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BANP067
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ISBN: 978-0-70-774-5893 (9780707745893)
*** e-NP shopper, please read below carefully
From Cabo Ortegal to Gibraltar, Straight of Gibraltar, North Coast of Africa from Cap Spartel to Ceuta and Arquipelago dos Acores
e-NP:
Admiralty e-NPs are not downloaded direct from this site. The e-NP Program will be mailed to you from Maryland Nautical Sales and a User Name and Password will be emailed direct from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Once the e-NP Program is received and activated please notify Maryland Nautical Sales. Your e-NP permits will then be created and emailed.
If it is preferred to download the e-NP program from the Admiralty ftp site please download from the below link.
Download ADMIRALTY e-Nautical Publications
Admiralty digital products are available via our public FTP download site using the following settings:
URL: FTP://ukho.gov.uk
Username: ukhopublic
Password: Public12345
Note: The username and password details are case sensitive.
Often referred to as Pilots, Sailing Directions are designed for use by the merchant mariner on all classes of ocean-going vessels with essential information on all aspects of navigation. Sailing Directions are complementary to Admiralty Standard Nautical Charts and provide worldwide coverage in 74 volumes.
Each publication contains quality colour photography and views, as well as information on navigational hazards, buoyage, meteorological data, details of pilotage, regulations, port facilities and guides to major port entry.
New Editions of Admiralty Sailing Directions are published on a regular basis. Navigationally significant information for these publications is issued via the Admiralty Notices to Mariners weekly bulletin (Section IV).
Often referred to as Pilots, Sailing Directions are designed for use by the merchant mariner on all classes of ocean-going vessels with essential information on all aspects of navigation. Sailing Directions are complementary to Admiralty Standard Nautical Charts and provide worldwide coverage in 74 volumes. Each publication contains quality colour photography and views, as well as information on navigational hazards, buoyage, meteorological data, details of pilotage, regulations, port facilities and guides to major port entry. New Editions of Admiralty Sailing Directions are published on a regular basis. Navigationally significant information for these publications is issued via the Admiralty Notices to Mariners weekly bulletin (Section IV).
CONTENTS | |
Directions for updating | ii |
Record of updates | ii |
Contents | iii |
Preface | v |
Purpose of Sailing Directions | vi |
Reporting new dangers to navigation | vi |
Feedback | vi |
UKHO contact details | vii |
How to obtain Admiralty Charts and Publications | vii |
Related Admiralty Publications and their contents | viii |
General information | x |
Abbreviations | xii |
Glossary | xiv |
Certificate of Authenticity | Preceding Index chartlet |
Index Chartlet | xvii |
CHAPTER 1 | |
Navigation and regulations | |
Limits of the book (1.1) | 1 |
Navigational dangers and hazards (1.2) | 1 |
Traffic and operations (1.5) | 2 |
Charts (1.19) | 3 |
Aids to Navigation (1.25) | 4 |
Pilotage (1.29) | 5 |
Radio facilities (1.32) | 5 |
Regulations (1.37) | 5 |
Signals (1.58) | 8 |
Distress and rescue (1.61) | 9 |
Countries | |
Spain (1.67) | 11 |
Portugal (1.74) | 12 |
Gibraltar (1.81) | 13 |
Morocco (1.86) | 13 |
Arquipelago dos Acores (1.93) | 14 |
Port Servies --- Summary (1.1000) | 14 |
Natural conditions | |
Maritime topography (1.106) | 16 |
Currents and tidal streams (1.107) | 16 |
Sea level and tides (1.116) | 18 |
Sea and swell (1.118) | 18 |
Sea water characteristics (1.122) | 18 |
Climate and weather (1.154) | 23 |
Climate information (1.154) | 38 |
CHAPTER 2 | |
Through route from north-west coast of Spain to the Strait of Gibraltar | 59 |
CHAPTER 3 | |
Cabo Ortegal to Cabo Finisterre | 65 |
CHAPTER 4 | |
Cabo Finisterre to Rio Mino | 91 |
CHAPTER 5 | |
Western coast of Portugal | 125 |
CHAPTER 6 | |
Cabo de Sao Vicente to Cabo Trafalgar | 177 |
CHAPTER 7 | |
Strait of Gibraltar | 213 |
CHAPTER 8 | |
Arquipelago dos Acores | 243 |
Distance Table | |
Distance table -- West coasts of Spain and Portugal | 275 |
Index | |
Index | 276 |
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