Stefan Abram

SKIPPERS NOTES 0750 - Cardiff LT - 4.9m 1449 - Cardiff HT - 8.7m 2110 - Cardiff LT - 4.5m 0744 - Avonmouth - 4.8m 1455 - Avonmouth - 9.0m 2113 - Avonmouth - 4.7m Need to arrive at Avonmouth 1245 17.6M is just under 3 hrs at 6knots 1000 lock out, will be slightly late - need to keep speed up Then 2hrs to sharpness - there by 1500 At outer wrach bear 086 Deg C for 9.2M, should get there at about 1130 (82mins sailing) (Cardiff grounds are 0.6m, but at 1000 there will be 5.9m of tide, over 5m of depth) At Clevedon, bear 068C for 5.6M and reach transit of lighthouse and wind turbine/ QR and Oc R lights, bearing 072T. Follow till at Avonmouth - should be there 1300 latest PILOTAGE CARDIFF penarth marina - ch80 Barrage - Ch 18 SHAPRNESS inform sharpness we are coming, Ch16/13 Sharpness manned HW-4 to HW+1 - 11:34 to 16:34 Sharpness HW 15:34 CH 74 for bridges We start once oc G 6M light is bearing 193, could be once Fl R PLM is due West PILOTAGE 1. From Avonmouth pierheads, bear 013 for 4M along the Redcliffe leading light (16m height, fixed blue) 2. Still following Redcliffe leading light (Fixed Blue), lower shoots W cardinal will be on starbaord, be on east side of channel because of tidal flow - go through centre of bridge -- (4.7M from start point) 3. After going under bridge, we will get transit of Qr6M and OcR5s3M on port side, alter course to go 234 - this is a good point to radio Sharpness on CH 13. Stay on this for 2.6M 5. Continuing on 234 transist, aiming for quick flashing blue light under centre span of bridge 6. Once under center span, steering strongly to port, passing QR light on port side 7. Once past QR, aim for 2 fixed red vertically arranged lights, untill past the transit of two fixed blue lights - in about 0.5 miles - then follow transit on 210 bearing for about 2.2 miles 8. Until transit of two fixed white lights, then bear 252 Deg, aiming for two fixed white lights in transit on other side - about 1.8 miles 9. Once two flashing white lights come into transit on starboard side, alter course to keep them in transit on 225 bearing, which will bring towards starboard lateral mark - about 1.4 miles 10. Aim north of north cardinal mark, Hayward rock. Eventually a transit of two blue lights will come into view on a bearing of 077, follow this -- will take about 0.9 miles to get there 11. Until a fixed red and a fixed white come into transit, then bear 218 following transit and over black rock (1.3m drying height, about 4 meters tide, 2.7 meters depth, 2.4 keel?) -- take about 0.6 miles to get there 12. Until two fixed green lights come into transit, then bear 188 Deg and keep them in transit -- will take about 1.1 miles to get there 13. Until the port and starboard lights of sharpness come into view - will take about 0.7 miles to get there.