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08-13-2006, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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Missing markers
Has anyone noticed that the red top companion marker to FL55 (entrance to smith cove in Glendale) is missing? There is a huge bolder on the wrong side of FL55 and without the companion marker its very easy to get too close to that bolder. I hit it 5 yrs ago when the marker was missing and caused considerable damage to my boat. A fellow boater at Fays hit it two weekends ago. He said that he was aproximately 6ft away from the lighted marker. With the gas docks at Fays this channel can get very busy and boats will tend to run close to the markers when passing. If a boater is unaware of the presence of a bolder they chance damaging an outdrive or keel especially when the water gets lower towards the end of the month. A sail boat with a deep enough draft will hit the bolder with the present water level.
This marker has been missing over two weeks now. I went to the MP office in Glendale today and they were not aware that it was missing. Smith Cove is just outside their windows. PS: there is also a missing marker between Mink and Mark Islands. |
08-13-2006, 09:02 PM | #2 |
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Missing red marker at Elkin's point
Between light markers 13 and 14 (Moultonboro Bay), there is a missing red marker on the eastern shore, right off the point of Elkins point. It normally sits out pretty far, so its a hazzard to have it missing.
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Maybe that's a marker that needs replacement with one of those earlier solid oak markers!
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08-14-2006, 11:47 AM | #4 |
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The cheapest and easiest way for Marine Patrol to immediately deal with missing markers is to develop a Missing or off station marker list (similar to the CGs light list) and post it on their website until they can get around to replacing them.
As far as the MP saying they didn't know about the missing marker outside Smith Cove, that sounds like a CYA answer to me, I can't fathom their boats, going in and out of the cove every day, haven't noticed. |
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we had one of those on ossipee that I hit a month ago. it got cutoff when the water level was low and when it came back up i clipped it. Knew basically where it was but got a bit to close because another boat was coming the other way too far over. no damage but couldn't figure out what caused the racket, went back in the am with the jet ski and saw it there. MP who puts in 50 feet away from the marker didn't even know it was missing when I told them. |
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08-14-2006, 03:48 PM | #6 |
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B&W Companion Buoy To FL 10 Is Missing
This is between Little Bear and Long Island. Noticed it this past weekend.
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outside of smith cove near MP?
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08-14-2006, 08:22 PM | #8 | |
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It was still missing Saturday when I came in around 3:30PM. I didn't go out on Sunday. It's the first marker on the right as you are coming into Smith Cove (Fay's). There is a lighted marker #55 and there is suppose to be a red top companion marker. The boulder is between both but if the red top is missing its hard to gauge the location of that rock if you are paying attention to traffic. The safest is to motor right down the center of the channel. |
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08-14-2006, 09:28 PM | #9 | |
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I thought I noticed this guy gone....but wasn't sure....I was more interested in trying not to soak my passengers.....What I didn't understand though was why the lighted bouy was still there....must have been precise targeting....
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08-20-2006, 02:43 PM | #10 |
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Missing Marker update
PMJ, this marker is still missing as of this morning. The water level was quite a bit lower this weekend and two weeks from now is the Labor Day weekend. There will be a lot of traffic in this channel and I'm sure some one else will hit this rock.
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