The extension to the breakwater is now complete. This is a straight extension of the existing breakwater.

A new light is established at the end of the jetty as follows:

Red and White horizontal stripes, approx 40 feet elevation, Fl(2)R5s, approx 25 feet NW from the end of the breakwater.

Outer, south-east end of the breakwater 16º45’·157N, 022º58’·898W

A new deep water channel is established with the following buoyage:

Stbd marks, green conical:

No1 16º44’·864N, 022º58’·861W FlG5s

No3 16º44’·985N, 022º58’·798W Fl(2)G5s

No5 16º45’·118N, 022º58’·801W Fl(3)G5s

No7 16º45’·242N, 022º58’·851W Fl(4)R10s

Fairway Buoy (Port), RWVert, Spherical Topmark No2 16º44’·826N, 022º59’·034W QkFl+Fl5s

Port Mark, red can No4 16º45’·115N, 022º58’·876W FlR4s

Please note that as of today (October 22nd 2011) ALL NEW LIGHTS WORK!!

The tanker buoys are still in place and the Harbourmaster reports that they are still in use, although the lights do not work. The pickup buoy is also still in place.

The wreck reported in the centre of the anchorage is still there, along with a clearly visible trawler on its side in the very NW corner of the harbour.

The Harbourmaster reports that the corrections are forwarded to the Portuguese Hydrographer, but a new chart won’t be published until another jetty is built outside the existing one in a few years time.

Adrian & Sam Wood

S/Y Blue Moon