Corrections for March 2021 with the compliments of Adlard Coles Nautical REEDS Nautical Almanac 2021 Corrections to 4th March 2021 include Admiralty Notices to Mariners Week 9/21 EDITORIAL NOTES 1. Corrections to the above Almanacs are placed on www.reedsalmanacs.co.uk at the following intervals: In early January (covering the period since going to press in June); and thereafter at the start of each month from February through to June. There is no repetition, except where an earlier correction is modified by later data. 2. We thank those who have contributed helpful suggestions, all of which are considered and, if feasible, included. Please tell the Editors as soon as possible of any corrections to the Almanac(s) thought to be necessary, particularly as a result of experience at sea. 3. Contents Pages 2 Reeds Update Amendment Form 3–8 Reeds Nautical Almanac Adlard Coles Nautical Tel 0207 632 5600 50 Bedford Square Fax 0207 6732 5800 London, WC1B 3DP www.reedsalmanacs.co.uk March 2021 1 AMENDMENT/CORRECTION FOR REEDS ALMANAC For forwarding suggested amendments to Reeds Almanac, Reeds Channel Almanac, Reeds Western Almanac and Reeds Eastern Almanac Date of report: Name of sender: Telephone: Email: Reeds Almanac Channel Almanac Western Almanac Eastern Almanac Publication affected: Edition: 2021 2020 Earlier: ________________ Page number(s) affected: ____________________________________________ Reference material Passage information Lights & buoys This report relates to: Country notes Area plan Tides Harbour information (specify): Name: ________________________________ Ref. number: ______·______ Amendment/ Correction: Continue on a separate sheet if necessary Reeds agents: I am a Reeds Agent for: ________________________________ I would like to become a Reeds Agent for: ________________________________ Reports should be submitted to: UK & Ireland, introduction, navigation, tides, safety, first aid [email protected] Continental coast (including Channel Islands and Azores), reference [email protected] data, regulations, communications, weather Anything else: The Editors, Reeds Almanac, Adlard Coles Nautical, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP 2 March 2021 AMENDMENT/CORRECTION FOR CORRECTIONS TO 2021 REEDS NAUTICAL ALMANAC Entry 4, Belfast, Inshore waters forecast areas, before: 13, insert REEDS ALMANAC 12. CHAPTER 2, REGulations For forwarding suggested amendments to Reeds Almanac, Reeds Channel Almanac, 2.1, CRUISING FORMALITIES, 2.1.2, after proof of VAT status, 89, Bottom of page, Note: delete in toto, substitute: Readers insert: and proof of vessels location at 2300, 31st December 2020. are advised to check for changes in the MCA Maritime safety Reeds Western Almanac and Reeds Eastern Almanac Ed Note: The latest update to HMRC Notice 8, Sailing your pleasure information leaflet (MCA /064) available at www.mcga.gov.uk. craft to and from UK, advises that evidence of a vessels VAT status See also our free monthly updates from January to June available should be carried onboard at all times, i.e the original bill of for download at www.reedsnauticalalmanac.co.uk/update. Date of report: sale and receipt for VAT paid, and also evidence of the vessels 94, 6.10.1, BBC Radio 4 shipping and other forecasts, para 1, location at 2300 on 31st December 2020, such as a dated receipt lines 5-6, HM Coastguard broadcasts repeats as detailed in 6.8, for berthing/mooring fees, or receipts for work done, purchases delete in toto. Name of sender: of fuel, chandlery etc. 94/96 6.11 INTERNET WEATHER FORECASTS, delete entry in toto, 2.1.1 Registration, first bullet point, amend: substitute: The Internet is not an operational system in the same sense as the GMDSS; website addresses (URLs) and content can Telephone: • Registration under Part I is for commercial and pleasure boats >24m LOA, and costs £152 for 5 years. Vessels have to be surveyed change without notice; there is little quality control. Nevertheless, and follows the same procedure as a large merchant vessel. It it is a useful back-up as a valuable alternative source for GMDSS forecasts and information otherwise unavailable. For the UK, Email: costs £72 to renew for 5 years. The certificate establishes the ship’s nationality and tonnage. Details of registered ownership and the Met Office has printable texts of all its marine forecasts and mortgages can be obtained from the RSS at Cardiff. warnings. Search for Met Office Coast and Sea Forecast Print. Most Reeds Almanac Channel Almanac Western Almanac Eastern Almanac European GMDSS texts are on-line, see Frank Singleton’s Weather Publication affected: Second bullet point, amend : Edition: 2021 2020 Earlier: ________________ website for details. Météo France has an excellent app for IOS • Part 3, The Small Ships Register (SSR), is for owners who want and Android devices. Private weather service texts are usually Page number(s) a simple registration, to prove the yacht’s nationality and automated without human input. As with all forecasts, always meet registration requirement for a privileged ensign, but it check the date and time of origin. ____________________________________________ affected: registers neither ‘Title’ nor mortgages. A small ship is defined Synoptic charts are available on-line using a browser, but the as < 24m LOA. The cost is £35 for five years, and measurement MailASail Chart Responder provides charts in compressed form Reference material Passage information Lights & buoys only requires taking the boat’s LOA. by email for those with limited bandwidth. Output from numerical weather models is available in GRIB file This report relates to: Country notes Area plan Tides Harbour information (specify): For further details contact: UK Ships Register, (the Registry of Shipping and Seamen), Anchor Court, Keen Road, Cardiff CF24 format. The most used source is the US Global Forecast System (GFS). Data can be downloaded free to a laptop using XyGrib and Name: ________________________________ Ref. number: ______·______ 5JW; n +44(0)20 3908 5200; [email protected] For part 1 and part 3 online registration visit: www.ukshipregister. several tablet apps; all automatically saved for off-line viewing Amendment/ co.uk. later. Other models freely available include the German ICON globalmodel and ICON-EU, a more detailed model for European Correction: CHAPTER 5, COMMUNICATIONS waters. These can be seen using XyGrib on a laptop or, on all 69, 5.8.1, HM Coastguard Communications, Ed Note: Radio platforms, using Windy.com and Ventusky.com. Network Infrastructure Replacement Programme. (RNIR). Since For a quick look, there are browser services such as PassageWeather. the summer of 2020 HM Coastguard have been replacing the radio com, XCWeather.com and WeatherOnline.com. The ECMWF network used for search and rescue that connects 165 remote sites (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts) Chart around the UK to CGOC. The old copper based telephone wiring Catalogue has 10-day forecasts including synoptic charts, wind, linking these sites is now out of date and it is being replaced with sea temperature, sea state, rain, cloud cover and some probability modern fibre based technology in a £175 millon investment which forecasts. None of these can be saved. will take a minimum of three years to complete. The RNIR will not Detailed forecasts are on the Danish (DMI), Jersey and Spanish cause any disruption to current operations and the new network (AEMet) Met services websites. Germany (ICON-EU and COSMO) will be rigorously tested before it is brought into service. and France (AROME) make forecasts available to third parties, for example, OpenSkiron, Windy.com and Ventusky.com. Meteociel is CHAPTER 6, WEATHER a good source for many computer-generated forecasts. 85, 6.1.4, Terms used in UK weather bulletins, second tinted box, GRIB data are useful for interpreting GMDSS forecasts. They are Visibility, line 4, before Fog, insert: Very poor or . particularly valuable for planning up to a week or so ahead. Save 86, 6.4, USING WEATHER FORECASTS, para 1, line 5, after: patterns 8-10 day forecasts daily and compare each with preceding forecasts up to, delete: five or six days, substitute: at least a week. looking for consistency as a guide to reliability. If successive forecast Para 2, lines 11-12, after: is important, delete: over periods of runs give similar results, you can plan ahead with some confidence. around 5 days, substitute: for the next eight to ten days ahead. Without consistency, work on a day-to-day basis. 86, 6.5 GMDSS - MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION, para 3, line 1, 96, 6.12.1 Talk to a forecaster, delete para 1 in toto, substitute: delete: the primary, substitute: a vital . For a Met Office servicee 0370 900 0100 or +44 (0) 13928 85680. 87, 6.6.3, UK/ROI 518kHz broadcasts, tinted box, second entry, m 0370 900 5050 for details. Jersey Met Office (H24) e 01534 G - Cullercoats, delete areas in toto, substitute: Viking, Forties, 446770. Cromarty, Forth,Tyne, Dogger, Humber, Thames, Fair Isle. 96, CHANNEL ISLANDS (North to South) 6.13.2, amend heading: O - Portpatrick, after: SE Iceland, insert: excluding Shannon. Weather information by public service radio. Paras 1, 2, delete in toto, substitute: BBC Radio Guernsey 93.2 MHz, 99.0 MHz 1116 Q - Malin Head, before: Shannon, delete: Sea Areas. kHz, broadcasts a weather bulletin for the waters around Guernsey, T - Oostend, spelling, amend: Oostende. Before: Thames, delete: Herm and Sark at 0630 LT. It contains a synopsis, warnings, coastal Sea Areas. forecast and coastal reports from Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Cap 88, 6.6.4, UK Inshore waters forecasts on 490 kHz, tinted box, de la Hague, Cherbourg, Portland and also the Channel light entry C - Portpatrick, line 2, after: Tiree, insert: Campbeltown vessel. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary Airport. Line 3, after: Aberporth, insert: Milford Haven. 96, 6.14 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (ROI), Met Éireann, line 2, e, I - Niton, lines 2-3, delete in toto, substitute: Sandettie Lt V, amend: +353 1806 4200.