How To Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain'
โ Nigel Calder
๐ Library
๐
2008
๐ English
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How To Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain's Quick Guide
โ Scribed by Nigel Calder
- Publisher
- International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 18
- Series
- Captain's Quick Guides
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts
Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of information for those who know how to decipher them. But without a key to the symbology, a chart can be bewildering. Nigel Calder, one of today's most respected boating authors, helps you make sense complex system of signs, symbols, and graphic elements with this compact, waterproof, and nearly indestructible guide.
โฆ Table of Contents
How to Read a Nautical Chart......Page 2
About Charts......Page 4
Degees True Versus Degrees Magnetic......Page 6
Chart Colors and Conventions......Page 7
Do You Have Enough Water?......Page 8
Navaids......Page 10
More Navaids......Page 14
More Chart Conventions and Symbols......Page 15
Electronic Charts......Page 16
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