SAILING DIRECTIONS Entrance to the Harbour


The Daymark Beacon is a 24m high stone tower. This marks the eastern side of the entrance to the River Dart.


Daymark and Harbour Entrance Homestone Buoy (Port Lateral) Q.R marks the Homestone Ledge.


Castle Ledge Buoy (Starboard Lateral), FI G.5s, marks the extremity of the Castle Ledge. Mariners without local knowledge should not pass between the Castle Ledge Buoy and the shore.


The Harbour limit is marked with 4 seasonal yellow special marks.


Checkstone buoy FL(2)R 5 sec in line with Dartmouth Castle and flagstaff


Kingswear sectored light ISO WRG 3s on a bearing of 328º (white sector)


Daymark


Fig 1 . Entrance to harbour


Lighthouse and River Mouth Keep Kingswear lighthouse, a sectored light (small white structure) ISO.WRG.3s 9m 8M, in line with the right hand edge of the large white house above the lighthouse (see photo - opposite). This will keep you in the middle of the channel in the white sector of the light. Leave the Checkstone Buoy (Port Lateral), Fl (2) R.5s, to port. Follow the course of the river keeping as close as possible to the starboard side of the river as is practicable.


Kingswear Lighthouse 4 Dart Harbour Ch 11 DARTNAV


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