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| | + | === Introductions=== |
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| | + | * [http://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/short_articles/tidal_planning.pdf Tidal planning introduction] |
| | + | * [http://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/short_articles/rule_of_thirds.pdf Rule of thirds] - one way of approximating/simplifying the speed of tidal flow. There is also the 50/90 rule. |
| | + | * [http://www.seatac.org.au/Calendar/TWELTHS.pdf Rule of 12s] a way of approximating/simplifying the height of the tide. |
| | + | * See also the Sea Safety RNLI booklet in [[Safety resources]]. |
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| | ===Tide=== | | ===Tide=== |
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| − | <div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/display_fixedpage.cfm/id/11/site/recreation">Tide Tables > Leisure Users</a>
| + | *[http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/display_fixedpage.cfm/id/11/site/recreation Tide Tables for Leisure Users] (Monthly Port of London Tide Tables for Walton-on-the-Naze, Margate, Southend-on-Sea, Croyton, Tilbury, North Woolwich and London Bridge). |
| − | <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;">(Monthly Port of London Tide Tables for Walton-on-the-Naze, Margate, Southend-on-Sea, Croyton, Tilbury, North Woolwich and London Bridge). </span></p>
| + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm |
| − | <div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_table" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_table">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_table</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx" mce_href="http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx">http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/index.shtml" mce_href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/index.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/index.shtml</a></div><h3>Weather</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/" mce_href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.eurometeo.com/english/forecast" mce_href="http://www.eurometeo.com/english/forecast">http://www.eurometeo.com/english/forecast</a></div><h3>Navigation</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/charts.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/charts.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/charts.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/latlong.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/latlong.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/latlong.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tools.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tools.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tools.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/bearings.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/bearings.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/bearings.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/distance.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/distance.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/distance.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/variation.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/variation.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/variation.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/positionplots.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/positionplots.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/positionplots.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/fixes.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/fixes.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/fixes.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/handbearing.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/handbearing.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/handbearing.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/sog.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/sog.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/sog.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/leeway.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/leeway.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/leeway.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/cts.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/cts.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/cts.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/planning.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/planning.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/planning.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/passage_making.htm" mce_href="http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/passage_making.htm">http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/passage_making.htm</a></div><h3>Lighthouses</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/light_house.htm" mce_href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/light_house.htm">http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/light_house.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/quiz_light.htm" mce_href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/quiz_light.htm">http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/quiz_light.htm</a></div><h3>Lights/Buoys</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_a.htm" mce_href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_a.htm">http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_a.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/buoy_cardinal.htm" mce_href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/buoy_cardinal.htm">http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/buoy_cardinal.htm</a></div><h3>Collision Avoidance</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#collision" mce_href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#collision">http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#collision</a></div><h3>Collision Avoidance at Night <div></div></h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#colnight" mce_href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#colnight">http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#colnight</a></div><h3>Navigation Lights</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/nav_lights.htm" mce_href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/nav_lights.htm">http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/nav_lights.htm</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/recboating/1186.asp" mce_href="http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/recboating/1186.asp">http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/recboating/1186.asp</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.boat-ed.com/al/handbook/lights.htm" mce_href="http://www.boat-ed.com/al/handbook/lights.htm">http://www.boat-ed.com/al/handbook/lights.htm</a></div><h3>Sound Signals <div></div></h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#sound" mce_href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#sound">http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#sound</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://paul.readinglitho.co.uk/midshipman/pages/colmnemss.html" mce_href="http://paul.readinglitho.co.uk/midshipman/pages/colmnemss.html">http://paul.readinglitho.co.uk/midshipman/pages/colmnemss.html</a></div><h3>Fog Signals</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#fog" mce_href="http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#fog">http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#fog</a></div><h3>Some practice tests on the above</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.usboating.com/" mce_href="http://www.usboating.com/">http://www.usboating.com/</a></div><h3>Knots</h3><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_knot" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_knot">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_knot</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_follow_through" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_follow_through">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_follow_through</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_turn_and_two_half-hitches" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_turn_and_two_half-hitches">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_turn_and_two_half-hitches</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_hitch" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_hitch">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_hitch</a></div><div class="CommonSidebarContentItem"><a href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/knots.htm" mce_href="http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/knots.htm">http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/knots.htm</a></div></div>
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_table |
| | + | *http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/ |
| | + | *http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/ |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Weather=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale |
| | + | *http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/ |
| | + | *http://www.eurometeo.com/english/forecast |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Navigation=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/charts.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/latlong.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tools.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/bearings.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/distance.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/variation.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/positionplots.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/fixes.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/handbearing.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/sog.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/leeway.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/cts.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/planning.htm |
| | + | *http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/passage_making.htm |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Lighthouses=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/light_house.htm |
| | + | *http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/quiz_light.htm |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Lights/Buoys=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_a.htm |
| | + | *http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/buoy_cardinal.htm |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Collision Avoidance=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#collision |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Collision Avoidance at Night=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#colnight |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Navigation Lights=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/nav_lights.htm |
| | + | *http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/recboating/1186.asp |
| | + | *http://www.boat-ed.com/al/handbook/lights.htm |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Sound Signals=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#sound |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Fog Signals=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#fog |
| | + | |
| | + | ===Some practice tests on the above=== |
| | + | |
| | + | *http://www.usboating.com/ |
| | + | |
| | + | === AIS === |
| | + | |
| | + | The location of ships world wide including on the Thames [http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/] |
| | + | |
| | + | ===PC based programs=== |
| | + | |
| | + | See [[Electronic Charts]]. |
| | + | |
| | + | See also the Sea Safety RNLI booklet in [[Safety resources]]. This contains a PC/Mac interactive introduction to the collision regulations, fog signals and lights. |
| | + | |
| | + | '''This has been discontinued''' -- Wiley's free Tide stream calculator is a free download and provides lots of information about tides, ports, navigation, and much more. http://www.wileynautical.com/view/0/almanac.html |
| | + | |
| | + | == More == |
| | + | |
| | + | * [[Knots]] |
| | + | * Guide to launch sites [http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk] |
