Wiffe
Wiffe number 55, in the Upper Rhine near Rheinklingen TG
Wiffen are shipping signs for inland shipping , which mark the fairway in a body of water. A wharf consists of a pole on which a green and white signal (shipping sign D.2) is mounted. The green side marks the fairway. Wiffen on Lake Constance , in the Seerhein and in the Upper Rhine between Stein am Rhein and Schaffhausen are used .
In order not to get in the way of the scheduled ships, boats with little draft such as B. Weidlinge or rubber dinghies must be driven on the white side and keep a safe distance from the cliffs.
Meaning of the shipping symbol D.2
According to the Bodensee-Schifffahrtsordnung (BSO): Recommendation to stay on the “green” side of the fairway.
Web links
- Ordinance of 13 January 1976 on shipping on Lake Constance (Bodensee Schifffahrts -ordnung, BSO)
- Sea mark and Wiffen pictures from Wiffen on Lake Constance
- Thurgau canton police: safe on the go on the Upper Rhine