Pine River DANGER

[Ah Me Ting]

Crew,

I know some of you, like me, are members of other forums.

I just saw this information on another forum:

       DANGER at new Pine River beacon

The second green beacon (or first on a pole if not counting the green buoy marking the rocks) going upstream from Dohles Rocks has been put on a new pole.

The old steel pole has been cut off at the low water mark and is approx 2 meters away ON THE SIDE YOUR MEANT TO NAVIGATE.

Even at slow speeds this little gem would slice a tinnie open like a can opener and rip a large chunk of fibreglass out of a boat. Or destroy your outboard leg.

Stay at least 3 meters away from this beacon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ah Me Ting]

And, there is this follow up posts which has a bit more info too:

"It's just where you would be coming off the plane to negotiate the shoals at low tide a little bit further up. As there's no real channel there, boaties come at it from all angles, but because the area is shallow, some tend to stick close to the beacon thinking it may be deeper.

I watched it slide by just breaking the surface a meter from my boat yesterday at dead low. (The only time you would see it)

I'm gonna pretend it's red and not green from now on.

God help a jet ski hitting it at the speeds they travel at in shallow water."

[61 crusher]

That’s an accident waiting to happen, they should have done a better job of getting rid of it 

[Ah Me Ting]

6 hours ago, 61 crusher said:

That’s an accident waiting to happen, they should have done a better job of getting rid of it 

Pretty bloody scary!