IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 83, 7 October 1843, Page 330

IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR TWOFOLD BAY.

To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Gentlemen — As I consider it the duty of every master mariner to publish, for the benefit of his brother seamen, any information he may have obtained'relative to nautical affairs, I am induced to make known, through the means of your widely circulating journal, a landmark called the Wanderer's Tower, which lias recently been erected on Torarago Point, situated on the south side of Twofold Bay, in the vicinity of Boyd Town. This landmark may easily be distinguished in clear weather, at- the distance of fifteen miles from the offing, and forms an excellent leading mark for this safe and commodious anchorage, and will doubtless be tbe means of many strangers seeking shelter there from the heavy gales which so frequently prevail on the coast of New South Wales. Tbe following sailing directions for this place will probablyprove acceptable toyour nautical readers: — With a leading wind get the Wanderer's Tower to bear S. W. by W. half W. by compass, and steer for it until' you get well inside the heads, then either haul up to the northward for Snug Cove, or stand on, as circumstances may require, for the Whale Spit, off Torarago Point, which is plainly visible, and round it at the distance of about a quarter of a mile, and haul to southward into Nullic* B»y, where there ii good anchorage in from three to four fathoms water, sheltered from all winds, abreast the township of Boyd. In working in. there is uo hidden danger, and a vessel may stand in on either side to within a quarter of a mile of the shore.

One great advantage this landmark possesses is, tnat it can generfcUy be seen in weather when Mount Imlsy is covered with fog. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Johk Thou, Master brig William.