How to Read a Nautical Chart by Nigel Calder

How to Read a Nautical Chart by Nigel Calder

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Covers chartmaking concepts, the limits of accuracy of modern charts (paper and electronic), illustrations from actual charts, expanded versions of US, British, and international chart symbology descriptions contained in NOAA's Chart No 1, the British Admiralty's Chart 5011, and the IHO's INT-1. This title presents information on chart-reading.

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How to Read a Nautical Chart by Nigel Calder

Covers chartmaking concepts, the limits of accuracy of modern charts (paper and electronic), illustrations from actual charts, expanded versions of US, British, and international chart symbology descriptions contained in NOAA's Chart No 1, the British Admiralty's Chart 5011, and the IHO's INT-1. This title presents information on chart-reading.
Here is everything the navigator needs to know about the nautical chart, attractively produced in a large paperback edition..informative and enjoyable. Cruising 20050803
Niger Calder is the author of Marine Diesel Engines (1987, 1991) and Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (1989, 1995), the success of which has made him the most sought-after marine how-to writer in the U.S. and U.K. He has published more than 800 magazine articles in SAIL, Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Yachting World, etc., and lectures on cruising to sell-out crowds. He is also the author of The Cruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean (IM, 1991) and Cuba: A Cruising Guide (Imray, 1996). He will be testing his newest ideas with his family during a six-month cruise to the Caribbean and South America this winter.
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ISBN 13 9780071376150
ISBN 10 0071376151
Title How to Read a Nautical Chart
Author Nigel Calder
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published 2002-09-16
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.