✨ Maritime Navigation Notices
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XIV.] FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1865. [No. 21.]
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
MANAKAU HARBOUR, NEW ZEALAND.
SIGNAL MAST
and
SOUTH CHANNEL BUOYS AND BEACONS.
Pilot Station,
25th July, 1865.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Signal Mast has recently been erected at the South Head, at the entrance of the harbour, and is now working for the purpose of guiding Vessels to and from sea. The signals are similar to those formerly used at the North Head (Paratutai) some additional signals and instructions will shortly be published for general information.
Notice is also given that three new Iron Buoys have been placed in the Southern Channel, in positions as hereinafter mentioned, and the former buoys removed. In future, there will not be any Fairway Buoys in the channel as formerly; but two large Beacons, cone shaped at top, 600 feet apart, are now erected in frame and near completion on the South Head about 400 feet above the Sea Beach, to be painted White and Red, and by keeping the same in one, bearing N.E. by N. ½ North, from sea, will lead a Fairway Course between the Shoals to the Turning of the Channel at the "Tranmeer" and "Treachery" Buoys, and then by keeping northward along the line of Beach, the South Head and "Emma" Spit Buoys will be plainly seen.
It is contemplated to place two Beacons in line on the North Side of the Harbor to guide Vessels through this part of the channel, particularly as a guide when the buoys are missing or being otherwise set from the channel by the tide.
SOUTH HEAD SPIT BUOY.
A Red Buoy, cone shaped and mounted with a Barrel on triangular rods showing ten feet above sea level, and moored in 3¼ fathoms at low water, spring tides, distance from the Beach about a cables length with Paratutai bearing W. ½ N., and the lower Beacon at South Head S.E. ½ E.
"EMMA" SPIT BUOY.
A Black Buoy, cone shaped and mounted with a circular cage on a tube perforated with holes, showing ten feet above sea level, and moored at the extreme N.E. end of the shoal in 3¼ fathoms at low water spring tides, with Paratutai bearing W. by N. ¼ N., and the lower Beacon at South Head E.S.E.
"TRANMEER" SHOAL BUOY.
A Black Buoy, shaped and mounted like the "Emma" Spit Buoy, is moored at the eastern part of the shoal in 3¼ fathoms at low water spring tides with Paratutai bearing N.W. ¾ N., and the lower Beacon at South Head N.E. ½ N. In consequence of this shoal having grown more to the eastward, since the last surveys (1863), the present buoy has been placed about ¾ of a cable more to the S. E. than the former buoy; and persons in charge of vessels drawing over 8 feet are hereby cautioned not to round that part of the shoal at low water without keeping the South Head Beacons in one, by so doing they will not have less than 3¼ fathoms water in the channel at that time of tide.
TREACHERY SHOAL BUOY.
A Red Buoy, shaped and mounted like the South Head Spit Buoy, is at present sunk, but will be replaced at the eastern part of the shoal in 4 fathoms at low water spring tides, as soon as practicable: and until further notice be given, there will be no other Buoys or Beacons placed at the entrance of the harbour.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1865, No 21
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🚂 Notice to Mariners regarding Manakau Harbour Signal Mast and South Channel Buoys and Beacons
🚂 Transport & Communications25 July 1865
Maritime navigation, Signal Mast, Buoys, Beacons, Manakau Harbour, South Channel
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