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M3 Weather Buoy found in Devon

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  • 04-01-2012 12:12am
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    jd
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    From
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0103/breaking50.html
    Missing weather buoy found in Devon

    An Irish marine weather buoy has been found on a beach in Devon three weeks after it went missing.

    The M3 Weather buoy was torn from its mooring off the south west coast of Ireland during severe weather conditions on December 10th and ceased transmitting.

    Following efforts to re-establish communication with the buoy and identify its location, a radio navigational warning was issued to warn that the buoy may be adrift...


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    Rikand
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    hope he had a nice holiday.

    get that lazy buoy back to work asap.


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    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    it got mentioned in the main storm thread earlier in the day, and there's a link to some photos from the original reporters

    link to the pictures and report

    Looking at the pics, it's not likely to be back on station for a little while, I would guess that there's been some damage from the grounding, and the relevant people will need to look at how it's anchored, maybe it needs a longer cable to hold it on station. That said, it did start transmitting again, which was how they knew where to look for it.

    At least it's shown up again. Shows what the winds and currents have been like, 270 miles in under a month, that's about 10 miles a day, and it's not as if it's got that much of a sail area on it.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    donzenettii
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    It had recorded a 20.4 meter wave, that's the bones of 60 foot, is that normal for the sea around Ireland:eek:


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    vicwatson
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    Met Eireann need to change the general location of the m3 buoy :D

    http://www.met.ie/marine/buoy_locations.asp


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    boatbuilder
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    The RV Celtic Voyager searched the immediate area, but nothing was found until yesterday, when the Argos system on the buoy began reporting positional information from Woolacombe Beach, North Devon.
    Wow. Argos do EVERYTHING!:D


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    Longboard
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    It's a sad day when even the weather buoys are immigrating.


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    V_Moth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭V_Moth


    Longboard wrote: »
    It's a sad day when even the weather buoys are immigrating.

    Lol. Seriously though, how securely are these kinds of bouys attached to the sea floor?


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