Danger Area's, a question?
I have just been talking to an ex-navy diver in work(oil and gas industry is my business!) and he said there are no marker buoys or any system to mark the boundaries of danger areas over the sea! (I am talking of firing ranges etc, not obstacles like the Montgomery just to the south of Southend) Take the one at Southend(D142 i think, no chart to hand) We have to call up and establish if it is active or not, yet apparently a boat(Gin Palace, Speed or Fishing ) can just merrily sail through and the guns stop till he is clear! Surely he is wrong, can someone say for sure if this is the case?
Any mariners out there? If you think of the other thread on SB and N.I etc, it seems planes have to jump through loads of hoops, whereas our seafairing brothers quite simply don't, infact it appears they can do pretty much as they like! Thoughts Gentlemen please!