Navigation General · Publications & Corrections
Sailing Directions published by NGA differ from the U.S. Coast Pilot in that Sailing Directions:
- ACover foreign and international waters rather than U.S. coastal waters✓ Correct
- BAre updated weekly rather than periodically
- CInclude predicted tidal current tables for every port
- DAre required by regulation to be carried on all oceangoing vessels
Explanation
Sailing Directions (Planning Guides and Enroute volumes) are NGA publications that serve the same narrative function as the Coast Pilot but for foreign and international waters. The Coast Pilot covers U.S. waters only. Neither publication is updated weekly (unlike NtMs), and neither contains complete tidal current tables.
Authority: Bowditch (Pub. 9), Ch. 3
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