heights. Depths.

Insert:

drying height, 0.4, and extend 0m approximate low water line NW to enclose 52° 57´·26N., 0° 28´·30E. Delete depth, 0.1, close SE.

drying height, 1.8, enclosed by 0m approximate low water line at 52° 54´·54N., 0° 25´·19E. Delete depth, 0.1, close E.

Notice 4141 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 108 and 1200.

UKHO SCC: 5614.10 (Panel A, The Wash Eastern Part) and 5614.9.

Imray Full Charts: Y9

Two new drying heights in the Eastern part of the Wash, off St Edmund’s Point, Hunstanton abd at the Outer Ferrier Sand off Heacham.

Week 32

ENGLAND - East Coast - NM Blocks.

Chart 108

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 53° 04´·0N., 0° 26´·0E.

Chart 1190

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 53° 04´·5N., 0° 26´·9E.

Chart 1200

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 52° 54´·9N., 0° 16´·2E.

Chart 5614.11 (Panel A, The Wash Central Part)

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 52° 54´·9N., 0° 16´·2E.

Chart 5614.9

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 53° 03´·9N., 0° 26´·0E.

Chart 5614.13

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 53° 06´·3N., 0° 29´·0E.

Chart 5614.8

Insert the accompanying block, centred on: 53° 04´·5N., 0° 26´·9E.

Notice 3685 refers

UKHO Blocks are copyright of the UKHO.

Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1190 and 1200.

UKHO SCC: 5614.11 (Panel A, The Wash Central Part), 5614.9, 5614.13 and 5614.8

Imray Full Charts: Y9.

This notice provides 7 new UKHO blocks generally centred around the Lynn Knock area in the Wash. The blocks are variously for 3 SN charts and 4 SC charts.

Week 24

ENGLAND - East Coast - Depths. Drying heights.

Insert:

depth, 1.9, and extend 2m contour NE to enclose 52° 57´·19N., 0° 08´·16E. Delete depth, 3.2, close W.

drying height, 0.2, and extend 0m low water line SE to enclose 52° 56´·63N., 0° 07´·37E. Delete depth, 1.5, close SE.

drying height, 1.7 at 52° 56´·25N., 0° 05´·85E. Delete drying height, 1, close NE.

depth, 0, and extend 0m low water line S to enclose 52° 56´·16N., 0° 05´·16E.

Notice 2759 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200 (Panel B, Approaches to Boston) and 1200.

UKHO SCC: 5614.12

Imray Full Charts: Y9

4 reductions of depth in the Boston approach channel, one of which is 0 depth and 2 are drying heights.

Week 21

ENGLAND - East Coast - Note. Marine farm. Buoyage.

Insert:

the accompanying note, MARINE FARMS, centred on: 53° 18´·72N., 0° 10´·40E.

limit of marine farm, pecked line, joining:

(a) 53° 01´·46N., 0° 58´·56E.

(b) 53° 01´·48N., 0° 58´·04E.

(d) 53° 01´·76N., 0° 58´·66E.

, within: (a)-(d) above

Fl.Y.5s

(a) above

(b) above

(d) above

Charts 1190 and 1503

Insert:

the accompanying note, MARINE FARMS, centred on: 52° 55´·78N., 0° 44´·76E on Chart 1190 and at 52° 58´·32N., 3° 04´·15E on chart 1503.

at 53° 01´·61N., 0° 58´·27E.

Fl.Y.5s (4 buoys at 53° 01´·46N., 0° 58´·56E.

Notice 2237 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 108, 1190 and 1503.

UKHO SCC: 5614.7 (Panel A, Cromer to Wells-Next-the-Sea). Note: This update is included in New Edition 5614_8, published 02 May 2024.

Imray Full Charts: C28

Marine Farm established 2.3nm approx. due north of the Blakeney Fairway buoy. The Marine Farm with marked by 4 yellow special lit buoys.

Week 16

New Editions of ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts to be published 18 April 2024

SCC 5614.7 A Cromer to Wells-Next-the-Sea. 1:75,000

B Wells-Next-The-Sea. 1:30,000

New Editions of ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts to be published 2 May 2024

SCC 5614.8 Outer Approaches to The Wash. 1:150,000

SCC 5614.9 Approaches to The Wash. 1:75,000

Includes full updates for New Edition and Notices to Mariners affecting source charts.

Week 10

ENGLAND - East Coast - Buoy.

Delete:

Fl(5)Y.20s at 52° 56´·50N., 0° 19´·10E.

Notice 1076 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200, Note: This update is included in New Edition 108, published 22 February 2024.

UKHO SCC: 5614.10 (Panel A, The Wash Eastern Part), 5614.11 (Panel A, The Wash Central Part and 5614.9.

Imray Full Charts: Y9

The Yellow special lit buoy at the northerly tip of the Roaring Middle shoal in the centre of the Wash is deleted.

Week 09

ENGLAND - East Coast - Buoy.

The unlit buoy, DZ No 2, in position 52° 54´·42N., 0° 07´·48E., is reported missing. Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in the area.

Notice 893(T) refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200.

UKHO SCC: 5614.11 (Panel A, The Wash Central Part) [ and 5614.12 (Panel A, The Wash Western Part)

Imray Full Charts: Y9

Following on Notice 872 last week which reported the change of top mark (yellow ‘X’) and light characteristics for the DZ3 buoy which marks part of the western side of the Holbeach Firing Practice Area in the Wash, this temporary notice is reporting that the adjacent special yellow buoy DZ2 is missing.

Week 08

ENGLAND - East Coast - Automatic Identification System.

Delete:

Automatic Identification System, AIS, at B1 light-buoy at 52° 58´·94N., 0° 19´·47E.

Notice 794 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200

UKHO SCC: 5614.11 and 5614.12

Imray Full Charts: Y9

AIS has been removed from the B1 lit buoy in the Wash. The B1 buoy is a yellow special buoy marking the apex of the shipping anchorage at the approaches to Boston.

Week 08

ENGLAND - East Coast - Depths.

Insert:

depth, 4.9 , enclosed by 5m contour at 51° 57´·110N., 1° 15´·077E.

Replace:

depth, 5.3 , with depth, 4 , enclosed by 5m contour at 51° 56´·948N., 1° 17´·011E.

Notice 815 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1491 and 2693

UKHO SCC: 5607.7

Imray Full Charts: Y16

Imray Leisure Folios: 2000.5

Two reductions of depth in the River Stour, one west of the Parkeston starboard hand buoy, the other off the Trinity House Pier. At 4m+ unlikely to hinder leisure craft.

Week 06

New Editions of ADMIRALTY Charts to be published on 22nd February, 2024

Chart 106 England - East Coast, Cromer to Smiths Knoll.

1:75,000

Chart 108 England - East Coast, Approaches to The Wash. 1:75,000

Wells-next-the-Sea. 1:30,000

Includes significant safety-related information as follows:

Amendments to depths from the latest British Government surveys.

Week 06

ENGLAND - East Coast - Buoy. Light-beacon.

Replace:

Fl.Y.2s B with Fl.Y.2s B at 52° 49´·09N., 0° 21´·14E.

Notice 634 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200

UKHO SCC: 5614.10 (Panel A, the Wash Eastern Part)

Imray Full Charts: Y9

This notice reports a change of mark in the approaches to Kings Lynn. Beacon ‘B’ was destroyed last year and replaced with a lit yellow special buoy. Now the Beacon ‘B’ has been reinstated as before in lieu of the temporary yellow special buoy.

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Week 50

ENGLAND - East Coast - Buoy. Automatic Identification System.

The yellow light-buoy, Fl.Y.3s W1, and associated Automatic Identification System, AIS, in position

52° 55´·70N., 0° 16´·52E. is reported off station until further notice. Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in the area.

Notice 4710(T) refers

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NOTICE: Kings Lynn Conservatory Board have just announced the W1 buoy and AIS has been put back into place. 04/12/23

Affects:

UKHO SNC: 108 and 1200

UKHO SCC: 5614.11 and 5614.9

Imray Full Charts: Y9

The yellow light buoy W1 marking the shipping Wisbech and Sutton Bridge anchorage in the Wash is temporarily reported off station.

Week 26

ENGLAND - East Coast - Fog signal.

Amend:

fog signal to, Bell, at light-buoy at 53° 03´·02N., 0° 27´·90E.

Notice 2115 refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 108 and 1190.

UKHO SCC: 5614.9 and 5614.8

Imray Full Charts: Y9

The Fog signal for the North Well Safe Water Buoy centrally in the Wash has been changed from Whistle to Bell.

Week 23

New Editions of ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts to be published 22 June 2023

SCC 5614.10 A The Wash, Eastern Part. 1:37,500

B Continuation of Lynn Cut. 1:37,500

C King's Lynn. 1:10,000

SCC 5614.11 A The Wash, Central Part. 1:37,500

B Continuation of the River Nene. 1:50,000

C Continuation of the River Nene to Wisbech. 1:50,000

SCC 5614.12 A The Wash, Western Part. 1:37,500

B Approaches to Boston. 1:20,000

C Boston. 1:10,000

Includes full updates for New Edition and Notices to Mariners affecting source charts.

Week 15

New Editions of ADMIRALTY Charts to be published on 27th April, 2023

Chart 1200 - International Chart Series England - East Coast, The Wash Ports. 1:37,500

Boston. 1:10,000

Approaches to Boston. 1:20,000

Continuation of the River Nene. 1:50,000

Continuation of the River Nene to Wisbech. 1:50,000

Lynn Cut continued. 1:37,500

Kings Lynn. 1:10,000

Includes amendment to lights and depths from the latest Port Authority Surveys.

Week 5

ENGLAND - East Coast - Depths. Drying heights. Light.

Recent survey information has shown that depths and drying heights less than charted exist within the approaches to the Port of Boston. The most significant are as follows:

Depth Position

5·3m 52° 57´·25N., 0° 07´·86E.

3·5m 52° 57´·15N., 0° 07´·86E.

0·6m 52° 56´·73N., 0° 07´·58E.

0·8m 52° 56´·53N., 0° 07´·16E.

0·3m 52° 56´·19N., 0° 05´·36E.

1·2m 52° 56´·14N., 0° 05´·18E.

Drying height Position

0·8m 52° 57´·06N., 0° 08´·00E.

0·9m 52° 56´·96N., 0° 07´·81E.

1·9m 52° 56´·88N., 0° 07´·98E.

Light characteristics at Tabs Head light in position 52° 56´·01N., 0° 04´·92E.have been amended to Q.4m1M

Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in the area.

These changes will be included in a New Edition of Charts 1200, 5614.11 and 5614.12 to be published early 2023.

Notice 477(P) refers

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Affects:

UKHO SNC: 1200

UKHO SCC: 5614.11 and 5614.12

Imray Full Charts: Y9

Preliminary notice providing details of 6 reductions of depth and three new drying heights in and around the channel leading to the New Cut to Boston. The channel is significantly shallow. New charts promised early this year.