Padstow
GBPAD
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General before first United Kingdom port
OVERVIEW:
Small port, primarily handling leisure craft and fishing vessels and some commercial
shipping.
LOCATION:
Approx. 80 km. NE of Lands End on the Avonmouth coast of northern Cornwall in SW England.
It is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary.
CHARTS:
Digital: GB301149, GB3DEQQ0, GB3DEQQ0, GB4DEQQP, GB4DEQQP and GB51168B.
Paper: BA 1149, 1156 and 1178.
Publications:
NP37, West Coasts of England and Wales Pilot.
PORT LIMITS:
A line from Stepper Point to Gulland Rock, thence NE to Newland Rock, thence SE to
Pentire Point.
DOCUMENTS:
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General - Documents before first UK port.
MAX. SIZE:
LOA 106 m., depending on draft. Draft 3.35 m. on any tide and up to 4.57 m. (springs).
No airdraft restriction.
APPROACHES:
Changing Depths in Camel Estuary:
The height and shape of the sandbanks in the estuary change frequently. The channel
should not…
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