Just a warning to anyone contemplating sailing at Fangy's; with the higher tides and winter surges, the inner most alpha turning marker disappears under water and is impossible to see. So please take care if sailing up the western end that you dont take yourself out pranging the marker. I was hoping that Grumpynuts or Elmo would get out here and take it out of service with their unerring ability to hit submerged objects, but last time I looked it was still there. If I get a chance I will wade out and remove it, but until then, please stay clear of that area if you cant see the marker.
The main alpha gate posts, at time of writing, are still there. And finally there are decent weedburgs forming so dont use a pointer fin here either

Can you slide a longer and wider piece of conduit over it so that it remains in place but visible at high tide?

I didn't put the marker in so I am not sure how well anchored it is - longer and bigger tubing increases the loading from wind and waves, so sometimes they just fall over. If I get to it first I will check it out.

I always thought that lunch box thing on your head Fanga was the hazard marker
Sorry, it's been raining and no wind in FNQ but hey not cold either

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fangman said..
I didn't put the marker in so I am not sure how well anchored it is - longer and bigger tubing increases the loading from wind and waves, so sometimes they just fall over. If I get to it first I will check it out.

Fangy, I supplied the piece of pipe and I think it was about 1.5m long, I have an idea that Fin/Wazza bashed it in fairly deep, there idea was always to slide a longer piece of pipe inside it. But then I think I upset their plans by saying the inner alpha marker should be shifted further upwind out of the general flight path.
So My feeling is, pull it out if possible and we'll put some new markers in further out.

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firiebob said..
I always thought that lunch box thing on your head Fanga was the hazard marker
Sorry, it's been raining and no wind in FNQ but hey not cold either

Firie its a bit sad to see your forgentia is progressing so quickly and I am slipping from your fondest thoughts. There are mountains in the Himalayas that look more pole like than me and my lunch box. The marker looks more like that Stainless steel one you have in the back of 'Firie's Wagon of Love' that goes from floor to ceiling. Ask your beloved about it, I am sure she will happily remember the times when you used to recreate scenes from your famous movies like "Firie's Polercise" for her when you were alone in the middle of Aus and didn't have TV reception... .

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fangman said..
I didn't put the marker in so I am not sure how well anchored it is - longer and bigger tubing increases the loading from wind and waves, so sometimes they just fall over. If I get to it first I will check it out.

Fangy, I supplied the piece of pipe and I think it was about 1.5m long, I have an idea that Fin/Wazza bashed it in fairly deep, there idea was always to slide a longer piece of pipe inside it. But then I think I upset their plans by saying the inner alpha marker should be shifted further upwind out of the general flight path.
So My feeling is, pull it out if possible and we'll put some new markers in further out.

OK Decrep I will see what transpires. I think I remember Wazzapoledancer saying something about using his head when he put it in, so its probably whacked in pretty firmly..

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decrepit said..

fangman said..
I didn't put the marker in so I am not sure how well anchored it is - longer and bigger tubing increases the loading from wind and waves, so sometimes they just fall over. If I get to it first I will check it out.

Fangy, I supplied the piece of pipe and I think it was about 1.5m long, I have an idea that Fin/Wazza bashed it in fairly deep, there idea was always to slide a longer piece of pipe inside it. But then I think I upset their plans by saying the inner alpha marker should be shifted further upwind out of the general flight path.
So My feeling is, pull it out if possible and we'll put some new markers in further out.

OK Decrep I will see what transpires. I think I remember Wazzapoledancer saying something about using his head when he put it in, so its probably whacked in pretty firmly..

WazzaGoneTroppo here.... Capt'n, you are right as usual. We were talking about repositioning the markers at a later date...that will now be late 2016!
My statement to the Coroners Court would read :
Braving the swarms of dinner- plate sized blue swimmers Fin and I did indeed set up the alpha markers early in the season. Whilst it was Fin who placed the marker in question it was only short becoz' the pole was short in the first place and not becoz he was violent. We couldn't find any old bits of wokker pole to use as an extension but it certainly wasn't under water when he had finished his task but it is quite possible that we forgot the state of the tide. Fin quite rightly decided that a 400m walk back to shore to get the Mandurah Tide Tables and Other Assorted Planetary Predictions, back out to the marker and then back in again just wasn't on and I do have a vague recollection that we wondered if it might be better if it was a tad higher. Actually, I wondered that all season and, in fact, am certainly still wondering that as I write. My excuse is that when Fangy placed a steering wheel, complete with horn and indicators (WhiskyTangoFoxtrot?) on the upwind alpha gate I just assumed that he was using random car parts as extensions and would eventually do all of them for end of of year "Fangland Car Wreck Challenge". A normal person would. Bloody students.
Your witness, m'lud.

Well I indulged in a bit of vandalism today and removed the outside double rock marker and plonked it in the middle of the almost visible gybe marker.
So it would be best to give all the thinner poles a 10m clearance, because the partner to the pole I removed now has a rock about 6m to the south of it.

Nice work skipper