enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: sailing manual pdf printable

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sailing Directions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Directions

    The oldest sailing directions, dating back to the middle ages, descended directly from the Greek and Roman periplii: in classical times, in the absence of real nautical charts, navigation was carried out using books that described the coast, not necessarily intended for navigation, but more often consisting of reports of previous voyages, or celebrations of the deeds of leaders or rulers.

  3. Massaliote Periplus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massaliote_Periplus

    The Massaliote Periplus or Massiliote Periplus is a theoretical reconstruction of a sixth-century BC periplus, or sailing manual, proposed by historian Adolf Schulten. [1] [2] [3] Schulten believed a Massiliote Periplus had been versified in the lines of the Ora Maritima by Avienius. Schulten dated it to the 6th century BC.

  4. Bowditch's American Practical Navigator - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowditch's_American...

    The most popular navigational text of the late 18th century was The Practical Navigator by John Hamilton Moore of the Royal Navy, first published in 1772.To have exact tables to work from, Bowditch recomputed all of Moore's tables, and rearranged and expanded the work.

  5. Chapman Piloting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Piloting

    Chapman Piloting & Seamanship, published by Hearst Books [a] has been a leading reference book for power and sail boaters for nearly 100 years. Known as "the Bible of Boating", more than 3 million copies have been printed.

  6. Rutter (nautical) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutter_(nautical)

    A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation. It was known as a periplus ("sailing-around" book) in classical antiquity and a portolano ("port book") to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea.

  7. Nautical publications - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_publications

    Nautical publications is a technical term used in maritime circles describing a set of publications, either published by national governments or by commercial and professional organisations, for use in safe navigation of ships, boats, and similar vessels.

  8. Australian Pilot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Pilot

    Australian Pilot is a series of editions of Sailing Directions to navigators in Australian coastal waters. Most editions were published by the British Admiralty Hydrographic Department . The publication was required to be used in conjunction with the British Admiralty Notices to Mariners , nautical charts and any supplements produced.

  9. List of sail codes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sail_codes

    This is a list of sail codes for sailing yachts and the old codes, used until 1992 by the International Sailing Federation. Sail country codes must comply with World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. The Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color. [1]

  1. Ad

    related to: sailing manual pdf printable