Reeds & Practical Boat Owner. Small Craft Almanac/Ежегодник для маломерных судов (2023)

Книга на английском языке.
Welcome to the Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2023 - your trusty companion for cruising in UK waters, Ireland and the European coast from Denmark to France.
I first came across this guide back in 2001 whilst cruising from Brighton to Conwy in a Westerly GK24. My dad gave it to me, along with some charts and dividers, and tasked me with passage planning. It soon became indispensable for departure times, favourable tides, hazards, pilotage, port entrances and tricky headlands.
Whilst electronic aids to navigation have leapt forward in that time, this is one compact, quick-reference guide, no cruiser can afford to be without. You’ll find contact details for harbour authorities and marinas, tidal curves and tables and a full-colour guide to fl ags, lights and channel markers.
For the small boat sailor, this book has everything you need, compiled using the same trusted data as the full-size Reeds Almanac. Indeed, over 20 years later, I am still using it for passage planning, only this time in our PBO Project Boat, a Maxi 84.

Contents
Abbreviations
General vocabulary
Chapter 1 - Navigation
Contents
Passage planning
Cross-Channel distance table
Lights, buoys and waypoints with maps and distance tables
Sunrise/set, moonrise/set
Speed, time & distance table
Distance off dipping/rising lights, table
Conversions table
Light characteristics
Chapter 2 - Weather
Contents
Beaufort scale and meteorological terms
UK shipping forecast areas/record
Weather sources in the UK
Weather sources abroad
Weather vocabulary
Chapter 3 - Communications
Contents
Radio operation
Radio data
Global communications
Ports and marinas: VHF and telephone details, plus VTS charts
Coast radio stations
Shapes & sound signals
International Port Traffi c Signals
Chapter 4 - Safety
Contents
Mayday, Helicopter rescue, Medical help
First Aid
GMDSS
Coastguard services, NCI, RNLI, UK and abroad
Chapter 5 - Tides
Contents
Tidal coeffi cients
Tidal calculations, including clearances below bridges
Bournemouth to Selsey, special instructions
Tidal stream charts
Tidal gates
Secondary ports: time/height differences
Standard ports: tidal curves and tide tables