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UKHO – yes its British!

The UKHO - yes its British! – is one of the world’s premier suppliers of navigational paper charts and publications, with a folio of over 3300 charts and 220 publications, sold under the Admiralty brand. Over three-quarters of the UKHO’s charts and publications are sold to the world’s commercial shipping market to satisfy Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations. Not everything is American….although I do envy the US sailing fraternity for the hueg amount of information that is available to them.

Digital products are becoming increasingly important to the sailor. The UKHO currently provides near worldwide coverage

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Sextants as a backup ;-)

GPS is wonderful. World-wide coverage and reasonably priced receivers (both installed and handheld) contribute to maritime safety through accurate positioning of vessels. Yet, some back-up is needed. Celestaire produce a traditional sextant that can be used as an effective backup

Celestial navigation

I found this Celestial navigation tutorial by Henning Umland very useful…

Amateur astronomers

 

Almost 300 personal web pages of amateur and professional astronomers here