World Cruising Handbook

Name: World Cruising Handbook
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ISBN: 9780070133440

ISBN-10: 0070133441

ISBN-13: 9780070133440

Edition: 3rd

Authors: Jimmy Cornell

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List price: $49.95
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 7.87" wide x 9.84" long
Weight: 2.728
Language: English

Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. xiv
Foreword to Third Edition	p. xvi

Formalities	p. 3
Documents	p. 3
Visas	p. 4
Cruising Permits	p. 4
European Union	p. 5
The Schengen Agreement	p. 6
EU vessels	p. 6
Non-EU vessels	p. 6
Customs procedures in the European Union	p. 7
European Monetary Union	p. 7
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	p. 7
Environment Protection	p. 7
Anchoring	p. 7
Garbage	p. 7
Holding Tanks	p. 7
Flag Etiquette	p. 8
The Right Attitude	p. 8
Health Precautions Worldwide	p. 11
AIDS	p. 11
Hepatitis B	p. 11
Hepatitis A	p. 12
Tetanus	p. 12
Tuberculosis	p. 12
Smallpox	p. 12
Measles	p. 12
Typhoid	p. 12
Poliomyelitis	p. 12
Meningococcal Meningitis	p. 12
Cholera	p. 13
Yellow Fever	p. 13
Malaria	p. 13
Rabies	p. 13
Bilharzia	p. 14
Diphtheria	p. 14
Japanese B Encephalitis	p. 14
Ciguatera	p. 14
Reefwalking and Diving Hazards	p. 14
The Sun	p. 14
Heat exhaustion	p. 15
Heat stroke	p. 15
Skin cancer	p. 15
Health Protection Checklist	p. 15
Health on the Internet	p. 17
Communications	p. 18
Radio Communications	p. 18
Very High Frequency marine radio	p. 18
Medium and High Frequency marine radio	p. 18
Propagation	p. 18
Optimum frequencies	p. 20
Amateur Short Wave radio	p. 21
Autolink	p. 21
Cellular telephones	p. 21
AMVER	p. 22
Maritime Safety Information	p. 22
Satellite Communications	p. 22
Inmarsat A	p. 23
Inmarsat B	p. 23
Inmarsat M	p. 23
Inmarsat Mini-M	p. 23
Inmarsat M4	p. 23
Inmarsat C	p. 23
Inmarsat D	p. 25
Inmarsat D+	p. 25
Inmarsat E	p. 25
Distress alerting	p. 25
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System	p. 26
Cospas-Sarsat	p. 26
Epirb	p. 27
Weather Routing	p. 27
Weather on the Internet	p. 27
Electronic Mail	p. 28
The Internet	p. 28
Mail	p. 29

Mediterranean and Black Sea	p. 33
Albania	p. 34
Algeria	p. 36
Bulgaria	p. 38
Croatia	p. 40
Cyprus	p. 43
Northern Cyprus	p. 46
Egypt	p. 47
Georgia	p. 53
Gibraltar	p. 54
Greece	p. 58
Israel	p. 62
Italy	p. 66
Lebanon	p. 69
Libya	p. 70
Malta	p. 71
Monaco	p. 74
Morocco	p. 75
Romania	p. 78
Slovenia	p. 80
Spain	p. 82
Syria	p. 86
Tunisia	p. 87
Turkey	p. 90
Ukraine	p. 96
Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia)	p. 99
Northern Europe	p. 101
Belgium	p. 101
Denmark	p. 104
Estonia	p. 108
Finland	p. 110
Germany	p. 114
Latvia	p. 118
Lithuania	p. 119
Netherlands	p. 121
Norway	p. 124
Poland	p. 128
Russia	p. 131
Sweden	p. 135
Western Europe and North Atlantic Islands	p. 140
The Azores	p. 141
Bermuda	p. 145
Canary Islands	p. 147
Cape Verde Islands	p. 151
Channel Islands	p. 154
Faeroes	p. 156
France	p. 158
Greenland	p. 163
Iceland	p. 165
Ireland	p. 166
Madeira	p. 169
Portugal	p. 171
United Kingdom	p. 175
West Africa and South Atlantic Islands	p. 182
Antarctica	p. 182
Ascension Island	p. 186
Falkland Islands	p. 189
The Gambia	p. 191
Ivory Coast	p. 193
Mauritania	p. 195
Namibia	p. 196
St Helena	p. 198
Senegal	p. 200
South Africa	p. 202
Tristan da Cunha	p. 206
Caribbean	p. 208
Anguilla	p. 209
Antigua and Barbuda	p. 212
Aruba	p. 216
Bahamas	p. 217
Barbados	p. 222
Bonaire	p. 224
British Virgin Islands	p. 226
Cayman Islands	p. 229
Cuba	p. 231
Curacao	p. 235
Dominica	p. 237
Dominican Republic	p. 239
Grenada	p. 242
Guadeloupe	p. 245
Haiti	p. 247
Jamaica	p. 250
Martinique	p. 252
Montserrat	p. 254
Netherlands Antilles	p. 256
Puerto Rico	p. 256
Saba	p. 259
St Barts	p. 261
St Eustatius (Statia)	p. 262
St Kitts and Nevis	p. 263
St Lucia	p. 266
St Martin	p. 269
St Vincent and the Grenadines	p. 270
Sint Maarten	p. 273
Trinidad and Tobago	p. 275
Turks and Caicos	p. 278
US Virgin Islands	p. 280
Central and North America	p. 283
Belize	p. 283
Canada	p. 287
Costa Rica	p. 292
El Salvador	p. 295
Guatemala	p. 297
Honduras	p. 299
Mexico	p. 302
Nicaragua	p. 308
Panama	p. 310
St Pierre and Miquelon	p. 316
United States of America	p. 317
South America	p. 324
Argentina	p. 324
Brazil	p. 328
Chile	p. 333
Colombia	p. 337
Ecuador	p. 340
French Guiana	p. 343
Guyana	p. 345
Peru	p. 347
Suriname	p. 350
Uruguay	p. 352
Venezuela	p. 354
North Pacific Islands	p. 358
Federated States of Micronesia	p. 359
Guam	p. 362
Hawaii	p. 364
Kiribati	p. 369
Marshall Islands	p. 372
Northern Marianas	p. 374
Palau	p. 376
Australia and South Pacific Islands	p. 380
American Samoa	p. 380
Australia	p. 384
Cook Islands	p. 389
Easter Island	p. 392
Fiji Islands	p. 394
Galapagos Islands	p. 398
Juan Fernandez Islands	p. 402
Naura	p. 403
New Caledonia	p. 404
New Zealand	p. 406
Niue	p. 412
Norfolk Island	p. 414
Papua New Guinea	p. 415
Pitcairn Island	p. 419
Samoa	p. 421
Solomon Islands	p. 423
Tahiti Nui (French Polynesia)	p. 425
Tokelau	p. 432
Tonga	p. 433
Tuvalu	p. 437
Vanuatu	p. 438
Wallis and Futuna	p. 443
South East Asia and Far East	p. 445
Brunei	p. 445
China	p. 448
East Timor	p. 451
Hong Kong	p. 452
Indonesia	p. 455
Japan	p. 460
Macao	p. 463
Malaysia	p. 464
Myanmar	p. 468
Philippines	p. 470
Singapore	p. 473
South Korea	p. 476
Taiwan	p. 479
Thailand	p. 481
Vietnam	p. 484
North Indian Ocean and Red Sea	p. 487
Bahrain	p. 488
Djibouti	p. 488
Eritrea	p. 491
India	p. 493
Jordan	p. 496
Kuwait	p. 498
Maldives	p. 500
Oman	p. 502
Qatar	p. 504
Saudi Arabia	p. 505
Somalia	p. 507
Sri Lanka	p. 509
Sudan	p. 513
United Arab Emirates	p. 516
Yemen	p. 517
South Indian Ocean	p. 520
Chagos	p. 520
Christmas Island	p. 522
Cocos Keeling	p. 524
Comoros	p. 525
Kenya	p. 527
Madagascar	p. 530
Mauritius	p. 532
Mayotte	p. 535
Mozambique	p. 536
Reunion Island	p. 538
Seychelles	p. 540
Tanzania	p. 543

IALA Maritime Buoyage System	p. 549
International Direct Dialling Codes	p. 550
Chart Agents and National Hydrographic offices	p. 552
Glossary of useful terms in French, Spanish and Portuguese	p. 558
Bibliography	p. 560
Index of countries	p. 563
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