![]() Use a highlighter to mark those parts of the Coast Pilot that apply to your sailing route. Mark Your Coast Pilot Along with Your Nautical Chart With one click of your mouse (use link shown in steps above), you can get a brand new edition each week of the year-for no cost! ![]() Coast Pilot now offers completely updated publications every week! The new PDF version, available free on the NOAA website, will be updated each Tuesday with the latest corrections for navigation safety. The latest editions of both publications and charts will often include this vital information. For example, a major storm can alter the profile of shoal water and navigable water boundaries. These have corrections that can affect safety and navigation. How to Get Free Instant Updated Editions with "One Click"Īlways use the latest editions. Or, you can download just one specific chapter. Note that you can download the entire book onto your computer or mobile device. Move your mouse over the cover of the Coast Pilot that interests you. Scroll down the list to the Coast Pilot of interest. Click on this link => US Coast Pilot DownloadsĢ. You can download an entire volume or just the chapter that applies to your cruising area…ġ. Note that Alaska has two Coast Pilots (8 and 9) because of the vast geographical area.Ĭoast Pilot 1-Eastport, ME to Cape Cod MAĬoast Pilot 2-Cape Cod, MA to Sandy Hook, NJĬoast Pilot 3-Sandy Hook, NJ to Cape Henry, VAĬoast Pilot 4-Cape Henry, VA to Key West, FLĬoast Pilot 5-Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Virgin IslandsĬoast Pilot 6-Great Lakes and Connecting WaterwaysĬoast Pilot 7-California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Pacific IslesĬoast Pilot 8-Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape SpencerĬoast Pilot 9-Alaska: Cape Spencer to Beaufort Sea This guide covers the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook to Cape Henry.īut it also includes the New Jersey Coast, Delaware Bay, Philadelphia, the Delaware - Maryland - Virginia coastlines and the entire Chesapeake Bay. Look at the title of Coast Pilot 3 below. Title Boundaries - Just the Tip of the IcebergĮach Coast Pilot covers the coastline and all adjacent inland waters lying between geographic boundaries. The National Ocean Service and NOAA constantly update each guide through a constant flow of information from professional and recreational mariners. You'll find detailed navigational information on seasonal weather, prevailing local-winds and currents, dangers, physical land characteristics, prominent landmarks for landfall, harbors, anchorages, marinas, repair facilities and emergency services. ![]() Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Pacific Islands. Coast Pilot cover all navigable waters within the United States and its possessions, including Hawaii, the U.S. Issued annually, nine volumes of the U.S. The Office of Coast Survey, a division of NOAA, offers sailors a free cruising guide that's hard to beat for accuracy and detail. ![]() But it's best to use caution when using a recreational guide unless you're confident in the reliability of the information.Ĭoast Pilots - Faithful Companion to the Navigator ![]() Many of these offer excellent advice, specifically for the small-boat sailor. See more below.Įvery year, new Cruising Guides fill the bookstores, covering the more popular coastal and inland waterways. We can download the latest, up-to-date edition of the applicable coast pilot (in this case, CP-4). We set our cursor over that area and it changes to a solid red color. Here, we want to find out more about cruising in the warm tropical waters of the Florida Keys. You can also nip inside Irelands Eye and Lambay Island and pick up even more tide as it funnels through.Shaded areas show the coverage of Coast Pilots. Similarly if you leave Howth at five hours after Dover you get the same effect Northbound. You need a boat that can cruise comfortably at 6 knots through the water or you’ll not be able to pick up the ebb at St John’s point soon enough after it starts to make it to Dublin before the tide turns North again. Basically the Irish Sea fills from both ends so in the South it floods North and in the North it floods South at the same time there is a null point in the middle where there is no tidal stream at all.īasically if you leave Bangor five hours after high water Dover and pick up the last of the counter current round to Donaghadee Sound then pick up the Southbound tide to reach the null point off St John’s point before the turn you have a couple of hours of slack water before picking up the ebb tide to Dublin. There is an anomaly in the tides close inshore down the Irish east coast. ![]()
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