A Guide to Peril Strait and Wrangell Narrows, Alaska /

"Learning how to pilot a ship through Wrangell Narrows and Peril Strait is not an easy matter for a vessel operator new to the area, or even for those with experience. It takes time, patience, and a certain appetite for risk. The older generation of captains knew the channels in great detail, b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hopkins, William M., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pilot guides.
Navigation.
Pilot guides > Alaska.
Pacific Ocean > Wrangell Narrows (Gulf of Alaska)
Pacific Ocean > Peril Strait (Gulf of Alaska)
Alaska.
Peril Strait (Alaska) > Navigation.
Wrangell Narrows (Alaska) > Navigation.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Terminology
  • Peril Strait
  • Introduction to Peril Strait
  • Navigating Peril Strait
  • General
  • Securite Calls on VHF Channels 13 and 16
  • Radar Range Scales
  • Maxims
  • Limitations
  • Currents
  • Charts and Publications
  • General Interest
  • Channel Depths
  • Weather
  • Russian Place Name Lexicon
  • Commercial and Sport Fishing
  • Range Bearings
  • Hydrographic Surveys
  • General Precautions
  • Inbound to Sitka
  • Deadman Reach
  • Adams Channel
  • Sergius Narrows
  • Kakul Narrows
  • Salisbury Sound
  • Neva Strait
  • Whitestone Narrows
  • Olga Strait
  • Starrigavan Bay
  • Outbound from Sitka
  • Starrigavan Bay
  • Olga Strait
  • Whitestone Narrows
  • Neva Strait
  • Salisbury Sound
  • Kakul Narrows
  • Sergius Narrows
  • Adams Channel
  • Deadman Reach
  • Sitka Sound Routes
  • Big Gavanski Island Light to Sitka Harbor or to the Eastern Anchorage near Jamestown Bay via the Western Channel
  • The Eastern Anchorage near Jamestown Bay to Big Gavanski Island Light via the Western Channel
  • Cape Edgecumbe to the Eckholms Light
  • Eckholms Light to Cape Edgecumbe Light
  • Vitskari Island Light to Big Gavanski Island Light and Starrigavan Bay
  • Starrigavan Bay to Big Gavanski Island and Vitskari Island Light
  • Vitskari Island to Makhnati Rock Buoy 2 and the Western Channel
  • Wrangell Narrows
  • Introduction to Wrangell Narrows
  • Navigating Wrangell Narrows
  • General
  • Securite Calls on VHF Channels 13 and 16
  • Radar Range Scales
  • Maxims
  • Limitations
  • Currents
  • Charts and Publications
  • General Interest
  • Channel Depths
  • Weather
  • Regulations
  • Commercial and Sport Fishing
  • Range Bearings and Reciprocals
  • Hydrographic Surveys
  • General Precautions
  • Northbound Passage
  • Southbound Passage
  • Bibliography

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