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Re: What is this chart?
From: Yanni Nikopoulos
Date: 2006 May 28, 20:45 -0500
You have a passage making/planning chart. You can get one for the Atlantic
too.
It cams in a form of book or huge chart book with all the passages for a
shorter route
for each month of the year.
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton
www.yannismarine.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "David F. McCune" <dfmccune@earthlink.net>
To: <navlist@fer3.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:33 PM
Subject: [NavList 336] What is this chart?
>
> I have chart that I believe is from the late 1960's or 1970's and I can't
> identify its source. It is called "ROUTE CHART Showing Major Routes of
> the
> Pacific Ocean." It shows the entire Pacific from 60d N to 60d S and from
> 67d W to 106d E. It is mercator, and major shipping great circle routes
> are
> shown, including mileage (e.g., "Panama - Singapore 10,527"). On the back
> of the chart is a smaller chart "Showing Major Routes Between Ports in
> Australia, New Zealand, and Islands of the Southwestern Pacific Ocean and
> Illustrating Routes in H.O. Pubs. 75, 76, 78." There is also a smaller
> world chart showing "Limits of Sailing Directions, August 1965."
>
> In any case, I am hoping to find a similar chart for the Atlantic. When I
> have sailed the Pacific, I have used this chart to keep a general picture
> in
> mind of where the major commercial routes are, so that I can keep a more
> careful lookout when crossing one of these routes.
>
> Can anyone help identify this chart? It may have come included in some
> volume of sailing directions I bought some time ago. I have googled the
> chart name and not come up with anything. There are no other identifiers
> on
> the chart such as a DMA number or such.
>
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
>
> >
>
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From: Yanni Nikopoulos
Date: 2006 May 28, 20:45 -0500
You have a passage making/planning chart. You can get one for the Atlantic
too.
It cams in a form of book or huge chart book with all the passages for a
shorter route
for each month of the year.
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton
www.yannismarine.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "David F. McCune" <dfmccune@earthlink.net>
To: <navlist@fer3.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:33 PM
Subject: [NavList 336] What is this chart?
>
> I have chart that I believe is from the late 1960's or 1970's and I can't
> identify its source. It is called "ROUTE CHART Showing Major Routes of
> the
> Pacific Ocean." It shows the entire Pacific from 60d N to 60d S and from
> 67d W to 106d E. It is mercator, and major shipping great circle routes
> are
> shown, including mileage (e.g., "Panama - Singapore 10,527"). On the back
> of the chart is a smaller chart "Showing Major Routes Between Ports in
> Australia, New Zealand, and Islands of the Southwestern Pacific Ocean and
> Illustrating Routes in H.O. Pubs. 75, 76, 78." There is also a smaller
> world chart showing "Limits of Sailing Directions, August 1965."
>
> In any case, I am hoping to find a similar chart for the Atlantic. When I
> have sailed the Pacific, I have used this chart to keep a general picture
> in
> mind of where the major commercial routes are, so that I can keep a more
> careful lookout when crossing one of these routes.
>
> Can anyone help identify this chart? It may have come included in some
> volume of sailing directions I bought some time ago. I have googled the
> chart name and not come up with anything. There are no other identifiers
> on
> the chart such as a DMA number or such.
>
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
>
> >
>
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