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Admiralty Sailing Directions NP68 East Coast Of United States Pilot, Vol 1, 17th Edition 2021
ISBN: 978-0-70-774-5992 (9780707745992)
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Admiralty Sailing Directions NP68 East Coast Of United States Pilot, Vol 1, 17th Edition 2021
East Coast of the United States from Great Wass Island to Barnegat Inlet
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| CONTENTS | |||
| Direction 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 content details | vii | ||
| How to obtain Admiralty Charts and Publications | vii | ||
| Related Admiralty Publications and their contents | viii | ||
| General information | x | ||
| Abbreviations | xii | ||
| Index chartlet | xiv | ||
| CHAPTER 1 | |||
| Navigation and regulations | |||
| Limits of the book (1.1) | 1 | ||
| Navigational dangers and hazards (1.2) | 1 | ||
| Traffic and operations (1.7) | 2 | ||
| Charts (1.14) | 2 | ||
| Aids to navigation (1.21) | 3 | ||
| Pilotage (1.28) | 4 | ||
| Radio facilities (1.29) | 4 | ||
| Regulations (1.35) | 4 | ||
| Signals(1.54) | 7 | ||
| Distress and rescue (1.57) | 8 | ||
| Countries | |||
| United States of America (1.62) | 9 | ||
| Natural conditions | |||
| Maritime topography (1.89) | 11 | ||
| Curents (1.92) | 11 | ||
| Sea level and ideas (1.97) | 11 | ||
| Sea and swell (1.99) | 11 | ||
| Sea water characteristics (1.104) | 17 | ||
| Ice conditions (1.108) | 17 | ||
| Climate and weather (1.112) | 22 | ||
| Climate information (1.139) | 41 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 | |||
| North Part of Gulf of Maine | 53 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 | |||
| West Part of Gulf of Maine | 81 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 | |||
| Massachusetts Bay, Boston Harbor and approaches | 115 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 | |||
| Nantucket Shoals to Providence | 139 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 | |||
| Block Island Sound and Long Island Bound | 171 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 | |||
| New York Harbour and approaches, including south coast of Long Island | 199 | ||
| APPENDICES AND INDEX | |||
| Appendix | I | ─Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Regulations | 221 |
| Appendix | II | ─United States - Ports and Waterway Safety - General | 222 |
| Appendix | III | ─United States - Vessel Traffic Management | 229 |
| Appendix | IV | ─United States - Navigation Safety Regulations | 233 |
| Appendix | V | ─United States - Related Navigation Areas - Extracts | 240 |
| Appendix | VI | ─United States - Danger Zone and Restricted Area Regulations | 247 |
| Appendix | VII | ─United States - Inland Waterways Navigation Regulations | 250 |
| Appendix | VIII | ─United States - Wildlife, Fisheries and the North Atlantic Right Whale | 262 |
| Appendix | IX | ─United States - Navigation Regulations - Cape Cpd Canal | 270 |
| Appendix | X | ─United States - Shipping Safety Fairways | 274 |
| Index | 275 | ||
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).
NP68
Publication Details
- Number NP68
- Title East Coast of the United States Pilot Vol 1
- Sub Title n/a
- Type Sailing Directions (Pilots)
- SubType
- Edition No 17
- Pub Year 2021
Publication Supplement Details
- No supplement exists for this Publication.
