Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Notice to Mariners heading to Fortaleza,Brasil

This is the chartlet posted on the Marina Park Hotel web site,todays date is 7th July 2009,they have been asked to change the entry but have not seen fit,DO NOT USE THIS FOR NAVIGATION,just eye ball the pictures and the chart,you will soon see what I mean.

Note,this is for information only,it is up to the mariner himself to check out postitions and bearings.

Left click chart to enlarge.

Left click this picture to view in a larger size,then cast your eye along the red arrow line,its basically the same approach course as the chartlet gives above!

Ship wreck, Mara Hope,its position,the marina.

This picture does show a bouy,does it light up at night I wonder?

Hard to miss,in day light anyway.

Whats left of the wreck,the other half is still under the water I assume,its hidden from view.

The view of the wreck from the marina.

My 2009/1 copy of Flying Fish,the Journal of the Ocean Cruising club high lights a very near miss when a yacht was heading for the Marina Hotel,Fortaleza,Brasil one night,using a chartlet from the hotels own web site they almost piled up on this well known (to locals) ship wreck,the charts are incorrect too it seems?

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