SeaKayakTrainingReferences

Introductions

• Tidal planning introduction
• Rule of thirds - one way of approximating/simplifying the speed of tidal flow. There is also the 50/90 rule.
• Rule of 12s a way of approximating/simplifying the height of the tide.
• See also the Sea Safety RNLI booklet in Safety resources.

Tide

• 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://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/

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