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

A Captain's Quick Guide
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ISBN: 978-0-07-159287-1
Verlag: International Marine Publishing Co

Buch, Englisch, 16 Seiten, Format (B × H): 110 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 70 g

Reihe: Captain's Quick Guides

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calder, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Schiffbau, Seeverkehr

Über Autor(innen)

Calder, Nigel
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.

Nigel Calder is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost nautical writers. A diesel mechanic for more than 25 years, he has also been a boatbuilder, cabinetmaker, and machinist. Calder is a frequent contributor to boating magazines in the United States and Britain and the author of several boating books.