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Sailing directions for the English Channel and coast of France
Sailing directions for the English Channel and coast of France Author:John Walker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: W. 2J miles; the west buoy of the Tongue, N.N.E. J E. ? mile; and the North spit buoy, E.S.Ë. J E. l j mile. Margate sand buoy of the North spit is black, and... more » should be left on the starboard side. It lies 1| mile E.S.E. J E. from the buoy of the Wedge, and 1J mile, N.W. by W. from the east buoy of Margate sands. Marks :—Minster mill on with the barn in Westgate Bay, S. by W. i W., and Reading beacon on with North Down house, bearing nearly S. by E. .j E. A buoy, chequered black and white, has recently been laid on the north-eastern projection of Margate sand in 4 fathoms, with the following marks and compass bearings, viz. r—A windmill, on the back land, in one with the first house next westward of the three windmills at Margate, bearing S. by W. J W.; North Foreland Lighthouse, S. ± E.; North spit Buoy, W.N.W.; East Tongue Buoy, N.W. J N.; east buoy of Margate sand, S.S.E. J E. The east buoy of Margate sand is black, with a staff and inverted cone. It lies in four fathoms, at the extremity of the sand. It bears S.E. by E. 4 miles from the North spit buoy. Marks.—The high tower of Moro Castle, between the second and the third black cliffs to the westward of the south cliff at Kingsgate; a tree which stands to the eastward of Minster east mill, just touching the north side of the salt-water bathing-house, which has a middle gable, at Nayland ; the west end of Birchington Wood, on with the east cliff of Westgate Bay and the North Foreland Lighthouse, bearing S. J W. a little westerly, distant I ', miles. Directions for sailing from the Nore to the North Foreland, through the Oaze, Nob, Prince's and Queen's Cnannel. In sailing through the Oaze Channel steer from the Nore Light E.S.E. J Sv about 4'¿ miles ; the point of land above Yantlet being kept about a ship's lengt...« less