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Since Christmas I have been badgering our local authority about a fixed light on a detached hazard at sea.

It should be a flashing white light visible for at least 4 Nautical Miles but since Christmas Day it has only worked after a bright sunny day. If the day was overcast, cloudy or raining, the light displays for a few hours after dark, at best. Last night it didn't come on at all.

Apparently they changed the diesel generator to solar power backed up by a battery. The battery is failing and doesn't retain its charge. They have replaced the battery on the similar light onshore, but "It's too expensive to hire a boat" or "We have to wait for good weather" before replacing the battery.

The light is needed in bad weather and poor visibility - exactly the times when it doesn't work, and when they won't go out to replace it.

As a result of my efforts, initially low key because I didn't want to cause a political stink, Thames Coastguard have now issued a Notice to Mariners and they broadcast a warning about the light every 12 hours. The Coastguard are relying on me, a seaside householder, to keep them updated on whether the light is operational or not.

In the 19th Century, failure to display such a light had a maximum penalty of "hanging at Execution Dock" alongside pirates. (That came from the Cornish Wreckers who would extinguish lights and replace them with false ones.). Who should hang? The Mayor? The Chief Executive? The City Engineer? The Chairman of the Water Safety Committee?
 
oggbashan said:
Since Christmas I have been badgering our local authority about a fixed light on a detached hazard at sea.

It should be a flashing white light visible for at least 4 Nautical Miles but since Christmas Day it has only worked after a bright sunny day. If the day was overcast, cloudy or raining, the light displays for a few hours after dark, at best. Last night it didn't come on at all.

Apparently they changed the diesel generator to solar power backed up by a battery. The battery is failing and doesn't retain its charge. They have replaced the battery on the similar light onshore, but "It's too expensive to hire a boat" or "We have to wait for good weather" before replacing the battery.

The light is needed in bad weather and poor visibility - exactly the times when it doesn't work, and when they won't go out to replace it.

As a result of my efforts, initially low key because I didn't want to cause a political stink, Thames Coastguard have now issued a Notice to Mariners and they broadcast a warning about the light every 12 hours. The Coastguard are relying on me, a seaside householder, to keep them updated on whether the light is operational or not.

In the 19th Century, failure to display such a light had a maximum penalty of "hanging at Execution Dock" alongside pirates. (That came from the Cornish Wreckers who would extinguish lights and replace them with false ones.). Who should hang? The Mayor? The Chief Executive? The City Engineer? The Chairman of the Water Safety Committee?
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It might be that the solar panels are inadequate to recharge the batteries. Plus, batteries that are cycled to a low charge state often, wear out quickly. Seems like the whole power system is undersized for the duty required.
 


Dayum, Twizzle is covering some ground. After spending last night anchored off Dominica, she's just bypassed Martinique and on a course of 149° at 15 knots appears to be heading for St. Lucia. It was blowing like bloody hell down there last week. We had sustained winds of 30 knots; in squalls, gusts were up to 45 knots.




http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?level0=100
 


Virago is anchored 'neath St. Lucia's Pitons. It is an amazing anchorage as the shore is so "steep-to" that it's basically impossible to rely solely on an anchor. The only way to secure a vessel is to drop an anchor off the bow, back up toward the shoreline until the anchor actually hits something, then run a stern line ashore and tie it to a palm tree. It's pretty weird to find yourself looking up at what appears to be a mountain while in 20' of water when you're as little as 20-30 feet from the beach



http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=384378
Virago


N 13° 45' 03.91"
W 061° 26' 46.95"
(13.7511, -061.4464)

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http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?level0=100
 
trysail said:


Virago is anchored 'neath St. Lucia's Pitons. It is an amazing anchorage as the shore is so "steep-to" that it's basically impossible to rely solely on an anchor. The only way to secure a vessel is to drop an anchor off the bow, back up toward the shoreline until the anchor actually hits something, then run a stern line ashore and tie it to a palm tree. It's pretty weird to find yourself looking up at what appears to be a mountain while in 20' of water when you're as little as 20-30 feet from the beach


A couple of the most uncomfortable nights I've ever spent at an anchorage was here, in late march a long time ago, pitching and rolling all night long in the shadow of those peaks with far too much rum ingested..........the local boys are helpful though, just make you tip them enough to be sure the stern line to the palm tree is well tied......saw a sloop come loose before dawn and she was swinging dangerously close to the boats anchored abeam of her.
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JohnnySavage said:
I was using the Appalachian spelling.

Like color vs. colour.
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I prefer using local spellings, so:

Pearl Harbor (not Harbour)

England (not Angleterre, etc...)

The Gibraltarians call it a Strait.

The French call The English Channel 'La Manche'.

When my father was young, the North Sea was called 'The German Ocean'. That was wrong. It wasn't an ocean, and the Battle of Jutland decided that it wasn't German either - not because the Royal Navy won, but because they remained in control of the North Sea and the Imperial German Navy returned to port.
 
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trysail said:


On this day in 1906, H.M.S. Dreadnought was launched, immediately making virtually every naval capital ship obsolete and inaugurating the naval arms race that ultimately contributed to the outbreak of World War I.
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She may have been launched then. Her sea trials weren't until October and she was commissioned a year and a day after the build started. Portsmouth Dockyard cheated a bit on that time by prefabricating some parts before the official start date, but Portsmouth was the fastest builder of battleships in the world at that time.
 
Trysail's post in thirty's weather thread reminded me of the Alaskan sailing simulator where anyone can enjoy sailing in Alaska without having to go out on the water.






1. Put your foul weather gear.






2. Stand in the shower with the COLD water on high.




















3. Tear up handfuls of $100 bills into pieces small enough not to clog the drain.
 
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