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Title: NAVIGATION TRAINING Section 5 Nautical Publications


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NAVIGATION TRAINING Section 5 Nautical
Publications
2
Table of Contents
  • Section 1 Types of Navigation
  • Section 2 Terrestial Coordinates
  • Section 3 Charts
  • Section 4 Compass
  • Section 5 Nautical Publications
  • Section 6 Navigational Aids
  • Section 7 Buoyage
  • Section 8 Position Lines and Fixes
  • Section 9 Tides
  • Section 10 Currents
  • Section 11 Weather

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Table of Contents
  • Navigational Charts
  • The Canadian Hydrographic Service produces and
    publishes almost 1,000 nautical charts covering
    Canadian waters.

Nautical charts show hazards, aids to
navigation, features along the shoreline and the
seafloor, as well as man-made and natural
features of the area.
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Table of Contents
Electronic Charts
  • The supply of digital chart information

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Nautical Publications
Chart Symbols, Abbreviations, and Terms This
book explains the symbols, abbreviations and
terminology used to describe all features on
Canadian charts. It is vital reference for
understanding charts.
6
Nautical Publications
Chart Catalogue The Canadian Hydrographic
Service publishes chart catalogues numbered one
to four. They illustrate chart coverage for
the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Great
Lakes and Central Canada, and the Arctic.
7
Nautical Publications
Bathymetric Maps The Canadian Hydrographic
Service produces bathymetric maps for users whose
prime interest is not navigation but the nature
of the seafloor and the material beneath it.
8
Nautical Publications
Sailing Directions These publications contain
all the detailed information, such as natural
characteristics, geography, climatic variations,
and wharves for each region. They are great
for planning trips and ensuring mariner safety.
9
Nautical Publications
Sailing Directions Sailing Directions are the
indispensable companions to charts. They
include information not included on a chart such
as descriptions (including photographs) of the
best approaches to harbours, harbour facilities,
anchorages, local history, rules, regulations,
and table of distances.
10
Nautical Publications
Tide Tables The Tide Tables provide predicted
times and heights of the high and low waters
associated with the vertical movement of the
tide.
Current Tables The Current Tables provide
predicted times for slack water and the times and
velocities of maximum current, all of which are
associated with the horizontal movement of the
tide.
11
Nautical Publications
List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals Lists
aids to navigation in Canadian waters, including
Lighted aids to navigation Unlighted buoys
Daybeacons Fog signals Radiobeacons
12
Nautical Publications
Radio Aids to Marine Navigation Contains
information on the radio communications and radio
aids to navigation services provided by the
Canadian Coast Guard.
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Nautical Publications
Notices to Mariners Notices to Mariners
(NOTMAR) are electronic bulletins, detailing
newly discovered hazards to shipping, and changes
in aids to navigation such as buoys and lights.
They are issued monthly in collaboration
with, and through the Canadian Coast Guard.
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