The entrance to the Deben, as stated in East Coast Pilot navigation news, has had an additional buoy added. This is a round mooring buoy with a red bucket ‘lashed’ to its upper body – it is relatively small but very effective. Speaking to an owner who moors in the river, he said its been needed for some time: the gap between the two Knoll buoys is significant. See ECP navigation news for comment.

Transiting the river soon after it had been positioned a day or so after entering, I took a couple of pictures – here they are.

This shows the new buoy, marked with an ‘A’ in line with the West Knolls – several craft have been on a patch of shingle immediately to its south… This was viewed from a position rounding the Mid Knoll…

Passing the new ‘A’ buoy with West Knolls in view…

Don’t let the bar be a bar … go in with usual care and enjoy this lovely little river.