Marker/Light changes for the season

codeman671 · 05-07-2007, 04:05 PM

I noticed over the weekend that the marker outside of Glendale is now a blinking red light at night. What other changes are people seeing in their travels?

Phantom · 05-08-2007, 07:09 AM

Blinking RED ?? With no companion (green) -- That's a new one on me --

What's that suppose to indicate?

codeman671 · 05-08-2007, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Phantom

Blinking RED ?? With no companion (green) -- That's a new one on me --

What's that suppose to indicate?

Green on inland waters would be a new one to me. Green is used in coastal waters, black is inland.

It is a red blinking light, but I did not see what color the actual marker was at night.

Phantom · 05-09-2007, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by codeman671

Green on inland waters would be a new one to me. Green is used in coastal waters

If memory serves me, the entry to the Wiers Channell is red blinking with green blinking companion on the no wake cans. An odd set up I admit!! But that's why it caught my attention.

Island Life · 05-09-2007, 10:39 AM

I thought there's been a blinking red light there for years. Am I imagining this? Don't know how I could get out of Glendale so easily in the dark without it.

Excalibur · 05-09-2007, 12:06 PM

Coming from the broads, the Glendale entrance has always been a red and white marker with a flashing white bouy at night. This is to keep you off the shoals near Rock Island. It is mainly for the larger craft, because the water depth around the bouy is sufficient for small vessels. It also helps the Mount Washington navigate the area as it passes thru on occasion. There are also alot of fixed keel sailboats going into Fay's that need the deeper water.

Bizer · 05-09-2007, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by codeman671

I noticed over the weekend that the marker outside of Glendale is now a blinking red light at night.

Do you mean that light #26 is now a flashing red (instead of white) or do you mean some other light? If some other light, could you be more specific as to location.

I've asked the Marine Patrol, however, they have not yet responded.

codeman671 · 05-09-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bizer

Do you mean that light #26 is now a flashing red (instead of white) or do you mean some other light? If some other light, could you be more specific as to location.

I've asked the Marine Patrol, however, they have not yet responded.

It always was a flashing white but I noticed last weekend that it was flashing red...??? I am going out again Friday night and will check it again, but I must have gone by it 3-4 times last weekend and it was flashing red at night. I swear I am not crazy!

If #26 is the one on the way out of Smith Cove/Glendale heading to the right was you round the point then that is the one. I do not have a chart here to verify the marker# against.

fatlazyless · 05-09-2007, 04:56 PM

Yellow vs white. Back in the old days of pre-2003 or so, all the flashers were a long slow yellow which was nice....very relaxing. The replacements are a rapid short blinky white. Blinkety-blink-blink.....I miss the old slow lights, these newer ones are making me nervous. Just above my side-by-side tv and web-tv screens I can see about five different flashers, all at once.....too many blink-blink-blink...

Island Life · 05-09-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Yellow vs white. Back in the old days of pre-2003 or so, all the flashers were a long slow yellow which was nice....very relaxing. The replacements are a rapid short blinky white. Blinkety-blink-blink.....I miss the old slow lights, these newer ones are making me nervous. Just above my side-by-side tv and web-tv screens I can see about five different flashers, all at once.....too many blink-blink-blink...

FLL, If you've got side-by side TV and web-tv screens, there's more than just flashing markers that are making you nervous. Time to get in touch with the ludite within.

Woops, that little guy laughing probably makes you edgy, huh?

codeman671 · 05-10-2007, 07:59 AM

I spoke with MP this morning, they had no clue. They were going to send someone out to check it this morning.

fatlazyless · 05-04-2008, 08:50 PM

#FL-3 is now operating.....guess that means the boating season has started...hurrrrray!

SIKSUKR · 05-05-2008, 12:50 PM

FL 26 IS the last marker coming out of Glendale when going south of Locke Island.

Slickcraft · 05-05-2008, 02:16 PM

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FL 26 IS the last marker coming out of Glendale when going south of Locke Island.

When I came in from Welch on Sunday morning, I was giving the gps a checkout so I ran right next to FL 26 and happened to note that the light lens cap was clear plastic. Unless the bulb itself is red, the light would flash white.

BTW, while the Bizer chart has FL 26 correctly marked, the c-map chip based on the map has the light noted as FL 53. The real FL 53 is correctly labeled. This correction is noted on the Bizer web site.

SIKSUKR · 05-06-2008, 10:11 AM

Right.FL 53 is the light as you go around Locke to the west side.

05-07-2007, 04:05 PM	#1
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,360 Thanks: 210 Thanked 764 Times in 448 Posts	Marker/Light changes for the season I noticed over the weekend that the marker outside of Glendale is now a blinking red light at night. What other changes are people seeing in their travels?

05-09-2007, 10:39 AM	#5
Island Life Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 273 Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	I thought there's been a blinking red light there for years. Am I imagining this? Don't know how I could get out of Glendale so easily in the dark without it. __________________ Island Life the way my grandparents' grandparents enjoyed it - but with a faster boat!!!

05-09-2007, 12:06 PM	#6
Excalibur Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gilford,NH is where I would like to be and Southborough, MA is where I have to be Posts: 85 Thanks: 14 Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts	Glendale Entrance Coming from the broads, the Glendale entrance has always been a red and white marker with a flashing white bouy at night. This is to keep you off the shoals near Rock Island. It is mainly for the larger craft, because the water depth around the bouy is sufficient for small vessels. It also helps the Mount Washington navigate the area as it passes thru on occasion. There are also alot of fixed keel sailboats going into Fay's that need the deeper water.

05-04-2008, 08:50 PM	#12
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,527 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 296 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	blink-blink-blink #FL-3 is now operating.....guess that means the boating season has started...hurrrrray! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

05-05-2008, 12:50 PM	#13
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	FL 26 IS the last marker coming out of Glendale when going south of Locke Island. __________________ SIKSUKR

05-08-2007, 07:09 AM	#2
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,931 Thanks: 445 Thanked 604 Times in 340 Posts	Blinking RED ?? With no companion (green) -- That's a new one on me -- What's that suppose to indicate? __________________ *A bad day on the Big Lake (although I've never had one) - Still beats a day at the office!!*

05-09-2007, 04:56 PM	#9
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,527 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 296 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	Yellow vs white. Back in the old days of pre-2003 or so, all the flashers were a long slow yellow which was nice....very relaxing. The replacements are a rapid short blinky white. Blinkety-blink-blink.....I miss the old slow lights, these newer ones are making me nervous. Just above my side-by-side tv and web-tv screens I can see about five different flashers, all at once.....too many blink-blink-blink...

05-10-2007, 07:59 AM	#11
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,360 Thanks: 210 Thanked 764 Times in 448 Posts	I spoke with MP this morning, they had no clue. They were going to send someone out to check it this morning.

05-06-2008, 10:11 AM	#15
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Right.FL 53 is the light as you go around Locke to the west side. __________________ SIKSUKR