Some men take to gun-running because they have a longing for danger & adventure. Girija Krishnan, an Indian clerk, is not one of them. Deep in the Malayan jungle, Girija stumbles on a cache of arms hidden during the communist insurgency. Selling the arms will help Girija achieve his lifelong dream of founding a transport company. Two American tourists in the Far East find more adventure than they bargained for when they get entangled in Girija`s plans. Greg & Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, to see some out-of-the-way places. So when Mr Tan in Hong Kong asks Greg to travel to Singapore & help with a business deal, Greg is surprisingly receptive. All he has to do is sign some papers & collect a handsome fee
- but this is Greg`s first step into the dangerous world of post-colonial rebellions, Chinese gun smugglers & Islamic revolutionaries. This classic thriller won the Crime Writers` Association gold dagger in 1959.
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Passage Planning Companion is your guide to writing a clear, easily understood passage plan, which follows a logical sequence that mirrors the passage being made. This practical guide contains a series of headings, prompts & tips to help prepare a passage plan. The companion is laid down the side of a sheet of paper & the plan for that voyage is written down opposite each heading & prompt. The layout will cover every kind of voyage from a trip round the bay to an ocean crossing. Topics covered include routing, pilotage, points of departure, landfalls, weather, tides & currents, safe havens, lights, communications, watch keeping, safety checks & drills, rations, fuel supplies, safety checks & drills, stowage for sea, skipper`s standing orders, crew briefing. ...

This is an essential resource for any crew navigating the Great Barrier Reef & Torres Strait. Published in conjunction with Australian Reef Pilots, this comprehensive guide contains passage planning information & the latest navigational guidance & practical advice for the region. Features include full-colour, pull out chartlets, details of main shipping routes & weather & tidal information. ...

New edition of this publication has been anounced for December 2018. Please contact us to pre-order. Since the first edition of this guide by SIGTTO was published, concern among the coastal States, major cargo importers, ship owners & shipmasters regarding navigational safety in the Straits has continued. The Straits remain one of the busiest & most congested seaways in the world & the carriage of cargoes in this region increases year on year. The interest & participation of all continues today managed by Witherby Publishing Group, working together with marine advisors who work on a daily basis in the Straits, Pilots, local Navigation Superintendents & Shipmasters transiting the Straits. ...

Written by & for professional navigators, with high resolution graphics & screen-shots, this latest edition continues the principles of Captain Salmon’s original text providing an essential guide for the modern navigator.SECTION 1 – Traditional & Paper Based Passage Planning 1 The Need for a Comprehensive Passage Plan 1.1 SOLAS V
- Regulation 341.2 STCW Code – Part A-VIII – Watchkeeping 1.2.1 General Requirements 1.2.2 Planning Prior to Each Voyage 1.3 Guidance on Approaching a Traditional Paper Based Passage Plan 2 Principles of Passage Planning 2.1 Appraisal 2.2 Planning 3 Conduct of the Passage (Executing & Monitoring)4 Authority to Deviate from the Plan 5 Navigation with a Pilot on Board 6 Learning from Incidents SECTION 2 – ECDIS Passage Planning 1 Introduction 1.1 Effective Planning on ECDIS1.2 The Four Stages of Planning 1.3 Key to Symbols 2 Appraisal Introduction 2.1 Preliminary Research 2.1.1 Destination 2.1.2 Weather & Environment 2.1.3 Chart Installation, Update & Review 2.1.4 Other Considerations 2.2 Feasibility Brief 3 Planning Introduction 3.1 Display Configuration 3.2 Route Creation 3.2.1 New Route 3.2.2 Adding Waypoints 3.2.3 Adjusting Waypoints 3.2.4 Multiple Routes 3.2.5 Route Table 3.3 Supplementary Information 3.4 Manual Updates 3.5 Route Check 3.5.1 Configuration 3.5.2 Conducting the Route Check 3.5.3 Visual Check 3.6 Detailed Briefing References SECTION 3 – Annexes Annex A – Passage Planning Checklists Annex B – ECDIS Planning Checklist Annex C – Parallel Indexing Annex D – Passage Plan Work Sheet Annex E – Example of Passage Planning Notes Annex F – List of Useful Publications
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To stroll the streets of Cuba--to hear the rumbling engines of its 1950s automobiles, the jazz, & the rumba--is to travel back in time, to see jaw-dropping natural beauty & the artists, musicians, & folklore of legends. With access few others have had, Cynthia Carris Alonso has spent twenty years capturing Havana`s crumbling, baroque splendor. Her photographs celebrate the dreamy palette of Cuba--salmon pink, sky blue, apricot, aqua green--and reveal the contrast between patina homes; peeling stucco apartments; & the great Capitol Building, Havana Cathedral, & Hotel Nacional. With Passage to Cuba, Alonso opens the doors to an exquisite but rarely seen place. So take a stroll along the Malecon seawall; marvel at the dancers with their colorful, ornate costumes; lose yourself in Jose Fuster`s spellbinding mosaic designs; or simply relax in the warm sun of the countryside, where the calm, aging fishermen spend their days & where Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man & the Sea. This keepsake volume is a breathtaking tribute to a land with a complex history. It`s a lush, vibrant collection of photographs & a road map to use to embark on a remarkable odyssey. ...

The Inside Passage to Alaska, with its outer fringes & entailments, is a very complicated sea-route. Parts of it are open ocean, parts of it no wider than a modest river, & it has been in continuous product use for several thousand years. Its aboriginal past
- still tantalizingly close to hand
- puts the inside passaged on terms of close kinship with the ancient sea of the Phoenicians & the Greeks. This book is much more than a book about a sea voyage; it is about Jonathan Raban`s journey home to his father who is dying; about his crumbling relationship with his wife & also about the historical journey of the maddening Vancouver in his search for the North West Passage.

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In his early twenties Miles Hordern first crossed the oceans from the northern to the southern hemisphere, but the stretch between New Zealand & the Indian Ocean, guarded by the Torres Strait, eluded him for twelve more years. Past sailors attempting a passage through this mythical strait either drowned on the treacherous reefs or starved in open boats. Yet Miles Hordern was unable to resist its siren call. Passage to Torres Strait weaves together unravelled strands of history, & reveals that it was the castaways & beachcombers who left the most enduring legacies. ...

ADAC, Germany's equivalent of the British Automobile Association publishes an extensive series of street plans which provide detailed high-quality mapping of all the major towns & cities, including their outer suburbs. The plans name all the individual streets & indicate all the main landmarks & public buildings. All public transport facilities are shown: buses, trams, underground & overland rail lines. One way streets & car parks are indicated. Plans of larger cities include an enlargement for the city centre. The plans also show the administrative & postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. On the reverse, each plan has a road map at 1:100, 000, covering a very wide area around the city. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Passau on a topographic map at 1:200, 000 from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Germany’s federal mapping agency. The map covers an area of Approx. 100 x 90km. This map is belongs to a series of 58 topographic maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, the federal cartographic agency of Germany responsible for topographic mapping at 1:200, 000 & maps at smaller scales (the more detailed topographic & leisure maps are prepared & published by the survey organizations of the individual states). Cartography is from the 200K topographic survey & the maps have very elegant, modern look whilst retaining the traditional German presentation of names of smaller towns & villages in italics. Contours are at 12, 5m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, with colouring for woodlands, moors, marches, vineyards & hop plantations. Waterways & rivers are also described in detail, with currents, waterfalls, dams, & jetties clearly marked. Road network, graded into five types, highlights in colour national & regional roads; no driving distances are marked Railway network is also shown in detail, with stations, goods only lines, etc. The maps show administrative boundaries of states & counties, & have a UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 2’ intervals. Map legend is in German only. PLEASE NOTE: maps in this series provide an excellent presentation of the areas covered by them, with plenty of place names & detailed representation of the road network, & will appeal to anyone who likes quality cartography, but they are not necessarily the best option for holiday & business travel. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...