Pilotage around the East Coast
For information relating to the entry to Tollesbury Marina, via Woodrolfe Creek, please refer to our detailed information.
Navigation information around the East Coast
The
RYA Eastern Region maintains an up to date list of Notices
to Mariners, and other information relevant to small boat users
off of the East Coast.
The
East Coast Pilot web site is a mine of useful information,
and contains lots of frequently updated information useful to
small boat users off of the East Coast.
Please ensure that you (the skipper !) have all necessary pilotage information to hand before commencing
any voyage.
Fisherman's Gat Update - October 2011
The London Array developers have announced that
they are now starting to lay the power cables linking the wind farm
with the on-shore substation on Sheppey, across the mouth of
Fisherman's Gat. Although yachts still
have a legal right of passage Trinity House has removed the mark
buoys to discourage non-construction traffic using the channel.
Exclusion Zone around the Bradwell Power Station Baffle
The River Bailiff has issued a Notice to Mariners about 150m exclusion zone around the Baffle wall from 4th October until February whilst works are going on. The exclusion zone is not marked by buoys. The practical effect of a 150m zone around the baffle wall is that there is probably no room for a yacht to go inshore of it and there will be precious little room to go much east of a line due north of North Cardinal – some but not a lot.
