HARBOUR ENTRANCE
BUOY'S NEW POSITION ASSISTANCE TO MASTERS To give a good turning point for deep draught ships entering- and leaving Rangitoto Channel the lighted buoy which has been marking the north-west center of the Duder Spit was moved yesterday afternoon approximately half a mile further to the north-west. An unlighted black can buoy has replaced the lighted buoy on the end of the spit. The lighted Duder Spit buoy, marking the eastern entrance to Rangitoto Channel, has been too close inshore for deep draught vessels to use as a turning point and in the'past a bearing has been taken off it to enable ships to turn in deeper water before moving up the channel. This practice has given rise to difficulties in thick or heavy weather, when it has not been possible to sight the buoy clearly, and it is thought that the Harbour Board's move will be greatly appreciated by masters of overseas ships. Tliq work of lifting and relaying the lighted buoy and of replacing it at the end of the spit by an unlighted black can buoy Was undertaken by the board's tug TeAwhina and a transport punt and occupied several hours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23401, 18 July 1939, Page 14
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196HARBOUR ENTRANCE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23401, 18 July 1939, Page 14
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