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SEAMANSHIP SECRETS JOHN JAMIESON TIPS & TECHNIQUES for Better Navigation, Cruise Planning, and Boat Handling Under Power and ...

Copyright © 2009 by John Jamieson. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no pa ...

Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix CONTENTS iii ...

6 Bridges, Night Passages, and Other Tricky iv contents ...

8 Diesel Engine Maintenance and Powerboat contents v ...

vi contents A Navigator’s Most Trusted Companion 1 Chart and Publication Secrets Chart Tints and Coloring Flat Beach, High Clif ...

Thanks to Jennifer Castle Field, President of Chapman School of Seaman- ship—for providing the opportunity to reach for the star ...

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ix A Note to My Fellow Skippers How many times have you wished for a system of easy-to-learn, easy-to-remember techniques that w ...

In this book I’ll show you the secrets to mastering this skill along with entering a slip under sail. On the powerboat side, we’ ...

1 1 CHART AND PUBLICATION SECRETS What mystery lies behind chart colors, water and seabed notations, or those dangerous-looking ...

2 seamanship secrets If you’re using British Admiralty Charts, order Chart 5011, “Symbols and Ab- breviations Used on Admiralty ...

chart and publication secrets 3 area of blue water. Trace this solid curved line, called a contour line, and you’ll fi nd a dept ...

4 seamanship secrets You will want to take advantage of or avoid such effects once you recognize their potential by examining yo ...

chart and publication secrets 5 the depth might be less that what is indicated on the chart (see Chapter 5 for more on tides). U ...

6 seamanship secrets Height Measurements for Safe Passage Nautical charts show heights of bridges, powerlines, and overhead cabl ...

chart and publication secrets 7 show heights at mean high water springs, abbreviated MHWS, which is the long-term average of the ...

8 seamanship secrets Symbols Th at Shout “Danger!” and “Beware!” Learn to recognize rocks, coral, wrecks, and obstructions at a ...

chart and publication secrets 9 If the number doesn’t fi t inside the symbol, parentheses enclose the number next to the symbol. ...