Did You Know?

Here is Information for Safe Sailing:

Nautical and Marine Books
http://amnautical.com/cgi-local/webcat/category.cgi?cond=BO

Ordering a Nautical Chart
http://amnautical.com/noaa_charts/index.htm

Charting Symbols: NOAA’s Chart Number 1 http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/chart1/chart1hr.ht

Signal Flags
http://amnautical.com/cgi-local/webcat/category.cgi?cond=FL 

Notice to Mariners
A weekly publication by the U.S. Coast Guard telling mariners about important changes to nautical charts.

• These notices tell the mariners when there are newly discovered wrecks and obstructions under the water.
• They warn mariners that there may be people and equipment in the water when new bridges and marinas are being built.
• They even tell mariners when a buoy or light needs to be moved, added, or deleted from a chart.

Go to http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/d7/lnm07062008.pdf to see an example of a real notice to mariners.

Information about rocks, wrecks, and obstructions is available at http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/chart1/hydro/K.pdf.