Tasmania releases east coast safe anchorage fly-overs
Marine and Safety Tasmania takes some of the guesswork out of anchoring along the state's spectacular eastern coastlineMarine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) has released fly-over videos of its most popular eastern coast anchorages, giving cruising skippers an eagle-eyed view of the sites before they navigate into them.
The new videos include anchorages at:
- Hen and Chicken Bay on Shouten Island
- Little Swanport (including the entrance)
- East Shelly Beach, Orford
The information available includes the GPS coordinates of each of the anchorages, the number of public moorings available, water depths, navigation hazards and the weather conditions each is best suited for.
MAST has also included images, lists of facilities and potential must-see features for a number of the anchorages.
The guide includes a list of distances and times between safe anchorages, calculated at either 6kt or 20kt speeds.
Tasmania’s public moorings normally have a four-hour daytime limit, with vessels picking up a mooring after 1pm generally allowed to moor until 9am the next day.
The moorings are best suited to monohull boats of up to 15 metres, and catamarans stretching to 14 metres, and are rated to a maximum 40-knot wind speed.
Boats are not allowed to raft up to a public swing mooring.
Tasmania’s east coast public boat moorings cannot be booked, operating on a first come, first served basis.
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