HANNs 02/4 is the last in the series of Harbour, Anchorage and Navigation Notes for 2002. As usual it gives a short synopsis of contributions which we have received from our members cruising in different parts of the world. Below are listed a few highlights from their reports.The full version of HANNs is available only to members of the Cruising Association.

We list Admiralty Notices to Mariners (NM) which affect the sailing directions and plans in the new Cruising Almanac 2003/2004 published by Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson and the Cruising Association. This new Almanac is available now price £28 and includes tide tables for 40 standard ports for 2003 plus a postcard giving the buyer a free copy of the tide tables for 2004. Whilst the pilotage follows that in the 8th edition of the Cruising Association Handbook the Almanac has been extensively revised updated and includes additional plans of harbours and difficult passages.

A preliminary notice to mariners gives a list of nearly 30 changes to buoyage being planned for the River Orwell.

We received a report from one of our members visiting the Faeroe Islands in which he is able to tell us that they are no longer dry and bars are open to 0300 Fri/Sat.

A lot of notes have been received on French Inland Waterways both from our Hon Local Representative in Bordeaux and from a member going from the Channel to the Mediterranean.

One of our members spent the whole summer cruising down the West coast of France and has given us valuable information especially on the region between La Rochelle and the Gironde and the area around Rochefort.

Both Greenland and Spitzbergen were visited by members who have sent back important notes on these far North areas. 6 anchorages/harbours visited on the west coast of Greenland. A sketch as to where to anchor at Longyearbyen in the Spitzbergen archipelago.

Lots of information on the Baltic including the East coast of Sweden, Latvia and Estonia and the easing of a restriction in Russia.

Both the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and France received much attention with reports on no less than 60 ports on the French coast.

The Mediterranean Islands received visits from various members who have written up extensive reports on the Ballearic Islands, Corsica, and Sardinia. The last two were particularly well covered with almost all viable anchorages and harbours covered.

There is a summary of reports from many members who over the last few years have been visiting places on the West and South coasts of Italy

This quarter we have an exceptional amount of material on the Pacific. More reports on the Philippines and an exceptional report on the Louisiade Is Papua New Guinea for which there is no published guide. Extensive reports also for the Vanuatu Islands.

Finally substantial reports received on the Queensland coast of Australia one running to 40 pages. Also covered are New South Wales and Tasmania where 14 harbours are written up.