Sailing Directions are written directions, describing the routes to be taken by boats and ships during coastal navigation, and port approaches. There are also products known as Sailing Directions, which are books written by various Hydrographic Offices throughout the world. They are known as Pilot Books, because they provide local knowledge of routes and landmarks, which would typically be provided by a local marine pilot. As such, they are used frequently by naval and government vessels, who are exempted from 'Compulsory Pilotage' in many ports.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
The publication was required to be used in conjunction with the British Admiralty Notices to Mariners, nautical charts and any supplements produced.[1]
The supplements and annual updates were given the same name as the publications [2]
The first edition appeared in 1916 [3] The 9th edition appeared in 2004 [4]
The different editions included variations of the number of volumes [5]
Australia had its own Australian Hydrographic Service created in 1920, but the British nautical charts and sailing directions continued to be published after that time. The current Australian version of the Pilot and other relevant information is found in the Marine information manual [6]
Most states of Australia have developed maritime safety maps and guides to their coastline that would complement and include the work of the British Admiralty work [7][8][9][10]
A system of guides from the United States also exists for the same waters covered by the Australian Pilot [11]
Earlier localised guides also existed in some states of Australia [12]
Earlier regional guides preceded Hydrographic services and relied on collation from ships records [13]
↑ Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1917), The Australia pilot, Hydrographic Office, retrieved 14 June 2015
↑ Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept, Australia pilot (1st. ed. / pub. by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ed.), [s.n.], retrieved 14 June 2015
↑ Trove overview of the editions and volume contents
↑ Australia. Department of Transport (1900), Marine information manual, Australia, Australian Govt. Pub. Service, ISSN0817-6000
↑ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, ISBN978-0-7243-7603-2
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