How To Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain's Quick Guide

Nigel Calder (Autor)

Buch

16 Seiten

2008
International Marine Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-0-07-159287-1 (ISBN)

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A guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts. It helps readers make sense of the complex system of signs, symbols, and graphic elements.

Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts

Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of informationfor 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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.11.2008
Reihe/Serie	Captain's Quick Guides
Zusatzinfo	0 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	Rockport, ME
Sprache	englisch
Maße	109 x 218 mm
Gewicht	68 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Themenwelt	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-07-159287-3 / 0071592873
ISBN-13	978-0-07-159287-1 / 9780071592871
Zustand	Neuware