LESSON 3: NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS

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LESSON 3 NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS
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Lesson 3 Nautical Publications

• AGENDA
• Navigators Reference Library
• Chart/Publication Correction System
• Plotting Equipment
• Applicable reading Hobbs, pp. 42-52, 57-78.

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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

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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.

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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

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Light List

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

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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.

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Distances Between Ports (Pub 151)

• Lists great circle distances among the most
  frequently traveled sea routes throughout the
  world.

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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.

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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.

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Pilot Chart of PACNORWEST
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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.

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Step 1 Identify the Coastal Region/Subregion

• Example The navigator is planning to visit Rio
  de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Step 2 Locate theSmall-scale Coastal Chart
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Step 3 Locate theLarge-scale Approach Charts
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NOS Nautical Chart Catalogue

• Set of drawings, very similar to those found in
  the DMA catalog.
• Cover U.S. waters

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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.

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Plotting Equipment
DIVIDERS
COMPASS / DIVIDER
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Plotting Equipment
BEAM COMPASS
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Plotting Equipment
PARALLEL RULERS
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Plotting Equipment
ROLLING PLOTTERS / PARALLEL PLOTTER
PMP ARM
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Nautical Slide Rule
If two of three quantities are know, you can
solve for the third.
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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?