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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In 1962, after studying Buddhism in Japan, Gary Snyder, with his former wife, the poet Joanne Kyger, joined Allen Ginsberg & his companion Peter Orlovsky for a long trip to India ”to see the hearth-land of the Buddha`s teachings.” As always, Snyder kept extensive journals of his travels &, in this particular case, also wrote the whole account in one long letter to his sister. Passage Through India brings both together in celebration of & reverence for India & its teachings. As Snyder writes in his original preface, ”I honor India for many things: those neolithic cattle breeders who sang daily songs of love to God & Cow, as a family, & whose singing is echoed even today... The finest love poetry & love sculpture on earth... But most, the spectacle of a high civilization that accomplished art, literature, & ceremony without imposing a narrow version of itself on every tribe & village.” Complete with over eighty photos from Snyder`s personal collection, Passage Through India is an opportunity to join one of our most heralded & beloved poets on a great spiritual journey under ”an eternal sky of stars, & on a beginningless earth.” ...

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. ...

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. ...

Passau in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Büchlberg, Hutthurm, Neuburg a. Inn, Salzweg, Thyrnau, Tiefenbach. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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The British offensive, which became known as Passchendaele, got underway on 31 July, 1917 with the objective of capturing fifteen miles of territory. The attack quickly lost momentum &, it was not until finally in November that the line managed to advance seven miles. With winter setting in, the British troops were subjected to some of the worst conditions they had ever faced. During the attack 265, 000 were either killed or injured. This battlefield guide gives details of the attacks whilst guiding the reader through the battlefield as it stands today. With illustrated maps & then & now photographs it will appeal to those visiting the area as well as armchair historians. ...