Издание на английском языке ADMIRALTY Sailing Directions (Pilots) provide essential information to support port entry and coastal navigation for all classes of ships at sea. They amplify charted detail and contain information needed for safe navigation which is not available from charts or other hydrographic publications. They are written with the assumption that the required charts and publications are to hand and are intended to be read in conjunction with them. Contents Record of updates Preface Reporting new dangers to navigation Feedback Contents Abbreviations Glossary Chapter Index Diagrams Chapter 1 Countires, Navigation and Regulations Limits of the book (1.1) Country information (1.2) Navigational dangers and hazards (1.10) Traffic and operations (1.18) Charts (1.29) Aids to navigation (1.35) Pilotage (1.45) Radio facilities (1.55) Regulations-International (1.68) Regulations-European Union (1.73) Regulations-National (1.84) Signals (1.100) Distress and rescue (1.107) Natural conditions Maritime topography (1.113) Currents (1.114) Sea level and tides (1.116) Sea and swell (1.118) Sea water characteristics (1.121) Ice conditions (1.124) Climate and weather (1.129) Climate information (1.154) Chapter 2 Through Routes North Sea to Baltic Sea Chapter 3 Kattegat Northern part Chapter 4 Kattegat East Chapter 5 Kattegat West Chapter 6 The Sound Chapter 7 Northern approaches to Balts Chapter 8 Storebffilt Chapter 9 Lillebffilt Chapter 10 Passages southward of Fyn Chapter 11 Smalandsfarvandet Chapter 12 Fehmarn Belt and Kieler Bucht Chapter 13 West Baltic approaches Appendices Appendix I — Former Mined Areas Distance table Distance table Index Index