Coasts and Ports of the Bay of Biscay Volume 1-2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...while roundin'g the "pointe sans fin," or about two-fifths the width of the river from the right bank. In this bend there will be found a strong set toward the caution. northeast bank, and it is better to lose a few inches of depth near the middle, of the river than run the risk of going on the stony beach at Charas or the mnd above. From abreast the wharves on the right bank at Vergeroux, keep in mid-stream until opposite the mill of La Pr6e on the eastern bank and the channel of Grandes Prises on the western, and keep 45 to 55 yards from the former. From Soubise keep in mid-stream to Martroux, where the rocks of l'Avant Garde are met, when skirt the right bank very close, particularly abreast the mouth of the canal 820 yards above the road from Rochefort to Royan. The channel here is only 27 yards wide and is in the alignment of A red buoy, surmounted by a circular staff with a pyramid, and bearing the words "Les Palles" in white letters, will be passed to starb ard in entering the channel. The buoy is on the following bearings: M '- steeple in line with the two chimneys of the Piedemont guardhouse; the NW. part of fort d'Euet well open from the SE. point of Le Chatelaillon. 256 EOCHEFOET. two chimneys in Martroux. Above this point keep in midstream up to the city. Descendingthe Descending the river must be done on the last of the flood, so as to reach the bars at high water. Between the rocks of l'Avant Garde, at Martroux, and the elbow of Charas, the speed should be about 6 or 7 knots. Below Charas, a vessel towed, or a side-wheel steamer, may go at full speed, but a propeller should not if her keel be in the mnd. Rochefort har-Rochefort harbor is capacious and deep enough for the largest vessels; it is divided into two parts, f...