伊豆七島
Fukinoe Cove at Shikine-jima Island, Izu Seven Islands
34 20.150N 13912.495E
| 【Berth】 | a way in |
|
|
| |
|
| 【Berth】 | ビット |
| |
|
Fukinoe Cove at Shikine-jima Island, Izu Seven Islands
google map Miura Fishing Port at Kozu-shima Island→Fukinoe Cove at Shikine-jima Island
google map Fukinoe Cove at Shikine-jima Island→Nobuse Port at Shikine-jima Island
May 17, 2012
Fukinoe is a most beautiful cove and anchorage for sail boats in Kanto
area.
The beauty of the anchorage has distinctive atmosphere, which is different
from the beauty in Okinawa.
I strongly recommend your anchoring experience in the cove.
A small tender boat is required, because Fukinoe is a natural cove with
no artificial quay.
Just a few bitts are built into rocks.
To put your dock lines on those bitts, you need a tender to go there.
Approaching Fukinoe Cove:
Make two waypoints: 34 20.470N 139 12.5300E and 34 20.150N 139 12.4950E. At the first waypoint, you will have a view of the whole
cove to the back.
Then, you may move to the second waypoint.
I have visited Fukinoe many times. But, only with visual navigation, I
was always lost and not able to find the entrance of the cove.
In summer time for example, as masts of yachts were seen from outside of
the cove, I was able to find the entrance.
Without those masts, it is hard to find the entrance.
So, please utilize the two waypoints above to move into the cove.
At the left side of the entrance, there is a rock being washed with waves.
While the top of the rock can be seen above the sea surface, it is hard
to find at full flood.
Move through a narrow water way between the rock on your left and another
rock on your right.
Drop two anchors to fix your boat position first.
Then bring your dock lines with the tender to put them on the bitts on
rocks.
As the seabed of the cove is rock and sand, the anchor doesn’t hold well.
Once the anchor drags, your boat hits rocks around the small cove.
So, even at anchor, you need to moor at the bitt with a bow line and/or
a stern line.
Even if you try to pull out the one end of the line around the bitt when
you leave the cove, you won’t be able to pull out the line because of the
friction between the line and the bitt.
As a solo sailor, I left a line there last time.
This time, I had thought the friction would be OK with a new line though,
it was no good again.
The solution: Put a loop line which can be left on the bitt.
Then, moor at the loop line with the dock line.
This time, I used and left a line with two eyes as you see on the pictures.
The area of the cove is small. Its inside space would be full with five
boats.
It is getting shallow at the sand seabed in the back.
Checking the depth meter and calculating the depth at low tide, decide
the to-be-fixed boat position in the small cove.
Around the bitt on your right, it is relatively deep.
As the cove is far from the village, your mobile phone will not be connected
well.
While it is safe inside the cove, as waves roll in at the narrow entrance,
you can’t get out the cove when westerly wind gets strong.
Check your weather forecast.
After coming ashore with the tender, you climb up a narrow pathway, which
is overhung with vegetation between rocks.
It is dangerous at night.
The top of the pathway is an open space for a helicopter pad.
No water nor no coin laundry nearby.
A western style toilet with shower is above Tomari Port.
Go out the helicopter pad area to a road, turn left and you will be there.
Shikine-jima is an Onsen (spa) island.
Ikoi-no-ie is a public bathhouse for JPY200.
Jinata Onsen at the bottom of a rock beach is strongly recommended.
Ashitsuki open-air-at-beach Onsen is another recommendation.
Fuel (Nenryo in Japanese): Kaifuku Nenryo 04992-7-0032, Inoue Nenryo 04992-7-0100
There are small food shops. There are many restaurants, especially around
Shiraishigawa Beach.
Additional Information for English Version
Tokai Kisen, a ferry company for Izu Seven Islands, has English introduction
of each island:
http://www.tokaikisen.co.jp/english/island/shikinejima/
Kuroshio, a strong ocean stream, is running through Izu Seven Islands.
As Kuroshio changes its course frequently, visit Japan Coast Guard’s weekly-updated
report:
http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/KAN3/kaisyo/kaikyo/sokuho/sokuho.html