Directions for St. Nicholas-Gat and Yarmouth-Road.
From Alborough-bay, your course to Yarmouth-sands is North by East; and when you are thwart the South end of Holm-head, you shall have 17 or 18 fathom wa∣ter, which is directly thwart of Leystaff; and being past that, you may borrow upon the Sand in 7, 8, or 9 fathom water, until you have brought Goulston-steeple, which is the Southermost steeple of the two, upon the North Peer of Yarmouth; and steer with those Marks one over the other, till you come to six or seven fathom water upon the shore; and then bearing to the North∣ward, anchor at the South end of Yarmouth, or before, as you shall think convenient, in 6, 7, 8, or 9 fathom water; from whence, if you are bound to the North∣ward, and would go over Castorness, steer alongst the shore in 5, 6, or 7 fathom water, and so alongst the back of the Barber-sand, until you have brought the Light-houses one over another; and then bear within the Buoy of the Cockle, borrowing upon the Main in 6, 5, or 4 fathom, until you come thwart of Winterton, and that depth will lead you until you come within the Middle-ground, that hath not above twelve foot wa∣ter: And when you have brought Winterton Light∣houses S. S. W. from you, you may steer out N. N. E. until you come to 8 or 9 fathom water, and then you may be sure you are without the Ness, and may steer alongst the Coast, or direct your course as you have the Wind.
But if you be in Yarmouth-Road with a Ship that draweth 17 or 18 foot water, your best course is to go to the Northward, between the Cockle and Scroby.