Maritime Knowledge

Maritime Knowledge

Historically Interesting

Questions for young officers as (PDF file)

General principles of working a ship (circa 1814) as (PDF file)

Hints on crewing a square rigger

Beauforts original wind scale as (PDF file)

Glossary of nautical terms (circa. 1814) as (PDF file)

The Martime History Virtual Archives

Jottings on Celestial and Great Circle Navigation

Rescue and Safe Boating

GPS and Navigation

GPS Overview from the University of Texas
Joe's GPS Information
Sam's GPS Resources
Curt Archer's GPS Resources (technical, DGPS)
NMEA-0183 and GPS Information
Good Tutorial on RADAR and how it works
World Time Server
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Lots of publications available including Bowditch and sight reduction tables

Weather Web Sites

Tides (Australia)

Sailing

Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page - lots of links
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia - Home of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Computer Software

xephem - X windows ephemeride program (with source)
High Precision Ephemerides - Lots of pointers to software sites
phoonclock - X windows source, gives phase of the moon and sun shadows
XTide - Harmonic tide clock and tide predictor
GMT - Generic Mapping Tools

Other Sites

Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
CSIRO Marine Research (Australia)
Australian Hydrographic Office
Sydney Heritage Fleet
National Ocean Data Centre (US)
National Ocean Service - Centre for Operational Oceanography (US)
The U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department (USNO) - Generate Astronomical Data
IMO (International Maritime Organisation)

Please address comments to John Holden at:- johnh@psych.usyd.edu.au

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