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Grande harbour lays on the northern coast of the islands, about a quarter of
mile north west from Capri's urban
centre. It is composed of two breakwater wharfes and of
two underwawes pennants which enclose a western dock essentially reserved
to commercial and fishing trades and an eastern one used as a touristic harbour.
The
common opening is towards north-north east and it is signalled on the right side
with a winking green light (frequence 3 S., range 5 M.) and with a fixed red
light (range 2M.). The harbour's dock is open to boats and ships until 100 mts. lenght with draught not over 10 mts.Moorings are well
sheltered from the sirocco ando from the southwest wind, but they are exposed to
the first quadrant's winds (which provoke surf) and to the northern ones. In the
zone facing the opening, moorage and fishing are forbidden. Crafts waiting for
instructions from the local maritime authority or unable to land for lack of
free moorings can fasten roadstead north west from the harbour considering that
depth at 300 mts. from the coast is only 30
mts. and with northern winds landing becomes dangerous. Important indications
can be drawn by the peaks edging the island's coasts - mostly high and abrupt -
and precisely from Punta Carena
with its lighthouse (red octagonal tower, winking white light, frequence
5 S. range 22 M. ) and from Capo Tiberio (north eastern end) with the
homonymous lighthouse situated on the top of
the near rock named " la Longa di Mezzogiorno" (white
candlestick placed on a small reserve; three groups of winking white light,
frequence 10 S. range 11 M.).
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