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===Tide===
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=== Introductions===
  
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* [http://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/short_articles/tidal_planning.pdf Tidal planning introduction]
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* [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.
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* [http://www.seatac.org.au/Calendar/TWELTHS.pdf Rule of 12s] a way of approximating/simplifying the height of the tide.
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* See also the Sea Safety RNLI booklet in [[Safety resources]].
  
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[http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/display_fixedpage.cfm/id/11/site/recreation Tide Tables for Leisure Users]
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===Tide===
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(Monthly Port of London Tide Tables for Walton-on-the-Naze, Margate, Southend-on-Sea, Croyton, Tilbury, North Woolwich and London Bridge). 
 
  
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*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm
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*[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).
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_table
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_table
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*http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx
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*http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/
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*http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/index.shtml
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*http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/
  
 
===Weather===
 
===Weather===
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale
 
*http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/
 
*http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/
 
*http://www.eurometeo.com/english/forecast
 
*http://www.eurometeo.com/english/forecast
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===Navigation===
 
===Navigation===
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*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/tidal.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/charts.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/charts.htm
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*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/planning.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/planning.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/passage_making.htm
 
*http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/passage_making.htm
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===Lighthouses===
 
===Lighthouses===
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*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/light_house.htm
 
*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/light_house.htm
 
*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/quiz_light.htm
 
*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/quiz_light.htm
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===Lights/Buoys===
 
===Lights/Buoys===
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*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_a.htm
 
*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_a.htm
 
*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/buoy_cardinal.htm
 
*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/buoy_cardinal.htm
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===Collision Avoidance===
 
===Collision Avoidance===
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*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#collision
 
*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#collision
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===Collision Avoidance at Night===
 
===Collision Avoidance at Night===
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*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#colnight
 
*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#colnight
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===Navigation Lights===
 
===Navigation Lights===
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*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/nav_lights.htm
 
*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/nav_lights.htm
 
*http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/recboating/1186.asp
 
*http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/recboating/1186.asp
 
*http://www.boat-ed.com/al/handbook/lights.htm
 
*http://www.boat-ed.com/al/handbook/lights.htm
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===Sound Signals===
 
===Sound Signals===
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*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#sound
 
*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#sound
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*http://paul.readinglitho.co.uk/midshipman/pages/colmnemss.html
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===Fog Signals===
 
===Fog Signals===
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*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#fog
 
*http://www.64thseascouts.org.uk/html/rules.htm#fog
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===Some practice tests on the above===
 
===Some practice tests on the above===
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*http://www.usboating.com/
 
*http://www.usboating.com/
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===Knots===
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline
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=== AIS ===
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_knot
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure-of-eight_follow_through
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The location of ships world wide including on the Thames [http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/]
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_turn_and_two_half-hitches
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_hitch
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===PC based programs===
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*http://www.cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/knots.htm
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See [[Electronic Charts]].
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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.
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'''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
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== More ==
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* [[Knots]]
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* Guide to launch sites [http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk]

Latest revision as of 10:51, 22 August 2011

Introductions

Tide

Weather

Navigation

Lighthouses

Lights/Buoys

Collision Avoidance

Collision Avoidance at Night

Navigation Lights

Sound Signals

Fog Signals

Some practice tests on the above

AIS

The location of ships world wide including on the Thames 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

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