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Sailing Season Tips Home | Nautical Chart Symbols   Sailing Navigation - Depth Chart Symbols Every Skipper Needs to Know Oct 4, 2011 ~ Did you know that you can use depth curves for safer sailing navigation worldwide? Discover five little-known techniques . . . keep reading Sailing Navigation - Depth Chart Symbols Every Skipper Needs to Know Oct 4, 2011 ~ Did you know that you can use depth curves for safer sailing navigation worldwide? Discover five little-known techniques . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to "Read" a Lighthouse on Your Nautical Chart How would you like to be able to tell at-a-glance everything there is to know about any lighthouse you see on your nautical chart or chart plotter? Watch this video now to learn the secrets behind the magic symbols and abbreviations you need to know! . . . keep reading Sailing Navigation Secrets - Chart Symbols Every Sailing Skipper Needs to Know! If you need to choose an anchorage, land a dinghy onto a beach, or make a passage through a coral reef or chain of islands, you will need a keen sense as to what these secret chart symbols tell you... . . . keep reading Chart Navigation Tips - Bridge Secrets Every Skipper Needs to Know! Jun 19, 2011 ~ Do you know the four main bridge chart navigation symbols used throughout the sailing world? Could you find the auxiliary channel of a fixed bridge on a dark night? Use this easy skipper's guide . . . keep reading Chart Navigation Secrets - Seven Dangers Every Sailing Skipper Needs to Know! Could you glance at any nautical chart in the world and tell the difference between a submerged wreck that's safe to sail across and one hidden just below the surface? Discover the most vital . . . keep reading Chart Navigation Video - Beach, Cliff, and Mountain Chart Symbols Do you know how to tell the difference in chart navigation between a flat beach and a deadly coral reef? Or what an asterisk or plus-sign symbol mean to your safety? Watch this introduction video to unlock the mystery behind what chart symbols tell you. . . . keep reading Chart Navigation Tips - Do You Know These Special Markers? You are approaching an unfamiliar channel just after dusk. A light ahead blinks twice. It flashes once more--and then darkness. Does a danger lie ahead? Or a turn in the channel? Boost your chart navigation skills to the next level with these secrets of the special buoys and beacons . . . keep reading Sailing Chart Secrets V - Seabed Symbols for Chart Navigation Did you know that if you can read sea bottom chart navigation symbols, this will help you when you anchor or go aground. This skill could even save you lots of money if you choose to clean and paint your bottom--without a haul out! Read on to learn these little-known secrets . . . keep reading Sailing Chart Secrets IV - Chart Navigation Buoyage Symbols! Did you know that every buoy or beacon chart navigation symbol has five parts that will tell you what it looks like before you even see it? Or that you can use a simple keyword to time a navigation light with pinpoint accuracy--without a watch or stopwatch? Follow these easy tips to learn the secrets of the pros . . . keep reading Sailing Chart Secrets II - How to Use Title Blocks and Chart Notes Did you realize that the title block gives you five vital pieces of information that can boost your sailing safety by 50% or more? Or that chart notes--often ignored--give you information that's vital to the safety of you and your sailing crew? Read on to learn all you need to know about chart title blocks, notes, and soundings . . . keep reading Do You Know These Aids to Navigation Chart Symbols? Do you know what the black dot or small circle means on a buoy or light structure? Can you tell the difference between a lighted or unlighted aid to navigation in less than two seconds? Follow these five easy steps to master these vital nautical chart symbols . . . keep reading Fast Track to Learn Cardinal Markings in the Eastern Hemisphere Did you know that in Europe and some parts of Canada, rocks and wrecks are marked with reference to a compass? Sailors have always struggled to remember these--but no more! Use this unique learning method to boost your sailing navigation skills to the next level . . . keep reading How to Read Nautical Chart Symbol Letters the Easy Way! Do you know the meaning of all of the chart symbol abbreviations in this illustration? Read on for tips that will show you how to use this vital information to guide you to safety anywhere in the world . . . keep reading HOME | Contact Captain John | Help | My 100% Guarantee | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use © 2012 SkipperTips.com All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited.