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BA chartsBritish Admiralty charts are smaller than DMA charts, and are designed to be folded once. They are hand-corrected at time of sale. Please allow one week for delivery. Prices are currently $52.95 each, subject to frequent change due to the unstable exchange rate.
Imray chartImray -Iolaire charts have long been the choice of Caribbean sailors. Imray now offers a yachting chart that can substitute for all of the DMA or BA charts in column one. Recommended. I-I E5 Bermuda. 1:60,00, with more detailed insets. 1998, corrected to JAN99. 24"x35" waterproof, with sailing directions and other information on the back. $38.00 T11891
The big pictureI-I 100 North Atlantic Ocean Passage Chart. Conical projection- Great Circle routes are plotted as straight lines. Routes between the Caribbean, the eastern seaboard of the United States, and Europe. The back has charts showing wind roses, wave heights, and incidence of gales April to July and October to December. Water resistant paper, plastic case. 44 X 30, folds to 9 X 12. 2003 edition. $47.00 I-I 100 NOS 5161 Newport to Bermuda Plotting Sheet. A special-purpose chart designed for the Newport to Bermuda race but useful for any vessel leaving from New York or southern New England, not from the Delaware or Virginia Capes. 1:1,058,400. $14.75 T5860 OGF 5161 Newport to Bermuda Plotting Sheet. The
Print-on-Demand edition of NOS5161, on Water-Resistant paper, with
"No-LORAN" option.
DMA 108 Southeast Coast of North America.
Nova Scotia, the
eastern U.S., Bermuda, and the Virgin Isles. $12.00
The trip homeDon't forget that on your return trip a weather front could put your intended landfall on the American mainland dead to windward, making a diversion "the better part of valor." Be sure to have a good supply of coastal charts on board.
Cruising guidesDMA Sailing Directions SDPUB147, Caribbean Sea Volume 1 from DMA. 2004. Includes a nine-page chapter on Bermuda. Written for larger ships, but of some use to yachts. 8 x11 175 pages paperback $35.00 T3849 Bermuda Yachting Guide from Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, 1994. Out of print; but see next item. Yachts (Private) Sailing to Bermuda.
Annual information sheet from Bermuda Department of Tourism. Good, solid,
up-to-date.
Currents and tidesTide Tables 2008 East Cost of North and South America. For the vertical rise and fall. Includes two points in Bermuda. $13.95 T15312
Tides and Currents (East) for Windows. The computer program we use to produce our hand-out tide tables. Tide and current information to the year 2100, Nova Scotia to the Caribbean, including Bermuda. $119.00 T12188 Gulf Stream Companion, the Art of Navigating the Gulf Stream by the editors of Ocean Navigator magazine. 55 pages 6 X 9 saddlestiched. $14.00 T8151
Flags
"Red
duster" with seal. Seaworthy Nyl-Glo nylon body, white canvas headings,
brass grommets. "Q" (Quebec) signal flag. Often referred to as
the "quarantine" flag. Flown at entry until cleared by customs.
Backing up your GPSIf you're packing your sextant, make sure that you also have the necessary tables and papers. Nautical Almanac from U.S. Naval Observatory. 2006 edition. $56.25 T146310 Nautical Almanac Commercial Edition 2006 $24.95 T18100 HO 249 Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation, Volume 2. Latitudes 0 to 40. The tables most used by yachtsmen. $19.95 T16657 Universal Plotting Sheets VP-OS. 50 sheets to the pad. $4.95 T730
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