Chart changes, Almanac revisions and passage planning advice from Practical Boat Owner

Satellite space view of Earth. Credit: Jim/NASA/Alamy

Two powerful digital navigational tools, heading and course-over- ground (COG) vectors, can help fine-tune your passage making.

Man using an electronic chartplotter on a boat. Credit: Tyler Olson/Alamy

How do the four stages of passage planning – appraise, plan, execute, monitor (APEM) – work in the age of the chartplotter? Craig Burton, head of training operations at the…

PBO Almanac

Adlard Coles Nautical has published the following corrections for the PBO Small Craft Alamanac 2018 (available from bookharbour.com), which are available to download for free below: The corrections consist of…