Book Description
2011.Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the authority of Department of Defense. Sailing Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere.Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) are intended to assist mariners in planning ocean passages and to eliminate duplication by consolidating useful information about all the countries adjacent to a particular ocean basin in one volume.Planning Guide publications are compiled and structured in the alphabetical order of countries contained within the region covered by each publication.Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and port approach information which supplements the largest scale chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areascalled "Sectors.".Sector 1Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and the North Coast of BrazilSector 2North Coast of Brazil- Ponta Curuca to Ponta de Santo AntonioSector 3East Coast of Brazil- Ponta de Santo Antonio to Cabo FrioSector 4South Coast of Brazil and East Coast of Uruguay- Cabo Frio to Punta del EsteSector 5The Rio de la Plata, the Rio Uruguay, the Rio Parana, and the Rio Paraguay Sector 6Coast of Argentina- Cabo San Antonio to the Rio Negro Sector 7Coast of Argentina- The Rio Negro to Cabo VirgenesSector 8Estrecho de Magallanes Sector 9Tierra del Fuego- Cabo Espiritu Santo to Cabo de HornosSector 10The Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands