Diana and I crossed the Albemarle Sound southbound last week and re-surveyed the known Alligator River Entrance ICW trouble spot ... with its westward shoal and mis-charted Magenta Line.
Our depth-annotated track and report are here:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/on-the-water-chartguides/alligator-river-entrance-depth-annotated-track/432212580161657
As you can see from the screenshot, the depths are fine if you follow the navaids, NOT necessarily the Magenta Line.
Southbound, you would honor R6 and the G7-R8 pair, then (importantly) depart the charted Magenta Line, honoring floating navaid Red 8A, to stay off encroaching Long Shoal Point, finally re-joing the ICW and the charted Magenta Line at G9.
I'll re-survey the other known ICW trouble spots as we continue southbound and share these as soon as possible.
Mark & Diana Doyle
m/v Semi-Local
Diana and I crossed the Albemarle Sound southbound last week and re-surveyed the known Alligator River Entrance ICW trouble spot ... with its westward shoal and mis-charted Magenta Line.
Our depth-annotated track and report are here:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/on-the-water-chartguides/alligator-river-entrance-depth-annotated-track/432212580161657
As you can see from the screenshot, the depths are fine if you follow the navaids, NOT necessarily the Magenta Line.
Southbound, you would honor R6 and the G7-R8 pair, then (importantly) depart the charted Magenta Line, honoring floating navaid Red 8A, to stay off encroaching Long Shoal Point, finally re-joing the ICW and the charted Magenta Line at G9.
I'll re-survey the other known ICW trouble spots as we continue southbound and share these as soon as possible.
Mark & Diana Doyle
m/v Semi-Local