Over 150 years ago, the skills needed to operate a merchant sailing vessel were many and varied. While not nearly as much in demand today as they were in the days of the Yankee clippers, these skills nevertheless remain important and necessary to today's yachtsmen and owners of smaller pleasure boat...

As paper navigational charts are replaced by vector images on computer screens, magnetic compasses enhanced by digital flux gate technology, and chronometers joined by atomic clocks, the demand has been mounting for an extensive update to the classic reference known worldwide as Dutton's. To meet th...

Annin Flags are made in the USA from Annin's own specified fabrics. Annin and Co. has set the pace for flags throughout the world since 1847. All the fabrics used in Annin flags are made to strict specifications developed from extensive research, testing and long experience. A variety of flag mate...

Loran and GPS notwithstanding, there will always be a place for the sextant aboard any blue-water boat, if for no other reason than the thrill and mystery of finding one's position on earth by gazing at the heavens. Here is the indispensable reference that should accompany the instrument aboard. Cmd...

"Few, today, can realize how important was the art of rigging a ship and reeving her gear in the days just old when all aloft was wood and hemp; or how great the part it has played in the building of Empire." — Introduction.Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required on board today'...

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Reprints from the 1983 Tide and Current Tables used by the US Coast Guard for Merchant Marine Licensing Examinations and reprinted here for training and examination preparation only. To see all Marine Engineering Publications offered by this author click on authors name above.