Burnham-On-Crouch Pilot Notes & Charts
Pilot notes are meant as a general guide, or for use in conjunction with a Pilot book or chart.
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PILOTAGE NOTES FROM THE RIVER CROUCH ENTRANCE TO BURNHAM
YACHT HARBOUR
Useful Charts to use are: AC5607, 1183, 1975, 3750, Imray C1 Y17. Refer to Reeds
Almanac for information on tidal differences height and time. The Standard Port is
Walton On The Naze.
Navigation – S Buxey SHM lit buoy – approach from the East Swin or the Wallet via
the Spitway and N Swallow SWM into the Whitaker channel.
The Whitaker channel and the river are lit/buoyed to 0.5M west of Essex Marina.
From Sunken Buxey NCM lit buoy, the spire of St Mary’s Church (difficult to identify)
leads 233o to Outer Crouch SCM lit buoy; thence steer steer 24oo past Foulness Pt
into the river. There is a 2.2M unlit gap between Inner Crouch SWM lit buoy and the
Horse Shoal NCM lit buoy.
There after follow the buoyed channel to Green SHM No11 (FlQ G), turn to starboard
for the Yellow entrance marker (FlY5s) to Burnham Yacht Harbour.
R/T VHF Channel 80 – 24 Hours. Note the speed limit in the mooring trots is 8 knots.
