Description
This is the standard text intended to be used in conjunction with all other official, UK based nautical publications, giving definitions, descriptions and instructions on their wide-ranging content. As examples the book contains a set of half-page, coloured photos showing sea states throughout the Beaufort Scale; and full and illustrated descriptions of ice and ice navigation, and the use of roses and other information in the Admiralty monthly routeing charts. In addition to a considerable amount of information and bibliography on charts and other official publications, British and international, the chapters cover the following in detail: The sea – currents, tides, waves and much else from the sea floor to the surface; Meteorology – global and local weather, clouds routeing, atmospheric phenomena; Ice and operations in polar regions; Other sections cover the I.A.L.A. buoys and beacons; the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, and contain a large number of useful diagrams and tables to help in making a range of seamanship decisions.
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