Nigel Calder

How to Read a Nautical Chart, 2nd Edition (Includes ALL of Chart #1)

A Complete Guide to Using and Understanding Electronic and Paper Charts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides information on reading and relying on electronic and paper nautical charts. This title explains various aspects of electronic and paper nautical charts: how a chart is assembled, how to gauge the accuracy of chart data, how to read charts created by other governments, how to use information such as scale, and more.

Produktdetails

• International Marine-RMP
• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 217mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9780071779821
• ISBN-10: 0071779825
• Artikelnr.: 34002689

Autorenporträt

Niger Calder is the author of Marine Diesel Engines (1987, 1991) and Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (1989, 1995), the success of which has made him the most sought-after marine how-to writer in the U.S. and U.K. He has published more than 800 magazine articles in SAIL, Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Yachting World, etc., and lectures on cruising to sell-out crowds. He is also the author of The Cruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean (IM, 1991) and Cuba: A Cruising Guide (Imray, 1996). He will be testing his newest ideas with his family during a six-month cruise to the Caribbean and South America this winter.