Sailing Directions

The Sailing Directions (also sailing instruction, English: Sailing Directions ) is a practical compendium of nautical with directories of the oceans, waterways, weather and nature observation, and legal regulations of the individual countries and the ports with their facilities and controls. Sailing Directions are published in Germany since 1990 by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency.

The comparable English Sailing Directions of the U.S. National Geospatial -Intelligence Agency can be downloaded for free from the Internet.

History

The oldest German Seebuch dates from the period around the year 1470 and is based on sources that go back in some cases until the first half of the 14th century. It includes tide and tidal current data, ocean depths and ground textures, anchorages, ports, courses and driving instructions. In past times, the experience of the sailors, the coastal navigation was on, was transmitted orally.

In modern times, the British Hydrographic Department of the Royal Navy issued since 1828 known as Pilots Sailing Directions. Since 1863 in Germany also released the Hydrographic Bureau information for navigation as Notices to Mariners. From 1883 they were printed weekly as an independent publication. Since 1867 " Sailing Instructions " for the German coast were processed, since 1878, in book form. In time, created initially for the domestic areas complete sailing directions.

From 1885 to the end of World War II 63 sailing directions were issued for worldwide shipping.

Examples

  • Baltic Manual, Part I: Poland, Baltic Republics, Russia and Finland, ISBN 3-89871-087-4
  • Relationships with nature Mediterranean and Black Sea, Part B to the manuals Mediterranean first to Part Five ISBN 3-89871-063-7
  • Mediterranean Manual, Part Five, The Levant, Black Sea and Sea of ​​Azov ISBN 3-89871-051-3

Cite

  • The history of maritime services in Germany - The BSH and its predecessors. Accessed on 20 September 2010 (PDF, 158 kB).
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