Confirmation Received of Marker # Change At AICW/Bogue Inlet Intersection (Statute Mile 227)
On 11/20/11, I asked for help from the cruising community concerning the report below by Captain Jerry, that the Bogue Inlet channel aid to navigation, hard by the AICW/Bogue Inlet intersection, has changed its numbering from #21 to #20. I’m glad to report that Captain Eilenn has responded!
This is a BIG DEAL, as the Bogue Inlet/AICW intersection has long been an “AICW Problem Stretch.” Not only is perennial shoaling a problem here, but the inland-most marker on the Bogue Inlet channel is often mistaken for an AICW aid to navigation. This mis-identification often leads to groundings.
And, the important point is that this newly numbered marker #20 is NOT an AICW navigational marker. Ignore it, and follow ONLY the Waterway buoys and daybeacons!
The mark to be ignored at Bogue inlet is `20’³, not `21’³. It floats between `45’³ and `45A’.
Jerry on Suncatcher
Cruising News:
Definitely a red nun #20 between 45 and 45A
Admiral Eileen
ANKERS AWAY
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To This AICW Problem Stretch
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