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LESSON 3: NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS

LESSON 3: NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS. Lesson 3: Nautical Publications. AGENDA: Navigator’s Reference Library Chart/Publication Correction System Plotting Equipment Applicable reading: Hobbs, pp. 42-52, 57-78. Coast Pilots.

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LESSON 3: NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS

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  1. LESSON 3: NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS

  2. Lesson 3: Nautical Publications • AGENDA: • Navigator’s Reference Library • Chart/Publication Correction System • Plotting Equipment • Applicable reading: Hobbs, pp. 42-52, 57-78.

  3. Coast Pilots • Provide supplemental information about navigation in U.S. coastal waters. • Information includes: • topographical features • navigation aids • normal local weather conditions • recommended tracks • pilot information • descriptions of ports and harbors

  4. Sailing Directions • Provide supplemental information about navigation in foreign coastal waters. • Information provided is similar to that found in Coast Pilots. • Divided into different volumes • 8 volumes are Planning Guides for ocean basin transits • 35 are Enroute Directions for piloting in coastal waters.

  5. Fleet Guides • Provide information for use by U.S. Navy ships, including: • Fleet Guides exist for ports frequently visited by the U.S. Navy in both the U.S. and foreign countries. • Command information (e.g. SOPA) • Navigation information (e.g. prevailing tides/currents) • Logistics (e.g. fuel/water) • Port operations (e.g. Comms facilities etc.) • Repair facilities

  6. Light List • Lists aids to navigation in U.S. waters, including: • lighted aids to navigation • unlighted buoys • daybeacons • fog signals • radiobeacons • Loran-C coverage

  7. List of Lights • Describes aids to navigation found in foreign waters and selected U.S. coastal regions. • Similar to Light List but does not contain information on unlighted navigation aids.

  8. Distances Between Ports (Pub 151) • Lists great circle distances among the most frequently traveled sea routes throughout the world.

  9. Hazard and Depth Symbology • Symbols are also used to denote specific hazards to navigation, such as partially submerged wrecks, etc. • Chart Number 1 is the reference for all chart symbology.

  10. Pilot Charts • Name is misleading- they really cover major ocean basins and not piloting (coastal) waters. • Provide meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational information for a particular ocean area. • Extremely valuable in voyage planning.

  11. Pilot Chart of PACNORWEST

  12. NIMA Catalogue of Maps, Charts, and Related Products • Illustrated catalog of maps, charts, publications, and other related products produced by NIMA. • Contains serialized drawings of the world which allow the navigator to locate charts and Sailing Directions that cover areas of interest. • Published as an eleven volume set.

  13. Step #1 Identify the Coastal Region/Subregion Example: The navigator is planning to visit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  14. Step #2 Locate theSmall-scale Coastal Chart

  15. Step #3 Locate theLarge-scale Approach Charts

  16. NOS Nautical Chart Catalogue • Set of drawings, very similar to those found in the DMA catalog. • Cover U.S. waters

  17. Chart and Publication Correction System • Corrections to charts and publications are disseminated via Notice to Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners. • Notice to Mariners - issued by NIMA and contain changes relating to oceanic and coastal areas worldwide. • Navigators are not required to immediately enter changes on every chart/publication.

  18. Plotting Equipment DIVIDERS COMPASS / DIVIDER

  19. Plotting Equipment BEAM COMPASS

  20. Plotting Equipment PARALLEL RULERS

  21. Plotting Equipment ROLLING PLOTTERS / PARALLEL PLOTTER PMP ARM

  22. Nautical Slide Rule If two of three quantities are know, you can solve for the third.

  23. REVIEW • What book would I look in to find: • Information on a port such as Repair facilities and command information? • A lighted navaid in US waters? • A lighted navaid in foreign waters? • Chart corrections? • Chart symbology? • The distance traveled from Norfolk to Ingleside Texas? • What 3 pieces of information can you find on a nautical slide rule?

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