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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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