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An illustrated tour among the various navigation buoys, lights, and markers in U.S. waters.
[Nautical Know How, Inc., Stuart, FL, USA]
Illustrated look at some hard-to-read or hard-to-understand chart notations.
[BoatSafe.com, USA]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes focused on systems based on onboard computers. Also includes discussions on marine paper charts.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
Far more than you want to know about the surface of the Earth and the various ways of viewing and mapping it. A rich experience for the curious. Great graphics.
[Zbigniew Zwolinski, USA]
The chapter on short-range aids to navigation from the 1995 edition of The American Practical Navigator, originally published in 1802 and updated by NIMA. 18 pages on lights, buoys, ranges, beacons, and sound signals.
[I'd Rather Be Sailing, Dania, FL, USA]
The chapter on nautical charts from the 1995 edition of The American Practical Navigator, originally published in 1802 and updated by NIMA. 28 pages with diagrams to explain mapping, projections, scales, and how to use and store a chart.
[I'd Rather Be Sailing, Dania, FL, USA]
A tour through the confusion of electronic chart sources, formats, vendors, and on-screen features, with a brief comparison of the various EC system vendors and guidelines for purchase.
[Blue Water Sailing, January 2004]
A sunlight-visible screen up to 15 inches for radar images, sounder images, digital chart images, weather images? It′s possible today. Here are two systems that offer this kind of networking.
[Practical Sailor, 1 August 2004]
Comparison and evaluation of books of charts from Maptech, Embassy, Richardsons, Lakeland Boating, CYC, Imray-Iolaire, Yachtsman, Mariners′ Ink, Evergreen, Marine Atlas, Charlie′s Charts and Explorer. 6 pages with photos and list of retailers.
[Practical Sailor, 15 May 2003]
Look at any NOAA chart, in any detail, on your computer..Click to zoom.
[NOAA, USA]
Many cruisers sell their charts when they return. . . Our charts are my personal Dead Sea scrolls, a fragile record that ties us to a past that is already seen more dimly.
Nick Nicholson
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