East Coast Pilot

Publisher: Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson, 2005 £ 19.95

Setting a new standard for clarity and attractive format, 18 chapters cover the harbour and rivers from Great Yarmouth to Ramsgate including the Thames to Tower Bridge. Each starts with a diagram showing the course to steer between buoys from a landfall waypoint to moorings or harbour entrance, chartlet and copious photographs including many aerial pictures. Each harbour has an information panel detailing contacts, facilities and principal pubs and restaurants, whilst text describes hazards, approaches, optimum state of tide.

The introduction gives general information including warnings of pot markers and windfarms. Waypoints are sensibly restricted to landfalls, but are not shown on the chartlets even when included in the charted area.

The authors state “The East Coast and Thames Estuary is an area of huge and frequent change. We have done our best to ensure accuracy at the time of writing, but even by the time of publication there will have been changes and it is vital for the navigator to watch for these and to exercise seamanlike commonsense, always referring to the most up-to-date charts and published chart corrections. Corrections can be found at www.eastcoastpilot.com. I found an error on opening at my home port; fortunately the garage with fuel is ½ not 1½ miles from Orford quay!

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