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Unusual! Rocky Point Lighthouse: a decade does not work
September 15,20011 reprint from local Newspaper
A vital tool for navigation, is broken
By: Hector Aldrete Germain
Puerto Penasco, Sonora
http://defrente.com.mx/2011/09/¡insolito-el-faro-de-penasco-a-una-decada-sin-funcionar/
Puerto Peñasco, a fishing port since birth, founded and raised by fishermen, who clinched their activity at this location is now not only tourists but also supported by the fishing city that abounds with anecdotes of his experiences fishermen who have shaped the history of this port, all they ever come under the light of what was once the local lighthouse in all its glory.
A date and inexplicably, Puerto Peñasco lighthouse atop the hill of the Whale has been forgotten, their primary function not fulfilled, it just does not work even when its purpose is vital for maritime activity.
Local fishermen agreed on something, the Peñasco lighthouse has years not working, accurate data, the date not known to know, but what a fact is, this tower shipping guide does not work for nearly a decade.
In speaking of years since stopped working local lighthouse is talk of many years, since the less if you are 8 years that has not serve those engaged in fishing, said a group of fishermen who have been affected in at least one occasion by the lack of such guidance.
Many are the memories when the Peñasco glimpsed in the distance at night, you could clearly see the glow of the lighthouse working on the protection of fishing boats, without even having any reason to have been affected by any breakdown and did not fix anything.
Importance of the lighthouse
In an interview with a boat captain Cliff, who declined to be named, hinted at the importance of this port has a beacon in operation with the two markers that complement it, great importance is that the lighthouse is the point of call for all those who go offshore to reach land, both fishing boats and small vessels of all types, sometimes the browsers are broken or in bad weather and that's when the lighthouse flashing his light too is hard to see from afar and so by the light of his light beacons that line the canal, you can surf the right way and safely, said the captain.
This problem of lack of light and the constant failures in the two beacons this port has been reported many times more, which is the beacon has never been answered, and with respect to the beacons have been fixed, but you always need one and it is necessary that the two functions because is not possible with a focus on channel and thus guide the boat on the right track.
It is not known because it has not done its best to operate the Peñasco lighthouse and maintain the two beacons in constant, as has been reported to Harbor Master, but apparently these actions depend on the port of Guaymas, said the captain of the port.
Mishaps due to lack of light
As noted by the captain of Peñasco, the lack of light has really caused mishaps on several occasions, as happened to himself to remember that on one occasion, a few months, going back at night to the coast an emergency, because a fisherman had bitten a stingray, not having a working lighthouse with its guiding light, the entrance to the docks area of the canal was under great risk, even when entering the tip of the boat hit another boat, the next day reported the lack of beacons duties, which were arranged, but at 5 days became one of them break down.
Inexplicably, the Port Captain, Miguel Angel Gomez refused to be interviewed to know before you try on that topic, and if it is true that he inherited this deficiency, he as responsible for shipping should strive to be resolved, either reporting to the superiority or requiring the lighthouse keeper to do so.
PS Who would like to start a save the lighthouse Program?
September 15,20011 reprint from local Newspaper
A vital tool for navigation, is broken
By: Hector Aldrete Germain
Puerto Penasco, Sonora
http://defrente.com.mx/2011/09/¡insolito-el-faro-de-penasco-a-una-decada-sin-funcionar/
Puerto Peñasco, a fishing port since birth, founded and raised by fishermen, who clinched their activity at this location is now not only tourists but also supported by the fishing city that abounds with anecdotes of his experiences fishermen who have shaped the history of this port, all they ever come under the light of what was once the local lighthouse in all its glory.
A date and inexplicably, Puerto Peñasco lighthouse atop the hill of the Whale has been forgotten, their primary function not fulfilled, it just does not work even when its purpose is vital for maritime activity.
Local fishermen agreed on something, the Peñasco lighthouse has years not working, accurate data, the date not known to know, but what a fact is, this tower shipping guide does not work for nearly a decade.
In speaking of years since stopped working local lighthouse is talk of many years, since the less if you are 8 years that has not serve those engaged in fishing, said a group of fishermen who have been affected in at least one occasion by the lack of such guidance.
Many are the memories when the Peñasco glimpsed in the distance at night, you could clearly see the glow of the lighthouse working on the protection of fishing boats, without even having any reason to have been affected by any breakdown and did not fix anything.
Importance of the lighthouse
In an interview with a boat captain Cliff, who declined to be named, hinted at the importance of this port has a beacon in operation with the two markers that complement it, great importance is that the lighthouse is the point of call for all those who go offshore to reach land, both fishing boats and small vessels of all types, sometimes the browsers are broken or in bad weather and that's when the lighthouse flashing his light too is hard to see from afar and so by the light of his light beacons that line the canal, you can surf the right way and safely, said the captain.
This problem of lack of light and the constant failures in the two beacons this port has been reported many times more, which is the beacon has never been answered, and with respect to the beacons have been fixed, but you always need one and it is necessary that the two functions because is not possible with a focus on channel and thus guide the boat on the right track.
It is not known because it has not done its best to operate the Peñasco lighthouse and maintain the two beacons in constant, as has been reported to Harbor Master, but apparently these actions depend on the port of Guaymas, said the captain of the port.
Mishaps due to lack of light
As noted by the captain of Peñasco, the lack of light has really caused mishaps on several occasions, as happened to himself to remember that on one occasion, a few months, going back at night to the coast an emergency, because a fisherman had bitten a stingray, not having a working lighthouse with its guiding light, the entrance to the docks area of the canal was under great risk, even when entering the tip of the boat hit another boat, the next day reported the lack of beacons duties, which were arranged, but at 5 days became one of them break down.
Inexplicably, the Port Captain, Miguel Angel Gomez refused to be interviewed to know before you try on that topic, and if it is true that he inherited this deficiency, he as responsible for shipping should strive to be resolved, either reporting to the superiority or requiring the lighthouse keeper to do so.
PS Who would like to start a save the lighthouse Program?
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