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REEDS

NAUTICAL ALMANAC 2007

The yachtsman´s bible

Atlantic Europe from the tip of Denmark to Gibraltar including the Azores

Includes Free Marina Guide

 

Contents

Beafufort scale sea states

Yacht insurance

Yacht charters

Yacht brokers

Yacht surveyors

Navigation lights

Principal navigatio lights and shapes

Introduction

  • Editorial, Associated publications, Numbering system, Acknowledgments, Improvements, Updates, Record of amendments.

Chapter 1 - Reference data

  • Abbreviations, symbols, language glossaries, useful addresses, conversion tables, calendar, phases of the Moon dates and eclipse notes.

Chapter 2 - Regulations

  • Formalities, customs, VAT, collision regulations.

Chapter 3 - Coastal navigation

  • Definacions and terms, IALA buoyage, light characteristics, passage planning. Tables giving: distance of horizon; distance of lights when rising / dipping, distance off by Sextant; distance/speed/time; true bearing of Sun at sunrise/set; sun´s declination; sunrise/set, twilights; moonrise/set.

Chapter 4 - Radio navigatinal AIDS

  • GPS, DGPS, Loran-C, Waypoints, Racons etc...

Chapter 5 - Communications

  • International code, radio communication, coast radio stations, inmarsat, time signals, VTS, flag etiquette.

Chapter 6 - Weather

  • Beaufort scale, conversion scales, terminology, radio broadcasts, shipping forecast, navtex, CG broadcasts, marinecall services, foreign weather sources.

Chapter 7 - Safety

  • Safety equipment, emergency signals, MAYDAY, GMDSS, EPIRBs, UK SAR procedures, HM Coastguard, Navigational Warnings, VHF DF, Subfacts and Gunfacts, SAR on the Continent.

Chapter 8 - Tides

  • Introduction, definitions, calculating times/heights of tide, computer predictions, tidal streams, Med effects.

Chapter 9 - Harbours, coasts and tides

  • Contents, map of areas, tidal streams, lights, bouys, waipoints, passage information, ferries, distance tables, special notes, harbours details and tide tables.

 

Area 1 - South West England, including Isles of Scilly

Area 2 - Central Southern England

Area 3 - South East England

Area 4 - East England

Area 5 - North East England.

etc....