Round Island Lighthouse on the Isles of Scilly - Cornwall

Round Island Lighthouse on the Isles of Scilly - Cornwall
Originally uploaded by Adam and Debbie Purser of Classic Sailing.

Classic Sailing are adventure sailing specialist. Look at this Flickr discussion on 7 ways you can sail. Round Island Lighthouse the northernmost of the three lighthouses on the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. Taken during Eve of St Mawes 2006 trip E629.

Position...
Latitude: 49° 58.70'N
Longtitude: 006° 19.35W

The lighthouse on Round Island was built in 1887 and automated in 1987.

Round Island, the most northerly outpost of the Scillies is a 40m mass of granite, the top forming a platform on which Trinity House built a lighthouse and dwellings in 1887 under conditions of extreme difficulty. The sheer rock face made the unloading of building materials almost impossible.

Today the only access, apart from by helicopter, is by a flight of steps out into the solid rock.

The enormous hyperradial optic, fitted to only two other lighthouses at the beginning of the 20th century, was replaced in 1967 with more modern apparatus.

This in turn was replaced during the automation of the lighthouse in 1987 when the present equipment was installed.

Round Island Lighthouse is monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operational Control Centre in Harwich.

Specifications

Established	1887
Height Of Tower	19 Metres
Height Of Light Above Mean High Water	55 Metres
Automated	1988
Electrified	1966
Lamp	1 Kw Mbi
Optic	360MM Revolving Optic
Character	One White Flash Every 10 Seconds
Intensity	340,000 Candela
Range Of Light	24 nautical miles
Fog Signal Character	4 Blasts Every 60 Seconds

another photo www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/img2191.htm

Manacles East Cardinal Buoy on Voyage E629 Summer 2006

Manacles East Cardinal Buoy on Voyage E629 Summer 2006
Originally uploaded by Adam and Debbie Purser of Classic Sailing.

Classic Sailing are adventure sailing specialist. Look at this Flickr discussion on 7 ways you can sail. Taken from Eve of St Mawes by Chief Skipper Adam on the way back from a voyage to the Isles of Scilly. It was a gorgeous evening with the sun setting and about an hour to go to home. The Manacles is a dangerous set of rocks off the eastern part of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. The dangers are protected by the Manacles Buoy and St Anthony Lighthouse that shines a red light at you if you are on a line drawn from the light through the rocks.
Historically many ships came to grief there and the local church at St Kevern has many graves of sailors.