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How to Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain's Quick Guide (Captain's Quick Guides)

by Nigel Calder

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Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts

Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of informationfor those who know how to decipher them. But without a key to the symbology, a chart can be bewildering. Nigel Calder, one of today's most respected boating authors, helps you make sense complex system of signs, symbols, and graphic elements with this compact, waterproof, and nearly indestructible guide.

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About the Author

Nigel Calder is widely acknowledged as one of the worlds foremost nautical writers. A diesel mechanic for more than 25 years, he has also been a boatbuilder, cabinetmaker, and machinist. Calder is a frequent contributor to boating magazines in the United States and Britain and the author of several boating books.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780071592871
Author:
Calder, Nigel
Publisher:
International Marine Publishing
Author:
Calder Nigel
Subject:
Boating - General
Subject:
Boating
Subject:
Nautical-Boating General
Copyright:
2008
Series:
Captain's Quick Guides
Publication Date:
November 2008
Binding:
MISCELLANEOUS
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
16
Dimensions:
9.03x4.37x.22 in. .15 lbs.
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