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Name: Bessie James (Call Sign MT2U 8) Type: Procharter 40 Construction: GRP Dimensions: 12.3m x 3.7m Year of Build: 2006 Engine: 500 HP Caterpillar C9, single prop
Navman 24 mile radar MD 3404 2 x Navman colour plotter / sounder 8120 DSC radio. Colour of hull: Red with white wheelhouse Colour of deck: Grey Aft deck: White canopy shelter on a tubular framework Speed: Cruises at 15 kts, top speed 20 kts Fuel: Diesel-2 tanks at 75 gals each Passenger Certificate: Class VI for 50 passengers
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Extract from Great Britain's Coasting Pilot by Captain Greeneville Collins (1693):
DIRECTIONS FOR SAILING INTO FOWEY OR FOY. FOY lieth 4 Leagueſ NE from the Deadman, and two mileſ to the Weſtward of a great Bay called St Blazey Bay, Predmouth Point being the weſt-.ſide of the Bay. There lieth a Ledge of Rocks SE, about half a mile from the ſaid Point, called the Canneyſ, and ſhew themſelveſ above water at half-Tide; there iſ but 7 and 8 foot Water within them at low water. From theſe Rockſ to the going in to Foy the Shoar is bold. Keep the Deadman within the Winehead Rock, and it will carry you clear of the Canneyſ. FOY. Foy may be very eaſily known, lying in between two high-landſ; on the weſt-ſide the going in, iſ an old Church and Caſtle, and on the eaſt-ſide the Ruinſ of an old Church, as you may ſee by the making of it in the Draught of Foy, No 17 . The going in iſ a Cable’ſ length over from ſide to ſide, and no danger; when you are in you may anchor before the Town, or run up above the Town. And whereaſ it hath been reported to be a Bar-Harbour, and that you cannot enter till half Tide, I do aſſure you that there is no leſſ than 3 Fathomſ at low-water at a Spring-tide: Here you may lie afloat to Waſh, Tallow, ſtop Leekſ...
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