N ....IJ) © HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN THE RIGHT OF CANADA as reoresented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans A REPORT to PACIFIC REGION CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE CLIENT RESEARCH on SAILING DIRECTIONS CONTENT AND FORMAT A. MORTIMER Master Mariner, B.Sc., C.L.S., M.N.!. Contract F1942-7-0017 31st October 1997 Cascadian Hydrographic Services Brentwood Bay, BC © HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN THE RIGHT OF CANADA as represented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 1997 A REPORT to PACIFIC REGION CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE CLIENT RESEARCH on SAILING DIRECTIONS CONTENT AND FORMAT A. MORTIMER Master Mariner, B.Sc., C.L.S., M.N.!. Contract F1942-7-0017 31 st October 1997 Cascadian Hydrographic Services 6744 Jedora Drive Brentwood Bay, BC Canada V8M 1A5 250-652-5472 , • • ~ CONTENTS ~ • • Page • Introduction ...... 1 ~ Background ...... :...... 7 ,• User Consultation and Other Work ...... 1 7 ~ , Data ...... 21 • Considerations ..... '" ...... , 2 7 • • Conclusions and Recommendations ...... 41 • ~ Bibliography ...... 4 9 • • Appendices ~ 1 Legislation ...... 51 • 2 Points from International Hydrographic Office ~ Requirements ...... 61 3 Commercial Literature on Cruising Guides ...... 67 • 4 Extracts from commercial cruising guides and government • Sailing Directions.:...... 77 ~ 5 Tabulation of responses to interviews ...... 8 5 • 6 Correspondence ...... 1 03 ~ ,~ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS • I would like. to thank Rikki Farrel, the Sailing Directions • Officer in Pacific Region, CHS, for the help and information that was • generously provided to enable the writing of this report. I would also ~ like to thank David Fisher for his advice and contacts in the sales • and marketing side of the hydrographic business. ~ I would especially like to thank all those mariners, chart ~ dealers and authors who were generous with their time and knowledge in providing the comments and information that are the • basis of this report. • ~ • iii ~ •.. INTRODUCTION ...... 1pulled out the chart and the well worn Coast Pilot to look for shelter - in case of need, in view of the probable wind. The Curve of Time, 7th edition, page 97. In 1993, subsequent to a well-received pilot project in Quebec, the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) decided, at the national level, to work towards changing Sailing Directions format. At present, the coast of British Columbia is covered by two main books and two small craft guides (see BC Coast Map 1). A layout has been designed (see BC Coast Map 2) by CHS staff to provide the coverage in seven booklets, including one general booklet plus one each for six geographic areas. It was proposed that the new booklets would combine both big ship and small-craft information, and would hopefully, be "user-friendly" for the recreational boater. The feasibility of combining information for what had previously been considered two distinct client groups into one series of booklets raised a number of issues. Among these issues were user acceptability, marketing, technical content, and production. Consultation Cascadian Hydrographic Services was contracted by CHS Pacific Region management to consult with mariners, recreational boaters and other users on the British Columbia coast. The issues to be discussed with members of the marine community were defined in conjunction with CHS management and were aimed at assessing the clients' needs in relation to both format and content. Specifically, these categories were identified for user comment: , General acceptability of the proposed changes; 2 Appropriateness of the geograpt* limits of the booklets; 3 Appropriate timing of publication; 4 Preferences for type of binding the publications; 5 Suitability for maintenance; 6 Review of the content, including removal of surplus information; 7 Relationship to other government publications; 8 Relationship to commercial publications; 9 Review of cruising guides; 10 General improvements to CHS Sailing Directions. 1 .... .,.. Production review .. If changes to content or format were to be made at this time, they would have a considerable impact on the production and marketing of any new format booklets. .,.. Considering that staff working in Sailing Directions production in Pacific Region has been cut from three people to one, it is surprising that CHS books have been so well maintained and this obviously reflects well on the abilities of the incumbent Sailing .. Directions officer. It is somewhat more surprising that a major format change should be .. considered at this time. It is essential resource needs and sources and work scheduling be considered if any new format is to be introduced to the public successfully. .. tIS The following points affecting production were required to be considered: til geographic layout and the number of publications; • binding; .. grouping booklets for publication; fill scheduling production; OJ demands on people and resources; fIB inter-linkage in the above factors. e O om .... •e- O! fjI 4i/III •iii ...&I • ...,. ..~ till 2 .. ...Qfl Be MAP 1 BRITISH COLUt1BIA COAST SAILING DIRECTIONS NOW IN PRINT VOLUME 1, SOUTHERN PORT I ON VOLUr1E 2, NORTHERN PORT I ON SMALL CRAFT GU I DE 1 From Port Al berni to Campbell River, i ncludi ng Barkley Sound and the Gulf Islands. St"lALL CRAFT GU I DE 2 From Boundary Bay to Cortes Island, including the Fraser River, Ho\.... e Sound and Jervis Inlet. 3 &1... ..W.J . .". . . ~ ~ ~ f!I' ..fI" ..~ .~ ...- • .-.... ~ ~ @Ii ~ fjIi ~ ~ 81 4 ..81 , ,• • •~ Be MAP 2 ~ ,~ ~ ~ -~ ~ ~ -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST SAl LI NG DI RECTIONS BOOKLETS AS PROPOSED PAC 200 - General Information PAC 203 - Strait of Georgia to Queen - Paci fi c Coast Charlotte Sound PAC 201 - Juan de Fuca Strait and Gulf PAC 204 - Vancouver Island, West Coast Islands (i ncl udi ng Haro Strait and Coastal Inlets and Boundary Pass) PAC 205 - I nner Passage - Queen Charlotte PAC 202 - Strait of Georgia and Adjacent Sound to Chatham Sound Waters (i ncl udi ng Fraser River, Vancouver Harbour, PAC 206 - Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, HO'w'e Sound, Jervis Inlet, Portland I nlet and Queen Baynes Sound) Charlotte Islands 5 ..· I ..@all .....- ."...... tIP .".. 6 ..~ BACKGROUND I opened up the Pilot book to look it up ..... British Columbia Coast ..... Queen Charlotte Sound ..... Fog Island ..... Dusky Cove - Ah! Sunday Harbour. Pilot book says, "Small but sheltered anchorage on the south side of Crib Island. Affords refuge for small boats". I didn't altogether like the word "refuge", it sounded like the last extremity. The Curve of Time, 7th edition, page 98. H isto ry Books of sailing directions have a long history, their importance having peaked in the Middle Ages. Greek and Phoenician records exist from two thousand five hundred years ago giving sailing directions for some areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Chinese and northwest European records date back to the early middle ages. These sailing directions preceded the development of the nautical chart and of the introduction of the compass to Europe. One of the popular local cruising guides uses the name" Waggoner" for its annual publication. Waggoners, which included charts, navigation tables and sailing directions, were originally published in Holland in 1584 but were rapidly translated into other northwest European languages. During the age of European exploration the growing volume of surveys, charts and written information for navigation led eventually to the 'nationalization' of the nautical publications business. The European and US hydrographic offices were established at the end of the 18th century to provide charts and sailing directions to their navies and later to their merchant fleets. Use The nautical textbooks listed in the bibliography don't have much to say about the use of sailing directions or pilot books. The "Mariner's Handbook", is succinct in it's description II .... intended for all classes of vesselJ to be used in conjunction with chartsJl. Bowditch gives a little more - "A descriptive book for the use of marinersJ containing detailed information of coastal watersJ ... Jete. of an areaJ particularly along coasts other than those of the United States." As Bowditch redundantly points out, pilot books are most useful to those mariners least familiar with an area. Both Bowditch and Dutton emphasize the use of sailing directions and pilot books in voyage planning. The US National Imagery and Mapping Administration (ex-DMA) structures it's world wide coverage on the need to plan voyages. Bowditch (and the US Navy) espouses a bureaucratic planning methodology for all stages of a voyage. Sailing directions playa role in developing these plans. Most texts, for both the big ship and the small boat mariner wax long on the maintenance and correction (by notices) of the books. The relationship of sailing directions to the chart is key in developing strategies for the future success of these publications. As charting has improved, the role of supplementing charted information has decreased in importance. Charting along the BC coast is for the most part adequate to describe the coast, to allow the mariner to make a simple, safe passage and to find shelter when needed. However, when the going gets challenging, the mariner opens up the Coast Pilot (See The Curve of TimeJ page 98). Anybody, on whatever size of boat, stupid enough to attempt to make the passage through !~ 7 ~J .... ... any of the myriad of rapids along the coast without referring to and planning with charts, tide and current tables and, of course, sailing directions, fully deserves to be . hung from the yard as a monument to the romantic past. Similarly, when considering a .. passage, say across Hecate Strait, the prudent mariner will use the Coast Pilot to find out about the landfalls, the weather patterns and the currents. In fact, although the coast .. is well-enough charted and there is adequate tide, current and weather information .. available, it is now the role of Sailing Directions to integrate this knowledge and present ~ it simply to the mariner. .. So, the texts say that Sailing Directions have the role of meaningfully ~ synthesizing nautical information for voyage planning and implementation. .. CHS statement of purpose .. CHS considers sailing directions books to be indispensable companions to .. charts. "They are used with the charts of the area and describe in detail, using text supplemented by photographs, features shown on the charts. Each volume contains a .. wealth of general information on history, weather, charts and publications, water levels .. and datums, navigation information, regulations, aids to navigation, and other items. .-. Specific marine navigation information describes wharves, lights, dangers to navigation, local conditions, ice, currents, anchorages, marinas, facilities and services, .. all with reference to the charts of the areas they cover. These are books published W cyclically and updated through Notices to Mariners. Sailing Directions and Small Craft Guides (similar to Sailing Directions e- but specifically designed for use by the recreational boater) are available as hard cover and soft cover books and booklets with three holes for insertion in a binder. They are priced between $6.00 and $35.00 and vary from 700 to 450 pages." This description is .-- to be found at the CHS web site. .-• Legislation and Regulation . The Canada Oceans Act empowers the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to prepare and publish charts and other documents, and to fix fees for the products, subject .,- to Treasury Board regulations. Pricing guidelines in the new Act may have more flexibility in allowing the inclusion or exclusion of costs when determining the price of .. a product. (Portions of the Canada Oceans Act are reproduced in Appendix 1 ) . Charts and Publications Regulations 1995 These regulations, which have provided a regulatory backbone for all CHS ... publications since the early seventies, are reproduced in full in Appendix 1. The regulations provide that in 6. (1) ".... the person in charge of the navigation of a ship in .. waters under Canadian jurisdiction shall use, in respect of each area to be navigated by .. the ship, the most recent edition of ... O sailing directions, published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service." These regulations are unambiguously applied to vessels over .. 100 gross tons. So it is obvious that CHS has a clear, well-defined, responsibility to ... provide Sailing Directions information to the operators of big (at least greater than 100 gross tons) ships. As for vessels of less than 100 gross tons, Sailing Directions (and .. {ill!! other publications) need not be carried if the person in charge of navigation has sufficient knowledge of: ...- till 8 .....,..-- "(a) the location and character of charted (i) shipping routes, (ii) lights, buoys and marks, and (iii) navigational hazards; and (b) the prevailing navigational conditions, taking into account such factors as tides, currents, ice and weather patterns. II So, it can be implied from the Charts and Publications regulations that information must also be provided to the small vessel operator who is not sailing in familiar territory. If the application of these regulations were to be tested for small craft it is obvious that the chart is by far the most important required publication and a court case WOUld, most likely, revolve around its use rather than that of Sailing Directions. Charts and publications other than those produced by the CHS may be "... , replaced by similar documents and publications issued by the government of another country, if the information contained in them that is necessary for the safe navigation of a ship in the area in which the ship is to be naVigated is as complete, accurate, intelligible and up-to-date as the information contained in the documents and publications referred to in those provisions. II This paragraph of the regulations applies mostly to foreign "esse Is using charts and publications offered by governments providing world-wide coverage, or in a language other than English or French. International Requirements The International Hydrographic Organization requires its member st~tes to standardize the structure and content of Sailing Directions publications." C~na(ja VI(~s represented on the commission that developed these guidelines, and they appear to be oriented to the provision of information for big ships. Small craft are defined as vessels of less than 12 metres in length and/or 2 metres in draught, and are me"ritioned only as an afterthought. The IHO staridards for the structure of the books goes from the general to the particular in three levels for anyone facet of information. The guidelines define a list of topics to be dealt with. For the BC books the levels are represented by an introductory general chapter (or booklet) taking a coa"st-Wide view, then a first section for each subsequent chapter giving regional information,and finally down to the detailed, pertinent facts for each feature at the local level. The standardization of Sailing Directions benefits the user in that it eases the task of finding information when moving from one country's publications to another's. But standardization appears to provide the most benefit to those governments that reproduce other nations' material by cutting and pasting it into their own books. However, that apparently is what the IHO is all about. An abstract of the IHO guidelines is given in pOint form in "Appendix 2. 9 Saili ng Direction s Existing British Columbia Books Main Volumes The first Canadian edition of Sailing Directions. British Columbia Coast was first published by the Government of Canada in two volumes in 1933. It is probable that these editions were the ones that were used in the boat "Caprice" (25 feet length) in "Curve of Time", the book from which the quotations at the section headings are taken. New editions of Volumes1 and 2 were published at fairly regular intervals up to the 17th edition of Volume 1 in 1990 and the 12th edition of Volume 2 in 1991. In times when resources were more generously distributed these new editions of the main books were published every two years. The prices are $40.75 (Yol.1) and $35.75 (YoI.2). Small Craft Guides To cater to increasing recreational boating activity, small craft guides were published in the early seventies to accompany strip charts of the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. Providing guides for small craft recognized the different but no less exacting needs of the recreational boater for nautical information. The first edition of the guide for the Gulf Islands was published in 1973 and the 7th edition (1990) is to be found in the bookstores and chart dealers. The Sunshine Coast guide was first published 1975 and is now in its 4th edition. For the most part these guide books follow the prescriptions of the IHO. The prices are $28.00 (SCG 1) and $18.50 (SCG 2). Two atlases of charts have been published for popular cruising areas on the coast of British Columbia. These publications contain a considerable amount of introductory written general information of importance to the mariner together with abbreviated notes accompanying the chartlets claimed by CHS not to be a substitute for Sailing Directions. Foreign Books Commercial ocean shipping using the ports of British Columbia is almost entirely of foreign registry. The British Admiralty appears to have the bulk of the business for those vessels visiting Vancouver. It appears that only government ships on this coast now have access to chart and publications corrections and maintenance service, whereas in the past it was not unusual for commercial operators to use such services. United States Sailing Directions The US National Imagery and Mapping Administration sells a planning guide for the North Pacific Ocean and Sailing Directions (Eoroute) British Columbia. Although this single BC book relies primarily on Canadian sources its format differs from the existing Canadian books and some of the material comes from non-CHS sources. The current paperback 6th edition (1995) provides a workmanlike 300 page approach to the provision of information on a ship's bridge. It is priced at $30.00. DMA used to publish a loose leaf volume that covered the length of the BC ~ coast. The loose-leaf feature made the book popular for its ease of correction. tiI.JIIJ The United States Coast Pilots, published by the United States National .. 1 0 ..- --__ 11 Ocean and Atmospheric Administration provide coverage of US waters adjacent to BC but not of Canadian waters. Ad miralty Pilots The British Admiralty started publishing Sailing Directions in 1829 and continues to provide world wide coverage today. The two books published by the British rely almost entirely on information from the Canadian Sailing Directions for the British Columbia Coast, Volumes.1 and 2, and follow IHO agreements in structure and format. The current edition of Volume 1 for the south coast was published in 1979 with a supplement in 1990 and Volume 2 for the north coast was published in 1976 with a supplement in 1990. New editions, when published, will be paperbacks. These two Admiralty Pilots are in hard cover and retail at $111.00 each. Past Reports In 1989, Jeffrey Watson, Ph.D. reviewed CHS navigational publications prior to the implementation of desktop publishing. He recommended: 1 moving to an 8.5 x 11" page; 2 using lighter weight paper, packing the text tightly on the page and minimizing the number of keystrokes used; 3 rigorously editing Chapter 1; 4 "Head of Navigational Publications in Ottawa" should make the final decisions on form and content of each book; 5 develop a style manual; 6 prepare a plan for implementing desktop publishing; 7 study future product development; 8 updating Instructions to Revisers. Pacific Region's eight page response (file 5468-1) is longer than the body of Dr. Watson's report. It deals with specific items of content, mainly those to be found in Chapter 1. The response makes these recommendations 1 update. "Instructions to Revisers"; 2 "Accuracy and completeness of content should take priority over all other considerations". CHS executive adopted the booklet format nationally in 1992, after design and development projects that started in 1988 in Quebec. The introduction of the booklets was summarized in presentation given at an executive meeting on 18th November 1992. The objectives of the Sailing Directions Pilot Project were cost reduction, database linkage, facilitation of updating and gaining market share. Apparently the new booklet design received overwhelming public support. From the studies made in Quebec, cost savings of 26% (over 10 years?) were claimed, public awareness was increased as was total distribution of books . . J. Booklets Atlantic booklets On the east coast the General Information booklet has been published. Booklets have also been published for all of the Newfoundland coast plus one for the Saint John River. Prices range from $13.95 to $14.95. 1 1 AJ.]..- Quebec booklets .. Three booklets for the Saint Lawrence River from Gaspe to Montreal are .,. on the book shelves, and a new edition of ATL 111 is being worked on. . The price for these booklets is $6.95. .. Central booklets .,. The general booklet for the Great Lakes and three area booklets covering Canadian waters from Montreal to Sarnia have been published. .. The price is $14.95 except for the WindsorlSarnia book which is $9.95. . Pacific booklets .. Regional work on the general booklet has been completed and it is "in .,. Ottawa" being prepared for publication. It has almost twice as many pages as the booklet concept originally proposed. The Great Lakes general book has 101 pages. A mock-up of .. PacifiC Region's effort has 173. Some adverse comments have been made about the length of the proposed Pacific region booklets. Looking at this in more detail, the geographical .. index in Ontario occupies 27 pages, but in BC it takes up 49 pages. Coastal features like .. tides currents and tsunamis occupy 18 pages for the Pacific coast whereas 15 pages are used for ice, water levels and currents in Central Canada. Seven pages are used for west .. coast weather versus four in Ontario - that's what comes of having twice as many .. seasons. The West Coast book gives the full text for the Canadian modifications and additions to the Collision Regulations; the Central Region book does not do this, thus .. saving 10 pages of text (12 vs. 22 for regulations.) It can be expected that the other .. west coast booklets will need more pages to cover the same length of coastline as booklets from Central and Atlantic Regions. Geography dictates the need for greater length - there .. is only one basic route from CCIW in Burlington to Toronto, but the mariner has the .. choice of four main routes to make the passage from lOS to Vancouver. .. Commercial guides ..... Two nautical books were to be found conspicuously placed with full cover exposure, occupying eighteen inches of the most conspicuous shelf space, with the most .. conspicuous entryway placement, in Cole's bookstore, in the Pacific Place Mall in .. downtown Vancouver, where thousands of prosperous consumers browse every day. The prominently stocked volumes were Hales 1997 Waggoner Cruising Guide and Douglass's .. Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia. Cole's do not allocate shelf space at ~ random nor on the whim of a clerk who likes a colourful cover. Commercially produced nautical guides, with strong marketing programs, are briefly reviewed here. Several of the guides offer methods of up-dating. Promotional literature for some the books is reproduced in Appendix 3. 1997 Waggoner Cruising Guide This is a 256 page, 8.5" x 11", paperback that provides coverage of the coast from Olympia to Prince Rupert. It contains a relatively small amount of advertising, and features fifteen promotional coupons for use in marinas, ship chandlers and other marine businesses. CHS has a full page advertisement in this book. It is published annually and has a web site where updates can be obtained. It is copiously illustrated with outline chartlets, detailed marina plans and photographs. The first part of the book contains general introductory information and tutorials. The remaining two hundred pages are devoted to "Waterways, Bays and Marinas", giving paragraph-length descriptions of each feature. Examples are to be found in Appendix 4. The Waggoner, in a 1 2 ", ',. '".. preliminary "Caution" states it is a guide only and not a substitute for official ~ publications. This is a very good book and well worth limited small craft shelf space. It ~ is a US publication. It relies on Canadian Sailing Directions for waterways advice, but is used by CHS as a source for port and marina information. It is written by an author who knows each feature first hand, who cruises in summer and writes and sells in winter. ~ " One of the CHS chart dealers says this is his best seller, mainly for the price. ~ It retails for $17.95 Canadian at Alexander's . • Exploring the SOuth Coast of British Columbia: Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound to Port Hardy and Blunden Harboyr This is a 302 page, 8.5" x 11", paperback that provides coverage of the " coast inside from Victoria to Port Hardy. Other books in this series are Exploring " Vancouver Island's West Coast, Exploring the North Coast of British Columbia: Blunden " Harbour to Dixon Entrance, Exploring the Inside passage to Alaska' A CruiSing Guide from the San Juan Islands to Glacier Bay. All of these books are US publications. Credit ~ " is given to CHS for the reproduction of Sailing Directions s~gments which are a feature ~ of this book (Mike Woods and Brian Watt also contrib,uted). This "Exploring" book has only a three page introduction, the bulk of the general information is carried as brief e appendices - not a bad idea. The book's easy to read layout has, for each feature ~ described, an italicized quotation from CHS BC Volume 1 or the Small Craft Guide, e preceded by a chart number and a geographic position. The authors' text, following the , quote, expands on the CHS description, often adding an extra caution for the recreational boater. This text, based for the most part on the author's personal experiences, makes for easier reading than the highly structured IHO style in CHS books. Examples of the, style are given in Appendix 4. Outline chartlets, photographs for illustration not ," navigational views, and detailed marina plans accompany the text. Updates are available !) by mail as supplements and similar data is available on the publisher's web site. A "legal i>- disclaimer" states that these books do 1lQ1 meet regulatory requirements and that ',' t appropriate CHS publications must be used. ~ The "Exploring" series, is available in most of the book stores and chart t dealers on the South Coast and in Rupert. They are very gopd, readable cruising guide~ by ~ authors who live with their work. ' , The price of the South Coast book is $39.95 ~ , Charlie's Charts: North to Alaska (Victoria. B.C. to Glacier Bay to Alaska) ~ This is robust 220 page, plastic spiral bound "handy" cruising guide, ~ designed for a more or less direct transit along the Inside Passage. It is published in Canada. There are about a dozen pages of general information including that for "open • water" passages at the start of the book. The format then provides a page of 12 point text opposed on the next page by a hand drawn, annotated chart. The chart shows what under • most circumstances is enough to keep a small craft out of trouble. The text gives a fairly full set of information for each place or passage described. The disclaimer says that "Charlie's" Charts are simply hand-drawn sketches not sufficiently accurate for navigation. Sailing Directions are not mentioned. There are other books in the Charlie's Charts series for more exotic parts of the world - Polynesia, Mexico, Hawaii, Cost Rica and California. There were two reports, given during the contracted interviews, of Charlie's Charts being really useful in a pinch. The text is clear and readable, and the 13 -,. ~ ~ sketches, plans and views, though rough and ready, are pertinent to the small boater's ,. needs. Priced at $50.00. ,. NQrthwest Boat Trayel . A 234 page, 8.5" x 11", paperback that describes itself as a unique ,.. catalogue of over 2000 bays, inlets, waterways, marinas, ... , etc. in Washington, BC and ,. South East Alaska. The publishers offer a subscription service for updates, voice messaging, mailed supplements and "fax-to-you" article retrieval for $25.00 per year. ,- Similar information is also available from a web site, where "pages" are also set up for marine advertisers. This guide carries rather more advertising than the Waggoner. It . has been found to be very useful in acquiring information for CHS books. The format is tight with fine print paragraphs describing each coastal or tourist feature. Aerial .. oblique photos are used and there are simple outline chartlets to reference place names .. and facilities mentioned. The liability disclaimer warns that the charts and maps ~ published are for artistic and general information, only Government approved charts ,. and publications should be used for navigation. Northwest Boat Travel is a well maintained, popular cruising guide. It retails for $27.95. ... The bibliography lists several other cruising guides such as Wolferstan's series that has just been republished in paperback. The books discussed above give an .. up-to-date sample of the guides that supplement, complement or compete with CHS most . directly. .. Maintenance .. New editions Once upon a time Pacific Region tried to publish new editions of Sailing .. Directions in a two year cycle. No new editions of the BC Coast books have been published . for 5 or 6 years. In the light of present resources a two year edition cycle seems luxurious. It is reported that the space on page margins of mariner's copies of Volume 1 .. (1990) have little room left for making corrections. Although the books have been well .. maintained if nothing else is done a new edition of both Volumes 1 and 2 will be needed in the very near future. .. The soft copy text of the books has been modified for many of the information sheets. There are 468 information sheets to be implemented. In addition the .. results of a recent revisory survey of Vancouver Harbour have to be applied, as do the .. other surveys from 1997. .. Notices to Mariners ... Pacific region books are maintained by Notices to Mariners actions as ... soon as important new information comes to hand. All new data acquisitions are routinely ~ reviewed. As a medium for providing the public with immediate essential information Notices to Mariners applied only to Sailing Directions have proved an economical and ... effective tool. In some cases a patch or other time consuming, expensive graphical method of relaying the Notice can be avoided by using a simple written change to Sailing ... Directions. -.. 1 4 ...... PIlI,. ~ Resources ~ There is one Sailing Directions Officer position in Pacific Region, just the ,.. same as the other regions. An examination of the work load for the Pacific Region books may reveal some imbalance but any arguments for additional resources would be easily countered and probably dismissed. In other regions, additional people may be assigned to -- work on Sailing Directions projects. The position in Pacific Region was recently ~ reclassified to the GT 4 level. The incumbent, who has over twenty years experience in ~ the section has worked with dedication to maintain the existing publications and to restructure their text to the booklet format. ~ ~ The region provides the usual support facilities such as a regional data ,. centre and good reproduction facilities. The final formatting with "Pagemaker" is done in Ottawa. It would take only a little training to get the "Pagemaker" work done in Victoria .." if it were advantageous to do so. ~ -_-'_'_7 ""~ ,,1:..."--)1' "e.,' e "• ~ "It e !) e e ~ ,~ ~ ~ ~ .~, I~ I~ .~ 1 5 (f'r ~ e e ~ ~ ,.~ ... ...,. ..Will ...,... ....... 1 6 .. USER CONSULTATION AND OTHER WORK Sunday Harbour (50 0 43'N 1260 42'W), south of Crib Island, affords anchorage for small vessels, with little protection from west winds. Tides.-Tidal differences for Sunday Harbour, referenced on Alert Bay, are given in the Tide Tables, Volume 6. Dlrections.-To enter through Crib Passage, pass midway between Liska Islet and Huston Islet, taking care to avoid the rock with 4.3 m (14 ft) over it 0.1 mile west of the latter, then steer a mid-channel course. To enter via Sunday Passage, steer for the south extremity of Angular Island, bearing 098°, to pass between 90 m (295 ft) and 0.1 mile south of Kate I s let. When Sunday Passage opens, steer a mid channel course through it. When approaching from the SW, note the rock, with 6.7 m (22 ft) over it, 0.3 mile WNW of Coach Islets. Salling Directions, British Columbia Coast Strait of Georgia to Queen Charlotte Sound, in preparation, 1997 Consultation with the marine community The new format for CHS Sailing Directions books was introduced at Vancouver Boat Show in 1 994 in a low key way as no product relevant to Pacific Region was available. Any response to the booklet idea was limited and could be summarized as acceptingly non-committal. In order to assess the response of mariners and other interested people, it was decided to consult directly with CHS's principal customers on a one-to-one basis. . Representatives of the following organizations or groups were listed for consultation: Canadian Power Squadrons, Council of Canadian Yacht Clubs, Local yacht clubs, Fisheries Council of BC, Council of Marine Carriers, Seaspan and other commercial operators, Canadian Merchant Service Guild, Nautical Institute, BC Branch, Company of Master Mariners, Vancouver Branch, Federal Government ship operators (DND and CCG), DND Hydrographic Services, Esquimalt, BC Coast Pilots Ltd. and the Pacific Pilotage Authority, Canadian Marine Advisory Council (if scheduling permits), Publishers of marine periodicals, books and guides, Instructors and students at Nautical Studies, Camosun College. Not listed above are those CHS chart dealers who provided valuable opinions and very useful insights into their customers needs. Some of the individuals interviewed represented two groups, such as Council of Canadian Yacht Clubs and local yacht clubs, but an excellent representative sample was interviewed. In addition to those on the above list representatives of the following were interviewed: BC Pilotage Corporation, HMCS Venture, Vancouver Port Corporation, Prince Rupert Port Corporation, United Fishermen and Allied Workers. 17 -till .,.~ It is regretted that interviews could not be arranged with instructors at PMTC or people at the Guild. Those interviewed are listed together with their responses in p,rl Appendix 5. p p INTERVIEWS ..w A structured set of questions was drawn up with the cooperation of CHS ., management with the aim of attaining complete enlightenment on the issues listed on page 1 of the introduction to this report. The questions are given at the start of Appendix .. 5. As it turned out, the interviews were done in a very unstructured manner, posing fIJI open questions and using Central Region booklets, Pacific Region mock-up booklets (spiral-bound), geographic layout diagrams and commercial cruising guides to elicit ... responses. pm Most interviews were done in the Victoria area but trips were also made to fill Prince Rupert and Vancouver. In Prince Rupert, on October 8th and 9th a total of ten P people were interviewed who can be considered to represent the fishing community and through the chart dealers, recreational boaters. The only group missed was the Prince .. Rupert Yacht Club where only the caretaker was available. In Vancouver, seven people were interviewed, strongly representative of the commercial shipping industry view ... point. The remaining public liaison work was done in the Victoria area where RCN officers, Coast Guard Masters and Superintendents, tow boat masters, cruising yacht ~ owners, Canadian Power Squadron executives and Nautical College instructors supplied a - cross section of the BC marine community. Three chart dealers from around Victoria .. were also shown the proposed changes. It should be noted that these interviews do not in anyway make a scientific sample ..- and no statistical inferences can be drawn from them. All these people gave generously, ~ and surprisingly quite willingly, of their time and knowledge, even though Sailing Directions is something that causes no great stirring in their loins. Other data acquisition .-- Web site WIll As proposed, a questionnaire was drawn up and posted on a Cascadian's web site. .,. The questions used were a subset of those given in the interviews, framed in a more closed form. Opportunity was given for a 100 word response. The web site has had about .. 130 hits and two full responses plus an very useful e-mail from the editor for Fairplay Shipping publications. A request for input at the web site was circulated on the Canadian .. Coast Guard Colleges Marine-L list, on the US Coast Guard Seattle VTS list, the World .. Cruising list and on the Power Squadrons rec.boat.cruising use group. The later elicited only one response - an offer of a boat for sale to use with Sailing Directions. The .. response to this www methodology was less than enthusiastic and it cannot be considered .. successful. The questions and replies are to be found in Appendix 6. ... Commercial cruising guides .. Extracts from commercial cruising guides and government Sailing Directions can ~ be found in Appendix 4. The samples were selected by using the author's critical references to Sailing Directions in "The Curve of Time", which is as good a method of ~ randomization as will be found anywhere. The purpose of this compilation was to allow ... comparison among writing styles and contents. Several of the cruising guides have been .. 18 ..- ~ •if It reviewed in the previous background section and comments made on their presentation I and format. By reviewing style, presentation and content of the cruising guides as opposed to government Sailing Directions it was hoped to garner some insights into the •~ reasons for their success. ~ Production Review t A count of "Information Sheets" to be reviewed was obtained from Pacific Region • Sailing Direction's office to assist in production time estimation. Sales figures and book prices were obtained from the Pacific Region Chart Sales office. Some inquiries were •~ made in the Victoria area about the availability of commercial "Pagemaker" services. Correspondence related to this is given Appendix 6. ~ •~ ~ i~• It• I ,~ 'I.I. I~ it It I. I. ~ • • ~ .~ ~ • 1 9 . ~ .~ ,.~ .. ,. . .fl'" . "...... ,. ...,. ... ....... ...... 20 .. DATA Sunday Harbour. Use chart 3546; 3515. Sunday Harbour is formed by Crib Island and Angular Island, north of the mouth of Arrow Passage. The bay is very pretty, but exposed to westerly winds. The little cove in the northeast corner looks attractive until you try to enter and realize it is full of rocks. We would anchor in the middle of Sunday Harbour for a relaxing lunch on a quiet day. 1997 Waggoner Cruising Guide, page176. Classification of users Appendix 5 contains the tabulated notes from the interviews. To give an overview of the responses, a classification of user's applications for Sailing Directions is necessary. The web questions classified respondents by type of vessel - fishing vessel, recreational boat, coastal commercial vessel, ocean-going commercial vessel. Government vessels were not included as more than a few opinions were available from other sources. In the interviews the question was open for respondents own classification. People associated with the following types of vessel were interviewed: coastal commercial shipping, Canadian Navy,'sail boats, CCG buoy tenders, Fisheries patrol and SAR, seine boats, gill netters, power boats, tow boats, deep-sea freighters and cruise ships. Another simpler source of the classification of users of Sailing Directions is the Charts and Publications Regulations, 1995, which of defines two main groups - vessels over 100 gross tons or vessels under 100 gross tons. In terms of changes in the use of Sailing Directions 100 gross tons is a rather high limit. It was decided to use a classification similar to the Charts and Publications' limit but falling somewhere at about 50 feet in length, which is usually smaller than 100 gross tons. Although there are many commercial vessels less than 50 feet in length working on the coast their needs can technically be more closely identified with those of the recreational boater. Above the 50 feet limit the vast majority of books would be found on regulated commercial vessels. So tabled on the next page, in two categories is what is hoped to be a fair synthesis of the responses mapped against the issues defined in the Introduction. 21 .~... -:-w..:... ;: .. • -i!1 Table 1 Issues Fully ReQulated Vessels Other vessels .- 1 Acceptability Several mariners expressed ' Booklet format was welcomed a preference for the old . as an improvement. books, but could see the -~ advantages of booklets for q.Ill . small craft recoQnized. 2 Limits ' South: Victoria to Vancouver ' South: Victoria, Gulf Is., .. : should be in one book, Vancouver should be in one pi , minimize number of books. book; overlaps needed. North: definitely one book for .. North: it is possible to fit the mainland, one book for ~ i every thing in one book. the Charlottes. Much small craft traffic north from c- : Rupert. 3 Grouping/ Not a major issue but CHS I Grouping release of the ..,. Timing must minimize change over ' booklets into useful packages '" i period. is imQortant. '4 Binding Paperback format is fine, Definite preference for - . after that split between spiral binding . .. I ! spiral and saddle stitched .. booklets with a binder. S Maintenance ' Need new edition now, loose- , Not an issue. , leaf format suggested as way , Marina guides publish ..- to lessen workload. Small annually. I craft corrections waste time I so keep small craft info. out ..- , of main books. . 6 Content Preference for separation of Greater level of detail than is WI recreational from big ship now available is important. needs. .. Regulations, VTS, customs & .,. pilot info. are important, so is the Qazetteer. .. 7 Government As the govt forces use of Not generally used. WI publications these books CHS should I satisfy regulated users first. .. Deep sea ships mostly use BA PJoducts. .. 8 Commercial Not generally used. Douglass's "Exploring the ... .. guides Coast" was most frequently .. mentioned. Waggoner seems to sell best as marina Quide. .. 9 Review N/A N/A .. I 10 Improvements ; CD Rom for office use. More detail in poorly charted areas e.g. Banks I. .. Mariner's Handbook needed. Make layout dia. accurate. .. I Web site for downloading up- I Sketches always useful. to-date stuff before cruising. , .. Include buoy id. in each book. : ...... 22 .... • It " Production Review • Data related to producing and selling Pacific Region Sailing Directions was obtained from .. CHS staff. Sales figures start in the year of the publication of a new edition. lit Table 2 - Sales S£lles of Sailiog 89/90 90/9 91/9 92/9 93/9 94/9 95/9 TOTAL. -,.. Directions 1 2 3 4 5 6 " BC. VOL. 1 Sale 500 1231 896 759 903 779 5068 ... Free 341 24 20 23 44 48 500 .. Total 841 1255 916 782 947 827 5568 BC. VOL. 2 Sale 795 568 529 538 510 2940 • Free 251 1 0 8 6 1 276 " Total 1046 578 537 544 511 3216 "lit Small Craft 1 !t Sale 531 594 463 388 305 2281 Free 92 3 1 4 0 2 111 ,• Total 623 597 477 388 307 2392 Small Craft 2 t Sale 375 494 362 332 346 1909 , Free 97 1 2 1 4 0 114 t Total 472 506 363 336 346 2023 t ~ Crude estimates on the amount of work to be done to achieve an effective publication schedule can be initiated using the number of pages to be rewritten and number of t information sheets to be processed. ~ T a bIe 3 - PaQes and Information Sheets •~ Work Load Pages of Information BC Sailing Directions Volume 1 Text Sheets ~ ~ Chapter 1 General 62 0 Chapter 2 Juan de Fuca to Victoria 22 0 • Chapter 3 Gulf Islands 34 0 Chapter 4 Southern Strait of Georgia 45 111 • Chapter 5 Fraser River 1 9 82 Chapter 6 Northern Strait of Georgia 22 66 - Chapter 7 Discovery Strait, Broughton Strait, etc. 27 49 Chapter 8 Mainland Inlets •~ 23 100 Chapter 9 Queen Charlotte Strait 1 4 1 6 ~ Chapter 10 West Coast, Vancouver Island 1 8 1 9 Chapter 11 Vancouver Island Inlets 38 25 ~ Appendices 35 • i~ It 23 • Appendix 6 contains the web site questions and the few responses received. It also contains a useful letter from the Editor of Fairplay Publishing, London. Also in Appendix 6 is the e-mail concerning a circulated request for information about the availability of Pagemaker compilation services in the Victoria area. ., til •.,. ~ ill ..~ ..- ...WI W ..W .. .. •.. .. 24 ...... ,!t • •" ," , Be MAP 3 , " "- " "~ ~ ,.~ ~ ,• ,~ ,•~ ,~ • '~, :,I~ I. 1~ 25 I, l~ l~ I~ f!iJ ~ fii!!l.. / @!',J".;i- ~ 26 CONSIDERATIONS Sunday Harbour Chart 3546 metric, 3515 metric; anchor: 500 43.45' N, 126 0 41.90' W (NAD 83) -Extract from CHS Sailing Directions- Sunday Harbour, located between Crib and Angular Island, is open to the northwest. As the leaning trees on the shore indicate, prevailing winds here come from the northwest. Sunday Harbour can be entered by either the west or east passages. Use chart 3546; it is the largest scale available. The word "harbor" is used loosely and could well have come from a canoeist when he was about to haul out after having paddled from Mamalilaculla on an ebb tide. Who cares about a little west wind when it's haul out time! Sunday Harbour is a great lunch stop, a special place with a feeling of the outer waters. (Listen carefully for the beat of the paddles!) Anchor in 3 to 4 fathoms over a reported sand with gravel and kelp bottom with unrecorded holding. Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia, 1996, page 236. Mariners and customers The elementary classification of Sailing Directions users is discussed in the previous section on Data. Prior to starting work on this report, user groups were defined to be recreational boaters, fishermen, commercial coastal shipping, including tow boats, commercial deep-sea shipping and government ships, both Navy and Coast Guard. Most of the people interviewed would voluntarily and naturally place themselves as small craft recreational users or as a commercial/government, regulated user. It was not uncommon for somebody to say "That'll be handy for the small boats but will the booklets be easy to correct?" when examining the sample booklets from Central Region. Perhaps the exceptions to the big/small grouping are fishermen who usually identify themselves by their gear type. But then the first remark of one gill netter was "Most of the guys don't use those books, they know where to fish". Larger fishing vessels are regulated and inspected. The Charts and Publications Regulations are routinely enforced on commercial vessels and those users who come under the gentle care of Transport Canada's inspectors expect CHS to provide Sailing Directions that fully meet their needs. A representative of regulated users argued that they are forced to buy these books therefore these books should have the appropriate content and format to aid them in making a safe and efficient passage. The Charts and Publications Regulations are not routinely enforced on recreational small craft. Courtesy inspections are offered to recreational boaters but these do not extended to Sailing Directions. None of the people from the small craft grouping who were interviewed mentioned anything to do with regulatory requirements. One interviewee from the yachting community thought Sailing Directions should 27 .' CII tf.l-., ~ highlight dangers, emphasize safety, and provide as much other small craft-oriented IIi'1 information as space allows. The Regulations do imply a requirement for CHS to provide Sailing Directions information for vessels of less than 1 00 tons who do not have local ~ knowledge. ., If there was a common thread found in the responses it was the need for CHS to '*f provide to all mariners clear directions for making a safe passage and finding a safe fIIr1 haven. • Q1I# General acceptability of the proposed changes .. ~ Routinely regulated users Mariners associated with regulated ships had divergent opinions about the !fit; general acceptability of the proposed booklet type Sailing Directions. For the Navy's ... needs, Lt. Kappel, an Instructor at HMCS "Venture", the navigation school, was strongly opposed to the change in format as multiple booklets, ranging across the coast, would be fIlS awkward to use in emergency situations. However, Earl Dawson, of the Esquimalt Hydrographic Depot thought the booklets would be an improvement over the existing .. publications. Lt. Kappel was very interested in the geographic division of the proposed Of! booklets and offered detailed proposals. Coast Guard commanders and officers also split on the proposed changes:- "Bartlett" accepting, "Narwhal" opposed, and "Kitimat 2" in .. favour. In general they thought that the inclusion of detailed small craft information .. would be useful for both navigation aids work and for search and rescue. till The coastal tow boat and regulated fish boat operators do not appear to use CHS fJI!l Sailing Directions very much but recognize that they have to be on board and that it is a chore to continually have to make corrections. Captain Hodgson of Seaspan thought that .. the change to booklets would be "marginally acceptable". .- iiiIiIIl ~ The Harbour Masters .at the Ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert thought that the booklets would be useful for small boaters' and were generally accepting of the ~ proposed changes. Captains Hoyrup and Myerscough, both BC coast pilots had a @II preference for the old perfect binding (paperback) format, but were accepting of the small boaters needs. Deep-sea commercial shipping uses mainly the British Admiralty @I series of publications that provides a uniform and accessible product at all major ports. PI The pilots and the BA chart agent said that deep-sea commercial ships trading regularly with Vancouver do buy Canadian Sailing Directions. Generally, the deep-sea commercial .... shipping industry has little time to worry about the content and format of Sailing Directions. Their attitude was summarized by Captain Antia of Vancouver's "top sales" .. chart dealer as being "If it is a government required safety publication then buy it - it ... is just another cost of doing business". . In summary, mariners associated with using Sailing Directions on regulated .. ships had a preference for the two volumes of perfect bound books now used, but they tpJI recognized that the booklets would offer advantages for the small boater. .. Small boaters Almost without exception, the recreational boating community welcomed the .. proposed change to booklet format. Dick Niven, representative of the BC Council of Yacht .. Clubs and a member of the Victoria Marine Advisory Council said that "most recreational boaters would buy government sailing directions if they were small, cheap, and .. appealing" . .. 28 til.. •~ "• Twenty five years ago CHS recognized that there were two distinct demands on Sailing Directions that parallel the two categories found in the Charts and Publications Regulations and that a two tier system Sailing Directions was needed. Small craft guides "It were published to cater to the recreational boater. These government guides do not appear to have been as successful as commercially produced cruising guides and directories in a strongly competitive market place. The total sales of small craft guides ".. for the south coast, given in Table 3 for the current editions, are only 50% of the number for the main books sold, although there are many, many more potential users. Estimates of sales of commercial guides versus government guides at CHS chart dealers " range from ratios of five-to-one to twenty-to-one. CHS's small craft books do have '" their advantages - safety-orientation, completeness, accuracy and a reliable up-dating service. But these virtues are insufficient for them to achieve their full potential "~ distribution because of other factors. They are written in a very formal "bureaucratic" style. They are restricted by the influence of the IHO standards. They do not offer the detail and intimacy about the coast that is a key to the success of a commercial product. " Although the CHS guides have excellent oblique aerial photographs they do not contain the "'& useful plans and other illustrations that enliven the commercial publications. Lastly, they are sold through chart dealers and many sales opportunities are missed. , -~ The booklets, whose format was developed in Quebec, is an excellent concept that would be welcomed by small craft mariners. But it appears that the booklet format it would be afflicted by the same weaknesses as the small craft guides - that of putting t formal "big ship type" information in a recreational package. It is extremely difficult to satiSfy both groups of CHS's customers. The fully regulated users are not entirely in t favour of the booklet proposal and the recreational boater will get half a dozen ~ government style booklets with a lot of boring, IHO style, scannable text. I Such a dichotomy in demand produces an opportunity. If CHS can arrange its ~ pricing to take full advantage of a "price discriminating" structure then the publication and maintenance of two series of Sailing Directions would be advantageous to all ~ concerned. The fully regulated mariner could be offered new editions of the existing books following IHO requirements. Such new editions can include appropriate improvements suggested by' interviewees. The price range for the fully regulated •~ book(s) should be determined with cognizance of the cost of foreign publications and if ~ price discrimination works in this market then the price can be set at higher than it is now. Although Canadian commercial operators will resent paying an arm and leg for ~ legally required books, there appears to be room for price increases for the regulated ~ product. ~ The recreational boater could then be offered a series of booklets, whose format ~ and content exploit CHS's advantages - safety-orientation, completeness, accuracy and continuity over a long period of time. To these advantages a greater level of detail, a ~ readable literary style, a well illustrated format, total coverage of the coast and most ~ importantly an author with an intimate and first hand knowledge of the coast must be added. The price to the recreational boater would be determined by market methods, ~ bearing in mind that there are two guides on the market that cover the whole coast for less than $30.00. The resources needed to develop a series of booklets for small-craft ,• users following Quebec's original proposal are not immediately available to CHS Pacific Region. As the most competitive commercially produced guides are of US origin, it would ~ be appropriate for CHS to find a Canadian partner, who is completely familiar with the coast and is prepared to develop a series of small craft sailing directions booklets using ~ CHS databases and other existing resources. ~ .~ ~ 29 it• I~ 2 Geographic limits of the booklets The BC Coast can be divided in several different ways - inside and outside following north/south lines is commonly used. Going east/west across the grain the coast is frequently divided in three - north, central and south. Volumes 1 and 2 of Sailing Directions divide the coast in two at Cape Caution. The question of which geographically layout would be best interested may of the users but only one interviewee questioned the division in Queen Charlotte Sound. The Seven Booklet Scheme A layout following the suggestions of interviewees is shown on BC MAP - 3 in the Data Section for the currently proposed scheme of seven booklets. The number of volumes has been reduced to six as allowed by spiral binding. On the North Coast there was~nanimous disagreement with the proposal to divide the booklets through the islands on the east side of Hecate Strait as shown in BC Map - 2. In place of the proposed layout several people suggested putting the Queen Charlottes and Dixon Entrance in one book and all the Mainland Inlets, Inside Passage and the islands on the east shore of Hecate Strait in another. On the South Coast, where four booklets are now schemed there was a strong expression of interest in getting the waters used in the passage from Victoria to .... Vancouver into one booklet. If the Gulf Islands can be included so much the better. Users suggesting this approach included the people from the RCN, the pilots and the Council·of BC Yacht Clubs. Also of interest to all types of mariners was the starting point of the series of publications. The consensus for the start of the very first chapter in a series seems to fall somewhere between Brotchie Ledge and Sheringham Point at the approaches to Victoria. Recreational boaters in the Vancouver area may think that a series should start in Burrard Inlet. A Two Tier System If a two tier system of Sailing Directions books and booklets is to be considered then much of the information gathered in this contract can be used in designing a geographic layout. No changes in geographic coverage are envisaged for the main books. But, the need for greater detail and additional graphics will mean that any booklets deSigned specifically for small craft will have to have more pages than are currently used to describe a region. Therefore if the booklet format is to be adopted smaller areas will be covered by each booklet. Using the criteria derived from the interviews the initiation point for the series could be Race Rocks off Victoria. It is probable that at least ten, well-illustrated booklets would be needed to cover the coast. Contrary to the wishes of some interviewees, it does not appear to be possible to get all the water between Victoria and Vancouver into one booklet. Some suggested coverage areas for volumes could be: 1 - The Southern Gulf Islands, Race Rocks to Active Pass. 2 - The Fraser River, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound; 3 - The Sunshine Coast and Jervis Inlet; and so on to 10? - Prince Rupert to Stewart (and Ketchikan) including Work Channel. 30 3 Appropriate timing of publication ~ ~ The implementation of any scenario is dependent upon the number and competence of the people applied to the task. If the use of Sailing Directions is to be kept ~ simple and therefore safe, and if there is to be any change of format, then more resources will have to be applied to making the change. -~ A Two Tier System ~ .., If the concept of producing two series of Sailing Directions on the Pacific coast is .., to be considered then the first thing on the job list is to make the required revisions and publish the 16th edition of Sailing Directions. British Columbia Coast (South Portion) ~ and 13th edition of Sailing Directions. British Columbia Coast (North Portion). To achieve the publication of two new editions within two years will require the assignment of an additional person to the task to work with the Pacific Region Sailing -~ Directions officer. The next thing to do is to look after the interests of the recreational boater and ~ find somebody who is completely familiar with the coast, who identifies with the small ~ boater, is assiduous, creative and literate and who is oriented to the commercial publications business. The detailed design of both the format and content for any series of ~ any small craft sailing directions is best left to the person (people) who would have to ~ do the job, but obviously it should be done as quickly as possible. As this series booklets would be dedicated to small craft, formal "Notice to Mariners" maintenance would not be ,., needed. It would therefore be possible to group the booklets for publication, without ~ having to consider formal maintenance. It is estimated that with appropriate management support it may be possible to write, verify and publish a series of booklets in three years. This would not be a "government" job. ~ '"., The Seven Booklet Scheme Ideally, for the mariner it would be best to publish and distribute all the e currently proposed booklets' replacing the four existing books in a very short period of ~ time. Such an approach requires the in-house maintenance (additions and corrections) , of several booklets over a period of time before release. Mariners on regulated vessels , are concerned about applying corrections and want to maintain two series of books for as short a time as possible. ~ Several combinations are possible depending upon the people available and the ,~ tolerance for in-house maintenance before publication. Some of the combinations are: , 1- PAC200 and PAC201, then the rest of booklets, one per year. This is doable with existing resources. ~ 2- PAC200 as soon as possible then PAC201 and PAC202 one year later, the rest ~ of the southern booklets, followed by the northern booklets in the following year. ~ 3- Two booklets per year for three (or four years). '\ Combinations 2 and 3 require at least one additional person to work with the Pacific Region Sailing Directions officer. 31 4 Preferences for binding the publications Routinely regulated users Users on government and commercial ships were reserved in their acceptance of the booklet format and many expressed a preference for the existing perfect binding. Some people mentioned the old US Navy/DMA loose leaf books favourably. When the options of saddle-stitching and spiral binding for the booklet format were discussed then the preference pOinted strongly to the spiral binding as it lays flat on the chart table. It should be noted that spiral binding is the most expensive of the options available. Apparently there is no significant difference in cost between saddle-stitch and perfect binding and perfect binding has the advantage of allowing the title to be placed on the spine. Many of these users emphasized a need for robust construction. One user mentioned that spiral bindings tend to catch on the chart and other books when in use. Several people noted the need for identification on the spine. Three(D)-ring binders were considered to be a very useful adjunct to the smaller books. Small boaters As the booklet' format was for the most part welcomed by this group the preference in type of binding fell between saddle-stitch and spiral. A clear preference I was stated by the majority of people interviewed for the spiral bound option. This option allows the booklet to be easily folded back on itself thus using less space. It should be noted that most of the popular commercially produced cruising guides use the a perfect •f binding with up to three hundred 8.5" x 11" pages. The recreational boater seems to be perfectly happy to buy this format. f ,j 5 Suitability for maintenance f Correction of charts and publications is an important factor on government and fi commercial ships. It is tedious and time consuming and anything that helps in the f process such as old US Navy/DMA loose leaf format would be popular. The current editions of Volumes 1 and 2 were produced in 1990 and 1991 and several conscientious mariners had books where there was no room left on some pages for hand corrections. " Maintenance was not mentioned by interviewees who were small craft operators. -fllJ. A Two Tier System @ill @II If this set-up is to be considered then the status quo for maintenance by Notices to Mariners (and Shipping) would continue for the two main volumes of Sailing . Directions. For the series of booklets to be developed for small boaters, formal Notice to Mariners maintenance may not be required. Certainly, a series of booklets in a very . different, non-IHO, informal style would double the effort in preparing and . disseminating Notices to Mariners as unique notices would have to be written for the small boater. As mentioned above maintenance was not a major concern of recreational .. boaters and it is unlikely that many recreational boaters would go to the trouble of .. applying corrections to their booklets. Since many of the changes to be applied to Sailing ... Directions are about port facilities and structures it may be possible to avoid much of the maintenance by leaving detail to the commercial marina directories such as .- -- 32 -- ,•" Northwest Boat Travel. In any case, the subject of maintenance for small craft booklets "., must be considered in detail when designing the series. It should be noted that , commercial publishers make updates and corrections available to purchasers through web sites. ~ ..., The Seven Booklet Scheme The spaciousness of the proposed booklet format would help with the problem of ., space for hand corrections. However, there was a concern that much time could be , wasted on corrections appropriate only for small craft. If new editions of the booklets are published frequently for areas where there are many changes appearing in Notices to , Mariners then the booklet format could ease the mariner's corrections workload . • 6 Review of the content -~ The IHO's extensive list of required contents is given in Appendix 2. The IHO ~ structure implies a triplication as information becomes more detailed at each level. Some of the items in that long list were touched on in the interviews and on the web site ~ questions. ~ Hazards to navigation and cautions ~ , Obviously this aspect is of the highest priority. One recreational boater pointed out that small craft need more detailed information of seldom used passages and . ~ waterways (e.g. "through the Polkinghorne Islands") which is not in Sailing Directions. ~ Such detail is more often provided in cruising guide books . Local weather information •~ This feature was not emphasized by the interviewees but is certainly important. ~ There is a good little· weathe( book for the coast published by Environment Canada , Marine Weather Hazards, a guide to forecasts and local conditions, 2nd edition, , Vancouver, 1990. This book was mentioned during the interviews. ~ Anchorage or mooring information ~ , The small boater needs a greater level of detail than is presently provided. ~ Current and tide descriptions ~ This important subject was not raised. ~ Local marine regulations and laws. ~ ~ A large number of the people associated with regulated shipping commented on the mariner's requirement for regulatory information. Some of the important ~ regulations mentioned were customs regulations, the Canadian version of the Collision , Regulations, casualty reporting, VTS requirement, anti-pollution regulations, pilotage requirements, and to a lesser eXtent, the Charts and Publications Regulations. Of these ~ listed regulations only customs requ'irements were mentioned by recreational boaters, ~ however sewage discharge requirements are of increasing interest to these people. • • 33 ~ ~ ------~ -~ ~ Port facility information ~ No specific facets of the need for port data were mentioned. p,:I ,-.. Refuge and shelter information (III,l The small boater needs a greater level of detail than is presently provided. ~ Local coast guard traffic service details ~ f/KJ VTS details although given in other publications were mentioned by several ,., people. ~ Navigation aids information ,. This subject was not raised by interviewees. ... points of interest "tourist" information ..,. The need or want for this sort of content was mentioned by only one respondent - a recreational boater operating off Northeast Brazil. In general, when this topic of .. tourist type content arose most people thought it was not appropriate for inclusion in Sailing Directions. ... Historical notes .. This topic was not mentioned. trJ!! P Pilotage information .". This subject is important to regulated vessels as was discussed by several r--~.' respondents and included in ·the list of wanted regulatory information. .,. In summary, of all the points mentioned concerning content, the most outstanding ones were the small boat operators' need for detail and the government and commercial .. mariners interest in rules and regulations. An important feature of sailing directions . not listed above is the Gazetteer and even those people most familiar with the waterways of the coast think it is an essential element of the books. .. 7 Other Government Publications •.. After the tide tables, sailing directions appear to many users to be the most .,. important of the publications required by the Charts and Publications Regulations. Some overlap with other publications is perhaps unavoidable, but there appear to be ... opportunities for a rigorous editor to avoid many of the overlaps among regulatory . publications. The instructors at Camosun College suggested that the annual edition of Notices to Mariners would be a likely starting point. Other small features, such as the .. standard cross-reference sentence to tide tables can be considered for change. There may be opportunities in PAC200 to tighten up the background sections on weather, and there ... definitely are opportunities to reduce the size of the oceanographic diagrams which are .. particularly space consuming. All in all, the avoidance of duplication is a picky process requiring a hard-nosed editor. .. er e 34 .. tid ,1!t ,• , Foreign Sailing Directions ~ It has already been noted that the British Admiralty appears to be the largest foreign supplier of Sailing Directions to deep-sea shipping using Vancouver. CHS publications are the source for the content of the BA's books and the Brits are charging e over $100 for their books. Something is wrong with this picture. Now, CHS has a " responsibility to ensure that important information is readily available to foreign as well as Canadian vessels and CHS should gain, not lose, from assiduously fulfilling this responsibility. The issue of other nations benefiting from national information provided "~ through IHO agreements has been raised at international fora and is beyond the scope of ~., this report . The US book comes in one volume for the whole coast and provides 300 pages of succinct information, probably edited down from CHS sources. It is obviously aimed at -~ the big ship operator. For example, the US book gives only two lines about the waters above Skookumchuk Rapids whereas CHS Volume 1 has two pages. (It is suspected that the US Navy has a variety of methods of deploying its resources in the waters behind Sechelt). The US books offer the buyer of a world-wide coverage series a good, cheap "~ ($30) alternative to the BA publications. American brevity could be a model for the ~ Canadian books. ~ ~ 8 Commercial Publications ~ The waterway from Olympia to Skagway is often citeq to be the world's premier ~ recreational boating and cruising area, at least, in summer. The West Coast is also ~ blessed with many guide books for people using this magnificent waterway. These guides are used mainly by people who cruise in small boats. An editor of one of these ~ publications was surprised that CHS was even interested in providing information for the small boater. Conversely, many of the mariners on larger vessels were unaware of the existence of the guides. Several the respondents noted that the commercial -~ publications provide more pertinent detail for the small boater than is found in CHS ~ books. Often, as is illustrated in Appendix 4, there is a variety of commentary" avai!able· on anyone feature which is usually written in a much more readable manner than CHS ~ achieves. On CHS's part the IHO specifications do say that Sailing Directions are designed ~ to be scanned not necessarily read. ~ The authors of guides targeting the recreational boater have a number of ,~ advantages when compared to CHS: . their format is not restricted by IHO reqUirements; ~ ~ they can aim at one specific segment of the marine community; ~ they avoid an absolute requirement for maintenance; ~ they do not have to "completely" cover the coast; ~ , they can exploit the author's literary and artistic abilities to the fullest; they are not restricted to chart dealerships for sales; -~ they do not have to pay absolute attention to safety issues; • ~ 35 • • fiP P. ~ ~ they are unrestricted by government policy as to pricing and advertising incentives; ~,- and most importantly they have dedicated authors who live lives closely associated with the books. ~ ~ ~ 9 Relationship to commercial publications p (!IS There are two main types of publication in the Sailing Directions market - directories and guides. They both do a good job for the small boater. Directories provide r up-to-date information on an annual basis whereas the cruising guides take a more long term view. It appears the commercial guides have as much a complementary role to CHS ".. Sailing Directions as they do a competitive one. The producers of commercial r publications have successfully exploited a gap left by government and the commercial publishers will argue that the small craft sailing direction's market is already very "". adequately served. They supplement the information found in the CHS books, giving for ~ example, up-to-date marina information and float layout diagrams. They rely on Sailing Directions for the basis of directions for making a safe passage. An exam pie is the ".. Douglass's presentation of Seymour Narrows where after quoting directly the contents of r a page from Volume 1, the authors write 5 lines of rather flippant comment that add nothing to the competent directions given by CHS. But when it comes to coves and r anchorages the private authors do a better job in expanding, clarifying and emphasizing ". the laconic IHO derived style. This supplementary function is exemplified in Appendix 4 where extracts from government and commercial publications are given for Sunday r Harbour. r The CHS books do a number of things well and these can be emphasized. They are r complete - Masset is not left out of the North Coast directions as it is in the Douglass r book. Sailing Directions provide safe, complete, conservative, reliable advice for making a passage. CHS Small Craft Guides could have been improved by ignoring IHO r structure and style requireme'nts. The weaknesses of CHS publications are often their ....,- descriptions of small anchorages, bays, coves, slots and other hidy holes that offer such r great gunkholing along the coast. r Price is important. Alexander's in Vancouver, who had the two main directories on display side by side, said that the Waggoner easily out sold the Northwest Boat Travel ~ because of the ten dollar price difference. The Waggoner covers the whole coast, quite r effectively, for less than $20.00. Obviously not a competitor to be met head-on. Douglass's "Exploring" series cover most of the coast for about $130.00. There is .. probably price room for CHS to price its package of booklets somewhere in between the cost of directories and that of guide books. ,..,.... .,..- A Two Tier System ... If a new CHS series of small craft sailing directions is to be developed then factors in the above list can influence the design of the content and format. The .. commercial guides have very strong advantages over CHS publications in marketing and in the author's creative license. CHS must include these two factors with their own .. known strengths if they are to successfully introduce a series of booklets for the small ... boater. A few of the interviewees expressed interest in cooperating with CHS in developing a small craft sailing directions...... 36 ...... "t • • 1 0 Improvements to CHS Sailing Directions. ~ ~ Some of the suggestions given by respondents were: Include as many sketches as possible. "t e Leave adequate space for hand corrections. ~ Provide overlaps to include features providing refuge/shelter that are also e described in the adjacent book. ~ The "U" flag used as a caution symbol in the proposed seven booklets should be ~ changed to a"!". ~ Include marine park information. ~ Include a colour buoyage diagram in each booklet. ~ Put the small craft information in separate sections. ~ ~ Just put CHS Sailing Directions on the web and let people take them down when they need them. ~ Produce a Canadian Mariner's Handbook to cover much of the regulation and general environmental information. •~ ~ Put Sailing Directions on a CD-Rom for office (and some ship's use). Make the booklet diagram accurate. ~ ~ Provide more detail for poorly charted areas such as south of Banks Island. ,~ Provide a single level index and Gazetteer. .~ Use colour pictorials and symbols . .~ Spend CHS's limited budget on surveys not on small craft puplications that can be I~ provided commercially . .. ~ Provide additional information for vessels entering from the US. I~ ~ CHS needs to define a policy that states the objectives and target market for its Sailing Directions. '~ I~ Some of the suggestions are impractical to implement, most of them require I~ increased resources, but all of them should receive CHS's consideration and response. I~ I~ \~ I~ I~ i~ ~ 37 .~ !. I~ .-~ • Production - The Seven Booklet Scheme •..- Some of the problems associated with getting these proposed seven booklets in the .. hands of the public are discussed in subsection 3 above, concerning grouping and timing. .w- Whatever geographic arrangement is laid out, whatever binding method is selected and .,- whatever efficient grouping/timing for publication is chosen - it is certain that additional people will have to be applied to the tasks of preparing the proposed booklets WI for publication. • The work list includes: 468 information sheets to be implemented; .-- review and act on continuously arriving information at the data centre; • implementation of the results of a recent revisory survey of Vancouver • Harbour and then get new photographs; ~ implementation of other surveys from 1997 and subsequent years; .... the orientation of the proposed booklet for the West Coast of Vancouver Island has to be reversed. w If any proposal is implemented to change the south coast layout, it will mean .. there will be considerable work to be done in rearranging the nearly complete PAC201 ~ and to a lesser extent to PAC200. Changes that interviewees proposed for the North Coast ~ will have a lesser impact on production as only a very small amount of work has been done in that area to date. There is of course, the continuing essential of maintenance by W Notice to Mariners of all of the books or booklets that Pacific Region is responsible for. e Headquarters' role in the production of the booklets has not been considered in .. any detail. If there are delays' due to lack of resources in Ottawa it may be possible to ... find editorial expertise and compilation/publishing skills in Pacific Region. . Without additional people it appears that one booklet can be produced each year . for the next five years. This is not a satisfactory scenario as it drags out maintenance and duplication problems for the mariner. Central Region got three books out in 1996, ... plus routine maintenance, employing one Sailing Directions Officers and two hydrographer assistants. There are sources of people who can work on Sailing Directions .. ~ although there may be incompatibilities with existing arrangements. e- These scenarios are proposed for getting additional people in place to do the job: .".. From the other CHS regions it may be possible to arrange for a secondment of an experienced Sailing Directions officer for an appropriate period to Pacific Region. It .. should be noted that the three Newfoundland booklets have been published and that the .. Quebec booklets are in a revision cycle that may be stretchable. .. 2 From within Pacific Region it could be possible to find assiduous and interested ... multi-disciplinary hydrographers to work on the booklet project. The assignment could .. be for the duration of the change over to the proposed booklets so as to exploit the high end of the learning curve...... 38 .. .. n t •., ~ 3 It may be possible to contract blocks/booklets of the verification and rewriting work out. There are two retired Sailing Directions officers in Victoria but they do not ~ seem to be supportive of the change to a seven booklet series. It is reported that a Sailing Directions officer may be (is) leaving CHS Ottawa for the West Coast and that could be e another source of expertise. Other potential contractors may be identified by advertising " or other methods of inquiry. ~ ~ 4 Some clerical assistance may be made available from in-house sources but any assignment would best be for the duration of the project, again to get the most out of ~ training time. There are several people in Victoria who claim "PageMaker" expertise f) and it is probably worthwhile developing a relationship with a service contractor if the preparation for publishing becomes a bottle neck. ~ ~ A Two Tier System ~ For the regulated user the first priority is to produce new editions of Volumes 1 ~ and 2. In-house resources could be found to do this and suggestions 1, 2 above can be considered. If it is not possible to get the new editions out in a reasonable time frame ~ with only CHS staff then suggestions 3 and 4 above should be considered. In any case, a ~ publication date within two years is needed as the current editions are becoming crowded with corrections. ~ If a new small-craft series is to be considered CHS in-house resources are e inadequate. Firstly, it will be essential to find a supportive Pacific Region manager for t the project who will review the proposed project from CHS's viewpoint with particular regard to legal and maintenance responsibilities and to the continuing availability of ~ resources to support the publications. The next step is solicit cooperation with somebody ~ who is completely familiar with the coast, who identifies with the small boater, is ~ assiduous, creative and literate, who is profit oriented and who is prepared to literally "live" with the series to its completion. As noted in sub-section 9 above a few of the ~ respondents were interested in cooperating with CHS, however the majority of these were US citizens who publish very competent cruising guides and directories. There is obviously more talent yet to be found in BC that can do the job with or without American •~ contacts. Thirdly, once the people are identified the project can be designed and formal ~ structure (contacts and other agreements) put in place. Subsequently more detail as to format and content of the publications can be developed with onus falling mainly on CHS's ~ chosen partner to do the creative work. The roles of the partiCipants must play to their ~ individual strengths and the advantages held by CHS's partners (listed in sub-section 9) must be exploited particularly any strengths in marketing. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ •~ • 39 • - .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~ .~ .,..,., .,.• . . ..- • ..« .e . ... ...... ,- ..- .. 40 ...... CONCLUSIONS and RECOMMENDATIONS Somehow, I mistrusted that word "refuge" from the beginning - it was too suggestive of other things such as trouble or shipwreck. And then one always forgets that Pilot books, even if they say small vessels probably mean cruisers as opposed to battleships. The Curve of Time, 7th edition, page 99. Sailing Directions are usually taken for granted by mariners. This oblivious acceptance perhaps underlines their importance as an indispensable complement to the nautical chart. It is appropriate here to offer an objective for Pacific Region Sailing Directions. They should provide clear directions for making a safe passage and finding a safe haven to.all. mariners sailing on the British Columbia coast. Two proposals were discussed in the previous Considerations section, the Two Tier Approach and the Seven Booklet System. The following conclusions and recommendations are derived from the preceding discussion and follow the Two Tier Approach. 1 General acceptability of the proposed changes It is concluded that there are two distinct user groups and thus markets for Sailing Directions on the BC coast. The proposed seven booklets were not accepted with any enthusiasm by mariners on fully regulated ships. On the other hand recreational boaters would welcome the publication of a small, cheap and appealing Canadian series of booklets, that follow the Quebec model, with content specifically directed to their needs. It is recommended that the existing two volumes of Sailing Directions. British Columbia Coast be maintained to meet the demands of mariners in fully regulated ships. It is recommended that a new booklet series or other smaller design be specifically written, illustrated and produced so that CHS meets its mandated obligations to the small craft operator. Small Craft Guides Volumes 1 and 2 should be replaced but small craft coverage must be extended to the whole coast. It is recommended that CHS, in order to meet its obligations to the small boat operator, find a method of cooperating with an author or organization capable of producing a unique and attractive series of Sailing Directions that will help to improve small craft safety on the British Columbia coast. 2 Geographic limits of the booklets The existing two volume layout is satisfactory for fully regulated operators. The geographic coverage for new small craft booklets can be designed for the small boater1s specific needs ignoring the constraints imposed by IHO specifications, commercial traffic routes, pilotage and regulatory requirements. 41 .. ...~ ~ It is recommended that the geographic arrangement of the proposed new small ,.. craft booklets series be designed to cover the coast in great detail with many illustrations. Although some suggestions have been made in the preceding section as to ~ the number and coverage limits in a booklet series, it is recommended that the design of any new small craft booklet series be left to those who have to implement the project. ... The need for a separate introductory booklet sould be considered during design. The ... ability to creatively design the series must be considered by CHS when selecting a partner. .. ~ 3 Appropriate timing of publication .. ". It is concluded that new editions of Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast .,. (South Portion) and of Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast (North Portion) are needed as the current editions were published in 1990 and 1991 respectively. Hand . corrections, particularly for Volume 1, are numerous and make the use of the books cumbersome. ...,. It is recommended that Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast (South ~ Portion) and of Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast (f\lorth Portionl be revised .,. and new editions be published within two years. . It is concluded that the Pacific Region Sailing Directions Officer will need assistance if the work is to be done with in the proposed time. Recommendations to get .. this done are made in sub-section 11 - Production. r It is concluded that there are people outside of CHS who have expressed interest .. in participating in the development of a series of small craft guides. f!" It is recommended that CHS start the process of putting people in place to develop .. the proposed new series of small craft booklets with due haste. ~ 4 Preferences for binding the publications • ~ It is concluded that the perfect "paperback" binding presently in use is .. satisfactof\j for the fully regulated users. . It is recommended that no changes be made for the binding of Sailing Directions, e British Columbia Coast (South Portion) nor of Sailing Directions, British Columbia . Coast (North Portion). ..- It is also concluded that small boat operators would generally prefer spiral bound booklets as opposed to saddle-stitched construction. •.- It is recommended that binding options be reviewed when the proposed new small .. craft series is being designed, bearing in mind that the preference of recreational . boaters for spiral binding implies higher production costs. ... 42 ...... •'" ~ 5 Suitability for maintenance ~ It is concluded that maintenance procedures for the existing main books are " satisfactory and that the current editions have been well maintained. It is concluded that methods other than Notices to Mariners will have to be '""-' implemented to maintain a new series of small craft booklets. ~ It is recommended that methodologies other than Notices to Mariners be ~ investigated during the design of the proposed new series for small craft. Some of the methods of maintenance are discussed in the preceding Considerations section '"~ '" 6 Review of the content "., It is concluded that the fully regulated users have strong expectations that the content of Sailing Directions be formulated to meet their needs. ~ It is concluded that mariners on fully regulated ships expressed interest in ~ having appropriate regulatory information in Sailing Directions. ~ It is concluded that recreational boaters expressed a need for more detailed anchorage, refuge and minor passage information than is currently provided in CHS e Sailing Directions. ~ It is concluded that no interest was expressed by mariners in adding tourist and e historical information to Sailing Directions or to any proposed new small craft . III publication. It is recommended that CHS prepare a national policy statement defining the •e relationship of Sailing Directions to the different needs of the various client groups. It has been recommended in other CHS documents that Instructions to Revisers be updated. e.•'-c ~ It is recommended that CHS continue to take full account of the needs of the ~ regulated and inspected users who are forced to buy Sailing Directions by the Charts and Publications Regulations. "e Recommendations for the specific content features are: ~ Hazards to navigation and cautions ~ Field parties working in any part of the coast should provide to sailing directions ~ officers notes giving directions for small but safely navigable passages, drawing t attention to any hazards . . ~ Local weather information ~ It is concluded that the meteorological information in the existing editions of !~ Sailing Directions is satisfactorily presented but that recreational and other small , boaters need weather information on a regional and local basis. I~ It is recommended if a new series of small craft booklets is to be developed then I,~ the meteorological information be distributed throughout the proposed new booklets. ,t 43 i~ I~ ,.. p:l f{I4 ((15. p It is recommended that the oceanographic general circulation diagrams in Sailing Directions be redrawn at a reduced size. ~ f!IJ Local marine regulations and laws ,.,, It is recommended that the following regulatory information continue to be included in Sailing Directions - custom regulations, the Canadian additions and ,. modifications to Collision Regulations, casualty reporting requirements, VTS requirements, anti-pollution regulations, pilotage requirements, and publications ".. regulations. ,. Refuge and shelter information ,. The importance of information about these features is drawn to the attention of ,. field parties working in any part of the coast. ,. It is recommended that CHS staff working in the field provide Sailing Directions officers with notes giving directions for small craft anchorages and refuges, better than ~ Sunday Harbour, drawing attention to any hazards. r Points of interest. "tourist" information, and historical notes r r It is recommended that tourist information and such like should not be put in BC r Sailing Directions nor in any proposed new small craft series of publications. r It is recommended that CHS publications, existing or proposed, focus on topics r concerned with safe navigation. r r 7 Other Government Publications r It is concluded that other suppliers of Sailing Directions that are acceptable under the Charts and Publications Regulations are charging realistically high prices for r their books. r It is recommended that CHS try to arrange that the total price of Sailing .. Directions, British Columbia Coast (South Portion) and Sailing Directions, British r Columbia Coast (North portion) to remain below but to approach the cost for the two r British Admiralty books. p ", 8 Commercial Publications It is concluded that commerCially produced cruising guides and directories are .. far more effective in providing destination, anchorage and gunkholing information for ". small craft use than any existing CHS product. ...~ It is concluded that the popular small craft directories (Waggoner or Northwest . Boat Travel) are extremely price competitive. . It is concluded that commercial guides provide excellent up-to-date information. .. It is concluded that it would be extremely difficult for CHS to maintain the ... 44 .. ..,...... " • ~ commercial contacts and data bases necessary to fairly inform the public of the myriad ~ of commercial facilities available on the coast. • It is recommended that CHS managers and sailing directions staff review all new ~ editions of as many of these cruising guides and directories as possible to obtain information and knowledge of the recreational boaters' requirements in sailing ~ directions. -~ 9 Relationship to commercial publications ~ ~ It is concluded CHS is not now, nor likely to be in the future, price or frequency competitive with either of the popular directories (Waggoner or Northwest Boat ~ Travel) . ~ It is concluded that although commercially produced cruising guides do an ~ excellent job their coverage is often incomplete, and are focused more on destinations ~ than on safe passage-making. ~ It recommended that in designing any proposed new small craft booklet series ~ that the content be distinguished from commercial guides by emphasizing: ~ 1 the tested authority of the passage information for each and every ,~ waterway; ~ 2 a conscientiously conservative approach to ali aspects of marine safety; ~ 3 the completeness of the coverage; ~ ~ 4 the strong interrelationship of tides, currents and weather with passage , making and haven finding information that are unique to CHS books. ~ ~ 1 0 Improvements to CHS Sailing Directions ~ It is concluded that the interviewees offered many practical suggestions for ~ improving Sailing Directions and publications for small craft . • It is recommended that CHS management review ali the ideas presented in the ~ Considerations section . • ~ Other recommendations for specific ideas are: It is recommended that CHS or its associates investigate producing a CD Rom containing Sailing Directions for office use, and as a preliminary ~ step, for future electronic navigation needs . • 2 It is recommended that more detailed written navigational information be provided where chart coverage is old such as south of Banks Island, on the North Coast. 45 p ". ~ r r p ff!A (fA ftJ f!!A fffA r ~ ~ r r r" • .,f!P • "~ • ~ fI,! ~ f9 ~ .,~ @I. fa M:i.~" ~ .,@I •.,fi}) tJ 46 e e.. 1 1 Production Main Volumes It is concluded that additional CHS staff will have be assigned to work on new editions of Sailing Directions. British Columbia Coast (South Portion) and Sailing Directions. British Columbia Coast (North Portion) if they are to be produced in two years. First preference. It is recommended CHS Pacific Region hire another full time Sailing Directions officer to learn the trade, work on the proposed small-craft booklet series publication tasks, and be prepared to take over the regional sailing directions job in the foreseeable future. Second preference. It is recommended that an experienced Sailing Directions Officer be seconded from another CHS region to help work on the production of the new editions of the main books. Small craft sailing directions It is concluded that a project management structure is needed if the proposed new series of small craft booklets is to be produced. It is recommended that a supportive Pacific Region manager be assigned to the project to review the proposal from CHS's viewpoint with particular regard to legal and maintenance responsibilities ~nd to the continuing availability of resources to support the publications. It is recommended that Pacific Region solicit the cooperation of an individual or organization who is completely familiar with the coast, who identifies with the small boater, is assiduous, creative and literate, commercially oriented and who is prepared to literally "live" with the series to its completion. It is recommended that contracts and other formal arrangements for the proposed project be established in two stages. Firstly for the design of the series of small craft sailing directions, then secondly for their production. So somewhere in the cold lost hours of a new day I damned the gods of Sun and Moon that led poor sailors from the narrow way, started up my engine and went and found a cove all of my own. Ignored by charts, unsung by Coast Pilot, it was calm, it was quiet, it was unnamed. The Curve of Time, 7th edition, page 100. 47 p ". ~ P ~ ". .,- ". ffA ffA fIlA ". ,.". r f1' f!!' ff' r r r r r r f!IJ r ff •f!' tIP •f8P fJI •f!S •". • 48 • •... Bibliography Government Publications J Canada. Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast, South Portion. 15th Edition . "., Fisheries and Oceans. Ottawa. 1990. ~ Canada. Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast, North Portion. 12th Edition. ~ Fisheries and Oceans. Ottawa. 1991. ~ Canada. Sailing Directions, General information, Great Lakes. 1st Edition. Fisheries and ~ Oceans. Ottawa. 1996. ~ Canada. Sailing Directions, Lake Ontario. 1st Edition. Fisheries and Oceans. Ottawa. ~ 1996. ~ " Canada. Sailing Directions, Weiland Canal and Lake Erie. 1st Edition. Fisheries and , Oceans. Ottawa. 1996. ~ , Canada. Small Craft Guide, Volume 1, British Columbia, Port Aiberni to Campbell River v including the Gulf Islands. 7th Edition. Fisheries and Oceans. Ottawa. 1989. ~ Canada. Small Craft Guide, Volume 2, British Columbia, Boundary" Bay to Cortes Island. ~ 7th Edition. Fisheries and Oceans. Ottawa. 1990 . ~ United States of America. Pacific Coast, Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer. United , States Coast Pilot 7, Dept. of Commerce. Washington. 19Sa .. ~ United States of America. Sailing Directions (En route) British Columbia. Defense ~ Mapping Agency. Bethesda. 1995. . ~ Thompson, Richard. Oceanography of the British Columbia Coast. Fisheries and Oceans. ~ Ottawa. 1981. [An example of excellent presentation of a technical information for the '~ layman] I~ ;;; '"I, Commercial Publications .~ Anderson, Hugo. Secrets of cruising #1 .. , North to Alaska. Anderson Pub. Co. Inc . Anacortes, WA. 1993. ~ .~ Anderson, Hugo. Secrets of cruising #2 .. , The New frontier: B.C. Coast & Undiscovered Inlets. Anderson Pub. Co. Inc. Anacortes, WA. 1995. ~ I, Blanchet, M. Wylie. Curve of time. 7th Edition. Gray's Publishing. Vancouver. 1989. I, [First published in 1968. The 8th edition is now available.] Chappell, John, Cruising Beyond Desolation Sound. Naikoon Marine Press. Surrey. 1979. i~• !~ Cole, Phil and Gwen, Editors. Northwest Boat Travel. Anderson Pub. Co. Inc. Anacortes, WA. 1996. ~ ~ 49 ~ ~ ~ fP ~ Douglass, Don. Exploring the North Coast of British Columbia: Blunden Harbour to Dixon ~ Entrance. Fine Edge Productions. Bishop, CA. 1997. tIP Douglass, Don. Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia: Gulf Islands and Desolation ff!A Sound to Port Hardy and Blunden Harbour. Fine Edge Productions. Bishop, CA.1996. Douglass, Don. Exploring Vancouver Islands West Coast. Fine Edge Productions. Bishop, CA. 1994. f!P Douglass, Don. Exploring the Inside Passage to Alaska: a cruising guide from the San Juan f!!A Islands to Glacier Bay. Fine Edge Productions. Bishop, CA. 1995. ffP Hale, Robert, Editor. 1997 Waggoner Cruising Guide. Robert Hale & Co. Inc. Bellevue, ~ WA. 1997. ~ Smith, A. Memo: Report on Desk Top Publishing. DFO CHS Pacific Region File Number ." 5468-1. Victoria. 1990. •fIP Van der Ree, Frieda. Exploring the coast by boat. Gordon Soules Book Publishers. Vancouver. 1979. [Guide with chartlets for sites parks, coves of tourist interest.] Washburne, Randel. The Coastal Kayaker. Pacific Search Press. Seattle. 1983. . [Old general text for kayakers, very little guide book information.] • Watson, Jeffrey PhD. A Review of Canadian Hydrographic Service Navigational Publications Prior to Implementation of "Desktop Publishing". DFO Contract Number •tIP FP802-9-2628. Ottawa. 1989. .. Wolferstan, Bill. Cruising Guide to the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island from Sooke to Courtenay. Pacific Yachting, Interpress Publications Ltd. Vancouver. 1976. • [New paper version is now available.] • Wolferstan, Bill. Desolation Sound. Whitecap Books. Vancouver. 1980. •8' Wolferstan, Bill. Sunshine Coast. Whitecap Books. Vancouver. 1980. • Wood, Charles E. Charlie's charts: North to Alaska (Victoria B.C. to Glacier Bay, Alaska). • Charlie's Charts. Surrey, BC. 1995. .-•.. •.. •@II • •.. 50 .. •- • Appendices • •~ ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ •~ •t ~ ~ APPENDIX 1 - LEGISLATION •~ 1 Parts of the Canada Oceans Act •~ ~ 2 Canada Shipping Act, ~ Charts and Publications Regulations, 1995. ~ ~ ~ ~ •~ •~ ~ ~ '~ ~ .~ .~ & ~ 51 :& ...,. Appendices ...,. .,..fP ". ." ..f1IA fftA .-.. fI'J .-fP ...,- ...,. .-.. •fP •., ..•.~ •0- • •,<" • "'. •,;' •., 52 ., .til'! "II Appendices ., .•I<-~'. PARTS OF THE CANADA OCEANS ACT "t' :Marine Sciences • Functions ~ 42. In exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions assigned by paragraph 4(1)(c) of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Act, the Minister " may (a) collect data for the purpose of understanding oceans and their living " resources and ecosystems; " (b) conduct hydrographic and oceanographic surveys of Canadian and other waters; ( c) conduct marine scientific surveys relating to fisheries resources and their "~ supporting habitat and ecosystems; (d) conduct basic and applied research related to hydrography, oceanography and ,- other marine sciences, including the study of fish and their supporting habitat and ecosystems; , ( e) carry out investigations for the purpose of understanding oceans and their living resources and ecosystems; t (f) prepare and publish data, reports, statistics, charts, maps, plans, sections ~ and other documents; (g) authorize the distribution or sale of data, reports, statistics, charts, ~ maps, plans, sections and other documents; t (h) prepare in collaboration with the Minister of Foreign Mfairs, publish and authorize the distribution or sale of charts delineating, consistently with the ~ nature and scale of the charts, all or part of the territorial sea of Canada, ;; the contiguous zone of Canada, the exclusive economic zone of Canada and the . fishing zones of Canada and adjacent waters; -~ (i) participate in ocean technology development; and (j) conduct studies to obtain traditional ecological knowledge for the purpose •t of understanding oceans and their living resources and ecosystems. • Powers ~ 43. Subject to section 4 of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Act ~ respecting the powers, duties and functions of the Minister in relation to matters mentioned in that section over which Parliament has jurisdiction, the ~ Minister ~ (a) is responsible for coordinating, promoting and recommending national , policies and programs with respect to fisheries science, hydrography, oceanography and other marine sciences; (b) in carrying out his or her responsibilities under this section, may • (i) conduct or cooperate with persons conducting applied and basic research programs and investigations and economic studies for the •~ purpose of understanding oceans and their living resources and ecosystems, and ~ (ii) for that purpose maintain and operate ships, research institutes, ~ laboratories and other facilities for research, surveying and monitoring , for the purpose of understanding oceans and their living resources and ecosystems; and ~ (c) may provide marine scientific advice, services and support to the Government of Canada and, on behalf of the Government, to the governments of the provinces, to other states, to international organizations and to other persons. 53 Appendices Minister's powers 45. As the Minister responsible for hydrographic services, the powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not assigned by law to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to (a) setting standards and establishing guidelines for use by hydrographers and others in collecting data and preparing charts on behalf of the Minister; and (b) providing hydrographic advice, services and support to the Government of Canada and, on behalf of the Government, to the governments of the provinces, to other states, to international organizations and to other persons. Fees Amount not to exceed cost (2) Fees for a service or the use ofa facility that are fixed under subsection (1) may not exceed the cost to Her Majesty in right of Canada of providing theservice or the use of the facility. Fees for products, rights and privileges 48. The Minister may, subject to any regulations that the Treasury Board may make for the purposes of this section, fix fees in respect of products, rights and privileges provided under this Act by the Minister, the Department or any board or agency of the Government of Canada for which the Minister has responsibility. Fees in respect of regulatory processes, etc. 49. (1) The Minister may, subject to any regulations that the Treasury Board may make for the purposes of this section, -fix fees in respect of regulatory processes or approvals provided under this Act by the Minister, the Department or any board or agency of the Government of Canada for which the Minister has responsibility. Amount (2) Fees that are fixed under subsection (1) shall in the aggregate not exceed an amount sufficient to compensate Her Majesty in right of Canada for any reasonable outlays incurred by Her Majesty for the purpose of providing the regulatory processes or approvals. Consultation 50. (1) Before fixing a fee under this Act, the Minister shall consult with such persons or bodies as the Minister considers to be interested in the matter. Publication (2) The Minister shall, within 30 days after fixing a fee under this Act, publish the fee in the Canada Gazette and by such appropriate electronic or other means that the Treasury Board may authorize by regulation. 54 .. ~ I Appendices 8 - Reference to Scrutiny Committee (3) Any fee fixed under this Act shall stand referred to the Committee referred - to in section 19 of the Statutory Instruments Act to be reviewed and scrutinized " as if it were a statutory instrument. " "- -~ , ~ •~ ~ ~ & ~ t •t • ,~ ~ ~ •~ •, ~ ~ ,• • • • 55 •'111 Appendices tJ!l P1 CANADA SHIPPING ACT ARCTIC WATERS POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT ~ ~ Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations, 1995 (!AI REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE PRESENCE ON BOARD SHIPS OF (til APPROPRIATE CHARTS, TIDE TABLES AND OTHER NAUTICAL DOCUMENTS fA OR PUBLICATIONS AND RESPECTING THEIR MAINTENANCE AND USE (iJiI Short Title 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations, "fi 1995. (iJ Interpretation (iii 2. In these Regulations, P fA "chart" means a nautical chart; (carte) (Ii "nautical mile" means the international nautical mile; (mille marin) fiI "reference catalogue", in respect of an area to be navigated by a ship, means •tP (a) for waters under Canadian jurisdiction, the Catalogue a/Nautical Charts and fI Related Publications, published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, and .. (b) for waters outside Canadian jurisdiction, the Catalogue 0/ Admiralty Charts and Other Hydrographic Publications, published by the Government of the United 4'f.I Kingdom, or the Catalog a/Charts and Publications, published by the Government til of the United States of America; (catalogue de nijerence) • "tons" means gross tons; (1Dimeaux) .. "waters under Canadian jurisdiction" means «I (a) Canadian waters, • (b) fishing zones of Canada prescribed pursuant to subsection 4(2) of the Territorial • Sea and Fishing Zones Act, and •til (c) shipping safety control zones prescribed pursuant to section 11 of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act. (eaux de competence canadienne) .,• Application •tzi 3. These Regulations apply to Canadian ships in all waters and to all ships in waters under Canadian jurisdiction. •-.. fJ! @ tl 56 tl "... , ,• Appendices Carriage of Charts, Documents and Publications ~ , 4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the master and owner of every ship shall have on board, in respect of each area in which the ship is to be navigated, the most recent editions of the charts, documents and publications that are required to be used under sections 5 and 6. " (2) The master and owner ofa ship ofless than 100 tons are not required to have on board ," the charts, documents and publications referred to in subsection (1) if the person in charge , of navigation has sufficient knowledge of the following information, such that safe and efficient navigation in the area where the ship is to be navigated is not compromised: (a) the location and character of charted (i) shipping routes, ",~ (ii) lights, buoys and marks, and , (iii) navigational hazards; and (b) the prevailing navigational conditions, taking into account such factors as tides, currents, ice and weather patterns. -~ Use of Charts ,• 5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the person in charge of the navigation of a ship shall use the most recent edition of a chart that t (a) is published by the government of a country; ~ ,~ (b) applies to the immediate area in which the ship is being navigated; ( c) is, for that area, ,• (i) the largest scale chart according to the reference catalogue, or , (ii) of a scale that is at least 75 per cent of the scale of the chart referred to in subparagraph (1) and is as complete, accurate, intelligible and up-to-date as ,~ that chart. (2) The person in charge of the navigation of a ship may use the most recent edition of a ~ chart that is the second-largest scale chart for an area according to the reference catalogue , where ~ (a) the scale of the chart is at least 1 :400,000 (2.16 nautical miles to the centimetre); ~ and t (b) the ship is • (i) more than five nautical miles from any charted feature or charted depth of ~ water that represents a potential hazard to the ship, or • (ii) within an area for which the largest scale chart, according to the reference catalogue, is primarily •t (A) a chart intended for the use of pleasure craft, or ~ ~ (B) a chart of an anchorage, a river or a harbour that the ship will not transit or enter. ~ • 57 • • WfP. Appendices .. ... Use of Documents and Publications .,. 6. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the person in charge of the navigation of a ship in waters .. under Canadian jurisdiction shall use, in respect of each area to be navigated by the ship, the most recent edition of .. f!P (a) the reference catalogue; .. (b) the annual edition of the Notices to Mariners, published by the Department of .. Transport; .. (c) the following publications, namely, .. ." (i) sailing directions, published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, .. (ii) tide and current tables, published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, ... (iii) lists of lights, buoys and fog signals, published by the Department of .,. Transport, and .. (iv) where the ship is required to be fitted with radio equipment pursuant to any Act of Parliament or of a foreign jurisdiction, the Radio Aids to Marine . Navigation, published by the Department of Transport; and .- (d) the documents and publications listed in the schedule. ..'" (2) Subject to subsection (3), the person in charge of the navigation of a Canadian ship in waters outside Canadian jurisdiction shall use, in respect of each area to be navigated by the • ship, the most recent edition of • (a) the reference catalogue; .. (b) the annual edition of the Notices to Mariners, published by the Department of • Transport; .. (c) the following publications referred to in the reference catalogue, namely, .. (i) sailing directions, • (ii) tide and current tables, •.- (iii) lists of lights, and • (iv) where the ship is required to be fitted with radio equipment pursuant to an Act of Parliament, the list of radio aids to navigation; and • (d) the documents and publications listed in the schedule. • (3) The documents and publications referred to in paragraphs (l)(c) and (d) and (2)(c) and • (d) may substituted for by similar documents and publications issued by the government of .. another country, if the information contained in them that is necessary for the safe • 58 • • Appendices navigation of a ship in the area in which the ship is to be navigated is as complete, accurate, intelligible and up-to-date as the infonnation contained in the documents and publications referred to in those provisions . .Maintenance of Charts, Documents and Publications 7. The master of a ship shall ensure that the charts, documents and publications required by these Regulations are, before being used for navigation, correct and up-to-date, based on infonnation that is contained in the Notices to Mariners, Notices to Shipping or radio navigational warnings. Exclusions 8. (1) No master of a ship shall be held liable for contravening these Regulations where, having been informed of the prospective area in which the ship will be navigating, (a) the master is unable to obtain the charts, documents or publications, required by these Regulations in respect of that area, at any place at which the ship calls; or (b) the charts, documents or publications required by these Regulations in respect of that area are unobtainable without endangering the ship, contravening applicable regulations or requiring the ship to make a substantial detour. (2) No master of a ship shall be held liable for contravening these Regulations where the circumstances of the voyage are such that it is impracticable to receive a Notice to Shipping or a radio navigational warning containing infonnation with respect to the safe navigation of the ship. SCHEDULE Section 6) DOCUlVIENTS AND PUBLICATIONS 1. Regulations 1, 7 and 8 of Chapter II, and Resolutions 1, 3 and 6, of the International Convention on Standards ofTraining, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978.. published by the International Maritime Organization and reprinted as the Code ofNautical Procedures and Practices, 1985, by the Department of Transport. 2. Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters, published by the Department of Transport, where the ship is making a voyage during which ice may be encountered. 3. Table ofLife-Saving Signals, published by the International Maritime Organization and reprinted by the Department of Transport, where the ship is making a foreign voyage, a home-trade voyage, Class I, II or III, or an inland voyage, Class 1. 4. The Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR), published by the International Maritime Organization, where the ship is making a foreign voyage or a home trade voyage, Class I or II. 59 ..- ~ Appendices ..f'I! 5. Where the ship is required to be fitted with radio equipment and is making a foreign voyage or a home-trade voyage, Class I or II, the following publications, published by the -til International Maritime Organization and reprinted by the Department of Transport: (J! (a) the International Code ofSignals; and 'til (b) the Standard Marine NmJigational Vocabulmy. fI " "f.JI fi ". qI-. '".. ~ trJ ~ '"f.I.. tp ~ tp ~ ~... ~ ttl •" -~ -• "• 60 •.. ..'" Appendices "~ " "...~ ~ ~ ~ "~ ~,. ~ ~ ~ • ..;> "~ , APPENDIX 2 ~ , Points from ~ International Hydrographic Office Requirements ~ 1 Format "~ 2 Structure , 3 Content ~ ,.~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ •~ ,• ~ ~ 61 • Appendices 62 - ,~ • Appendices • Points from the International Hydrographic Office " Instructions for Standardizing Sailing Directions. " Small craft are defined as having less than 2 m draught and less than 12 m length. Structure and format " Preliminary Information Latest Notice to Mariners - Method of Correction - Bibliography - with dates of sources List of Contents, diagrams - Terminology, conventions, abbreviations -t Glossa ry/tra nslite ratio n Index Chartlet General Navigation, Regulations -~ Charting Navaids t Navigation comments 9 Regulations , Radio services Pilotage , Visual Signals Distress, SAR Countries •t Main ports, anchorages Port Services ~ Environmental Conditions • Bottom topography. (seismic activity) ~ Tides and currents t Oceanography, sea, swell Ice (with diagrams) ~ Meteorology (with diagrams and tables) Offshore and Routing Information •~ Through routes, traffic separation ~ Landfall aids, landmarks Offshore activities, hazards • Coastal routes, waterways, channels • Introduction General remarks: waterway, shores •~ Radar characteristics of the coast , Water level peculiarities Currents, tidal streams Sea bed peCUliarities • Weather, ice • Fishing activity '~ Offshore activities, hazards Magnetic anomalies Regulations Pilotage Submarine cables, pipelines 63 ~ Appendices -,. ~ International Hydrographic Office Instructions for Standardizing Sailing Directions ..- Structure and format "'"fIJPJ Waterway, local information ,., Route(s) Controlling depth, least charted depth fZJrl Regulations, reporting, prohibited areas ,. Local pilotage Currents, tidal streams, overfalls ~ Local winds, fog p Principal navaids, marks Directions for the waterway .. Directions to approach harbours Anchorages, harbours .. Minor side channels for small craft .. Small craft anchorages, marinas @I Port Information ~ Name, position of port ~ Limits of port General remarks, function, traffic .. Port authority ~ Limiting vessel size, draught .., Water levels, tidal range Density, salinity of water Ice .. Local weather w Arrival information, ETA notice .,. VTS, signal stations Pilotage, tugs ~ Regulations Outer anchorages Fairway, entrance channel - Traffic signals --w Directions for entering Berths, basins, depths w Port facilities, cargo handling ... Repair facilities, dry docks, ways Supplies, fuel, water w Other transportation facilities ... ... w WI -..... tal 64 ... ..- \I • Appendices • International Hydrographic Office Instructions , for Standardizing Sailing Directions .. Content specifics defined in IHO Instructions •, Maximum size of vessel to enter a port Date of essential information (least depth) , Unverified information noted , Dredged channels, date, maintenance Swept areas, date ~ Clearances Population of towns t Submarine cables ~ Tidal information Meteorological information ~ Oceanographic information Density, salinity of water , Oceanographic information " Traffic separation , Landfall descriptions Radar information ~ * * * Extent t Illustrations, sketches Laws and regulations ~ ~ ***Extent includes more general instructions for style and content thus: Books should only contain information useful to mariners. ~ Information should facilitate scanning and avoid time consuming reading . There should be minimal duplication of other nautical documents. •, Sailing Directions are not written descriptions of charts. Explain general layout of waterways, regulations, environmental conditions. t Features useful to navigation. , Features to be avoided, passed. Features about anchorages, berths. ~ Features fully detailed on charts should only get a brief mention. ~ ~ ~ ~ • • ~ • • .~ 1.\ !\ 65 Appendices 66 Appendices APPENDIX 3 Commercia.! Literature on Cruising Guides (as downloaded from web sites) 1 Fine Edge Productions 2 Anderson Publishing Company 3 Thomas Reed Publications 4 Weatherly Press 67 WJ!I. Appendices -~ ~ P fP ~ P tP ~ P rp ,.~ MliI ~ 68 "~ Appendices •~ Fine Edge Productions Route 2 Box 303 "~ Bishop CA 93514 USA. ~ , The acclaimed new generation of pilothouse guides ,~ For the route less travelled ... 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Perfect traveling companion for those "., aboard cruise ships, ferries, or private craft. 1996, SC, 160p., photos & illus., $13.00 .. -.. •., •-. 74 • •- • -• Appendices • Cruising Beyond Desolation Sound - Chappell, John •, Revised. ed. Covers channels and anchorages from the Yuculta Rapids to Cape Caution. Covers history of area, navigational information. Table of distances, sketch • charts, some colour aerial photographs. • 1987, SCI 211p., illus., $17.00 •, Send mail to [email protected] with questions ,• • "t •~ t ~ & ~ ~ .~ It !~ .. ~ I~ ~ ~ ~ '~ I~ I• •• l~ I_ •~ 75 ~ • ~ ~ Appendices ~ ~ Weatherly Press Division ROBERT HALE & CO. INC. f!A 1803 132ND AVE. NE, SUITE 4 tp BELLEVUE, WA 98005-2261 USA fI,l' fIfJ. The Waggoner Cruising Guide tells you what to expect as you travel along the thousands of miles of the Northwest's waterways. Equipment needed, how to cross the border, how to use the radio. Facilities ~ Complete information about every marina that takes guest boats. Fuel, showers, laundry, "'" shopping, must-see attractions. State and provincial marine parks, too. f1fA ~ Navigation Charts and other reference material. How to run the dangerous rapids and tricky f!!A passages all along the coast. Local knowledge on weather and sea patterns, favored courses. Anchorages "~ Safe and popular bays, coves and nooks to put the hook down for the night. r About the publisher: .. The Waggoner Cruising Guide is published by the Northwest's leading provider of C'!A technical information for Northwest boating. fIP f'!A r r r r f'P r r r r r r ~ •~ •IP "• •..fJ 76 "•.,... Appendices APPENDIX 4 Extracts from commercial cruIsing guides and government Sailing Directions 1 Sechelt Rapids 2 Sunday Harbour 77 ~ ~ Appendices fIl qI! p ~ PI p p (II P. 1M P P "... (JI p Cd tP CiI P CD fi (Ii CD ,fZl fil ~ f2l fI t'J. @ ~ ..fJJ f.i. •~ ~ 78 .. ..~ • • Appendices • Sechelt Rapids The quotations below are from various guides and serve to illustrate different • approaches to delivery of the same information. Sechelt Rapids was used as an example as the Coast Pilots view of the Rapids caused the author of "The Curve in Time" (of course, • The Curve in Time is not a guidebook) to seek other sources of information as will be • seen from the last quotation. Sailing Directions. Brjtjsh Colymbia Coast (Soyth •.. Portion). page 199. • Sechelt Rapids, at the south end of Skookumchuck Narrows, is formed by Boom Islet, Sechelt Islets and numerous rocks and shoals in their vicinity. The roar • of the rapids can be heard for several miles. Several shoals lie in the centre of the , fairway through the rapids; the least depth over them, 4.6 m (15 ft), is 0.1 mile SSE of " Sechelt Islets light. , Light. - Sechelt Islets light (462) is on the south end of the centre islet. , Tidal streams attain 14.5 kn on the flood and 16 kn on the ebb during large tides. The turn of .the flood occurs earliest off Roland Point, approximately 0.15 mile , south of Sechelt Islets light. Flood streams of 5 kn can be experienced as little as 15 , minutes after LW slack off Roland Point. Daily predictions for the times of slack water, and of the times and rates of maximum flood and ebb streams, are tabulated for current station Sechelt Rapids in the -t Tide Tables, Volume 5. - Flood stream. - The strongest flow occurs off Roland Point and to the SE where an t extremely hazardous rip forms shortly after slack water. West of Sechelt Islets light the flood stream attains a maximum rate of approximately 8 kn. A backeddy forms east of the • light which might be used a haven in an extreme emergency. ~ . Ebb stream. - The strongest ebb stream occurs just west of Sechelt Islets light , with a strong cross-channel set toward the WNW. A large backeddy occurs to the north of the light and whirlpools form- close to the light; they break away and are carried ~ downstream. During large tides, ebb streams of 5 kn can be encountered as far as 0.4 mile SE of Sechelt Islets light. ~ Caution. - It is hazardous for any vessel to attempt to navigate Sechelt Rapids ~ except at or near slack water. Tugs towing log booms or gravel barges can be encountered in the vicinity of the ~ rapids near the time of slack water. ~ Directions. - The preferred time for transit of Sechelt Rapids is at HW slack. The best route through is west of Boom Islet and Sechelt Islets light; give Roland Point a ~ wide berth on the flood to avoid dangerous rips and heavy Dverfalls in its vicinity. ~ When the ebb is running it is recommended that larger vessels avoid the passage between Sechelt Islets light and the small island 0.2 mile NW. The main ebb stream runs • approximately WNW from the light towards the opposite shore; low powered vessels, or those that tend to answer the helm sluggishly, may find themselves being spun about or set upon the west shore if attempting to abort passage through the rapids. 79 (fJ!!... Appendices .. ~ Small Craft Guide, 8th Edition, Volume 2. page 119. c Sechelt Rapids, known locally as Skookumchuck Rapids, is at the south end ~ of Skookumchuck Narrows. It is formed by Boom Islet, Sechelt Islets and numerous rocks and shoals. The roar of the rapids can be heard for several miles. .. Several shoals lie in the centre of the fairway through the rapids; the least depth, .. 4.6 m (15 ft), is 0.1 mile SSE of Sechelt Islets light. Light. - Sechelt Islets light (462) is on the south end of the centre islet. .. Tidal streams attain 15 kn on the flood and 16 kn on the ebb during large tides. .. The turn of the flood occurs earliest off Roland Point, approximately 0.15 mile south of Sechelt Islets light. Flood streams of 5 kn can be experienced as little as 15 minutes .. after LW slack off Roland Point. fiJI Predictions for the times and rates of maximum current and the time of slack water when the direction of the current turns are given for Sechelt Rapids in the Tide .. Tables, Volume 5. .. F/ood stream. - The strongest flow occurs off Roland Point and to the SE where an tP extremely hazardous rip forms shortly after slack water. West of Sechelt Islets light the flood stream attains a maximum rate of approximately 8 kn. A backeddy forms east of the .. light which might be used a haven in an extreme emergency. .". Ebb stream. - The strongest ebb stream occurs just west of Sechelt Islets light with a strong cross-channel set towards the WNW. A large backeddy occurs to the north ... of the light and whirlpools form close to the light; they break away and are carried ., downstream. During large tides, ebb streams of 5 kn can be encountered as far as 0.4 mile SE of Sechelt Islets light. tpI Caution. - It is hazardous for any vessel to attempt to navigate Sechelt Rapids except at or near slack water. .. Tugs towing log booms or gravel barges may be encountered in the vicinity of the . rapids near the time of high water. Directions. - The preferred time for transit of Sechelt Rapids is at HW slack. .. The best route through is west of Boom Islet and Sechelt Islets light; give Roland Point a .. wide berth on the flood to avoid dangerous rips and heavy overfalls in its vicinity. When the ebb is runnjng it is recommended that larger vessels avoid the passage • between Sechelt Islets light and the small island 0.2 mile NW. The main ebb stream runs w approximately WNW from the light toward the opposite shore; low powered vessels, or w those that tend to answer the helm sluggishly, may find themselves being spun about or w set upon the west shore if attempting to abort the passage through the rapids. . US Sailing Directions (Enroute) British Columbia, p.67 ., The upper end of Skookumchuck Narrows, encumbered by rocks and islets, .. contracts to a width of 0.25 mile. The encumbrances, some which are lighted, prevent the free flow of the tides and thus cause the furious and dangerous Sechelt Rapids (49° •.- 44'N., 123°54'W.), whose roar may be held for several miles. • Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia, p.91. • Skookumchuck Rapids deserves a skipper's respect. After all, it is world class, right up • there in speed and turbulence with the granddaddy of them all - Nakwakto Rapids - or with the famous Seymour Narrows. • If you haven't thoroughly reconnoitered the rapids and you're a first-time user, it's best • to relax and wait for ideal conditions before transiting. It is extremely hazardous to navigate Skookumchuck Rapids except at, or near, slack water. • ..til 80 .. •.- Appendices Predictions of the time for slack water and maximum current velocities are given directly for Sechelt Rapids in the Tide Tables, Vol. 5. Arriving ahead of the predicted slack time, stopping short of the rapids, and carefully watching for the precise time of slack water will make your transit quite safe. If you do this during moderate neap tides you may wonder what all the fuss is about. 1997 Waggoner CrYising Guide, p.137 Sechelt Rapids. Use Chart 3415 (larger scale, preferred), 3512 or Chartbook 3312. The Sechelt Rapids, also known as the Skookumchuck Rapids (skookum means "big" or "strong," and chuck means "body of water", can be extremely dangerous except at or near slack water. At full flood the rapids are a boiling cauldron, with 8-foot overfalls and 12-16 knot currents. Even an hour before slack, when many other rapids may have calmed down, the Sechelt Rapids can be menacing. Times of turn and maximum current are shown in the Tide and Current Tables, Vol. 5. On neap tides the current can be as little as 1-2 knots and quiet. But the next exchange could have a 7.4 knot current and be very dangerous. Check the Tide and Current Tables and plan accordingly. Lacking prior experience, do not even think about going through without chart 3514, with its 1:20,000 inset of the rapids, or chartbook 3312, with large scale insets not only of Sechelt Rapids but of Secret Bay also. Sailing Directions says the best route through the rapids is west of Boom Islet (choked with kelp, but safe) and west of the Sechelt Islets Light. We, however, have run a dogleg course without discomfort through the middle of the channel, between the Sechelt Islets and the unnamed islet directly north of the Sechelt Islets. This is where dangerous whirlpools can develop on ebb flows, so be careful. Give Roland Point a wide berth, especially on the flood. You may meet tugs with tows in the rapids Either direction, the Sechelt Rapids are just fine at slack, and if you time it well (easily done) you'll slide through with no problems at all. But when the rapids are running, their roar can be heard for miles. They aren't the place to show off how brave and hairy chested you are by going through whenever you happen to get there, without referring to the current tables. Before making your own entrance it can be instructive to walk to the rapids from Egmont, or from the little notch just outside the rapids, to watch the channel in full boil. Northwest Boat Travel 1997, page 137. Sechelt Rapids (18): At spring tides these rapids attain rates of 12 to 14 knots. There can be a spectacular overfall of eight to ten feet. There is no problem going through this narrows at slack water. Proper planning is essential to avoid dangerous runs. Use the tide and current book. The preferred route is west of Boom Island and Sechelt Isle light. Give Roland Point a wide berth, especially on a flood tide. The Curve of Time p.184 The "Coast Pilot" at times either terrifies us or else gets us into trouble. Quite natural, I suppose; for they have big vessels in mind-and what does or doesn't do for a big vessel isn't always right for the little boat. That is where the local inhabitants are a help. One of them says to us: "Oh, you don't have to do that - you can take short cut. See that island? Follow it down until you come to the old saw mill. Then line the sawmill up with 81 ~ fIlA Appendices f'P' ~ the three maples on the low point about a mile down on the opposite shore. Follow that line - and it will lead you through the reefs and kelp. After you reach the maples, it's all ." clear. Save you about five miles and you won't have to wait for slack at the narrows." ." We follow instructions - it doesn't look any thing like a mill, but there are squared .,. timbers on the ground and the remains of a roof. Then we look along the far shore, until off in the distance we spot three maples. We steer across on the long angle ... Someone .,. shouts "Rocks!" but they are to one side and not on the line. If we follow instructions and don't question them, we never get into trouble using local short cuts. '"."., ~ ~ .,f!' .,.,. • tiP• •.,.. t; .,ta "., tJZ •tz •.. •,.. ,til 82 • -.. ".. Appendices '" Sunday Harbour "... Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast. Strait of .. Georgia to Queen Charlotte Sound, in preparation, 1997 II» Sunday Harbour (50 0 43'N 126°42'W), south of Crib Island, affords anchorage for small vessels, with little protection from west winds. ,• Tides.-Tidal difference for Sunday Harbour, referenced on Alert Bay, are given in the Tide Tables, Volume 6 . .. Directions.-To enter through Crib Passage, pass midway between Liska Islet and Huston Islet, taking care to avoid the rock with 4.3 m (14 ft) over it 0.1 mile west of the latter, then steer a mid-channel course . - To enter via Sunday Passage, steer for the south extremity of Angular • Island, bearing 098°, to pass between 90 m (295 ft) and 0.1 mile south of Kate , Islet. When Sunday Passage opens, steer a mid channel course through it. When " approaching from the SW, note the rock, with 6.7 m (22 ft) over it, 0.3 mile WNW of t Coach Islets. • US Saili ng Directions (Enroutel British Columbia, p.l00 •., 8.06 Sunday Harbor (50 0 43'N., 126°42'W.), provides sheltered anchorage to small vessels with local knowledge off the S side of Crib Island. A chain of islands and islets, which includes Kate Islet, Narrows Islet, Angular Island, and Egg Islet extends W •t to E off the S side of Crib Island and Sunday Harbor. Crib Passage which leads to the anchorage from Queen Charlotte Strait, is entered t between Huston Islet (50 0 44'N., 126°43'W.), 26m high, and Liska Islet, 26m high, t about 0.3 mile SW. A 4.1 m patch lies about 0.2 mile WNW of Huston Islet. The passage is contracted to a width of less than 0.1 mile between Island Point, the S extremity of Crib Island and Narrows Islet. The bar between these two features has a least charted depth of ,• 5.5m. t 1997 Waggoner Cruising GYide. p.176 Sunday Harbour. Use chart 3546; 3515. Sunday Harbour is formed by Crib Island • and Angular Island, north of the mouth of Arrow Passage. The bay is very pretty but exposed to westerly winds. The little cove in the northeast corner looks attractive until •~ you try to enter and realize it is full of rocks. We would anchor in the middle of Sunday Harbour for a relaxing lunch on a quiet day. ~ Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia. 1996, page 236. Sunday Harbour Chart 3546 metric, 3515 metric; anchor: 50°43.45' N, 126° 41.90' W (NAD 83) - Extract from CHS Sailing Directions - 83 . Appendices '"fIJI! fJ'i Sunday Harbour, located between Crib and Angular Island, is open to the northwest. As the leaning trees on the shore indicate, prevailing winds here come from the northwest. .. Sunday Harbour can be entered by either the west or east passages. Use chart 3546; it is ... the largest scale available. The word "harbor" is used loosely and could well have come from a canoeist when f3! he was about to haul out after having paddled from Mamalilaculla on an ebb tide. Who cares about a little west wind when it's haul out time! .. Sunday Harbour is a great lunch stop, a special place with a feeling of the outer .. waters. (Listen carefully for the beat of the paddles!) .. Anchor in 3 to 4 fathoms over a reported sand with gravel and kelp bottom with fI! unrecorded holding. .. The Curve of Time, 7th edition, page 97. .. ,p ... 1 pulled out the chart and the well worn Coast Pilot to look for shelter - in case of need, in view of the probable wind. ...,. Page 98. .,. I opened up the Pilot book to look it up ... British Columbia Coast ... Queen Charlotte Sound ... Fog Island ... Dusky Cove - Ah! Sunday Harbour. Pilot book says, "Small but sheltered anchorage on the south side of Crib Island. Affords refuge for small boats". I •.,. didn't altogether like the word "refuge", it sounded like the last extremity. Page 99. •If Somehow, I mistrusted that word "refuge" from the beginning - it was too suggestive of other things such as trouble or shipwreck. And then one always forgets that Pilot books, even if they say small vessels probably mean cruisers as opposed to battleships. '" •t9 Cruising beyond Desolation Sound, p.130. WI Sunday Harbour 19 There are those who trust this anchorage, but I felt it to be an open bowl, and it certainly offers no protection from west winds - as Dusky Cove, trees are bent permanently to the east. The bottom is mud, with heavy kelp growth. Entry may be made " from either end, remembering the definite currents: the flood comes in Sunday Pass and • exits at the northeast end. The northeast entry should be taken in mid-channel, because of the charted rocks on the north side, and a large shoal extending about 50 feet from the north side of Angular Island. A bay on the north side of Crib Island suggests an anchorage which cannot yet be recommended - depth is 43 fathoms with little room to swing, and although wind protection is good, I good get no bottom samples and must assume for now that the bottom is rock. There is no room for error should the anchor drag. • • • • 84 • • Appendices APPENDIX 5 Tabulation of Responses to Interviews 85 • .. Appendices ...... " '"flJ .,... f1I' ...,.- «- .,.,. tY.t .,.,. f'JI.,. if., •.. •e .," •.., . "til tJ eli •iii 86 • • Appendices Cascadian Hydrographic Services ISAILING DIRECTIONS QUESTIONS I 1 Where do you sail, cruise, boat, trade? 2 What type of vessel do you operate? 3 Which government sailing directions do you use? (eg: Canadian, USC&G, BA, other) 4 What are the most important facets of information given in sailing directions? (Hazards, aids, anchorages, ports, tides, currents, weather, tourism, regulations, passage, VTS, shelter, pilots) 5 Do you use any commercially produced books, guides, almanacs to supplement or replace government sailing directions? 6 Which of these commercially produced books do you prefer? (Hale, Douglass, Reeds, Lilies, Wolfrestan) 7 Reasons for Preference: 8 Do you think that information for small craft can effectively combined with information for big ships in one book? 9 What format for sailing directions do you find easiest to work with? (Saddle-stitch, spiral, perfect paper-back, loose) Comments What can be done to improve sailing directions? 87 tJl'1 Appendices ~ ~ ~ Camousun Nautical Instructors ~ Capt. B. Silvester, Capt. R. Turpin, 3rd Oct ~ World wide experience ~ also extensive BC coast rec. boating 2 Mainly Big ship background -". Commercial and Navybut with strong rec. (IfP'J boating interest/ownership ". 3 CHS publications .,- .(fA 4 ,- ,,- ", 5 Yes ,,- ~ 6 Charlie's Charts were found to be reliable ". and practical Wolferstan - coffee table ". ~ 7 Up to date, covered inadequately charted .,. areas r Non-govt. book could do a better job of Polkinghorn Is. ". 8 Regulated vessels are forced to carry these e books, therefore they should not be forced to W buy information they do not need. e Small craft users don't need half that stuff and are better of with specialized .. publications e. @!JPJ 9 Liked saddle-stitch in a 3-ring binder @IfJ Capt. Sylvester expressed an interest in further consultation on any new publications .. C Expand PAC200 to a Mariners Handbook .. Avoid duplication of content with Nto M#1 . Correlate coverage with TT and LoL . 3515/3547 overlay discrepancy in Shoal Bay .. Don't need instructions for Q. Charlotte Strait .. .. 88 .. ..~ IIiiitIJ Appendices Coast Guard - Nav Aids - CGS "Bartlett" Coast Guard - Nav Aids - CGS "Narwal" Capt. E. Lien 3rd Oct Capt. D. Wens ley 8th Oct 1 All BC coast All BC coast plus some Pacific NW 2 CCG Buoy Tender "Bartlett" CCG Buoy Tender "Narwhal" 3 CHS Main Books CHS Main Books 4 Gazetteer Gazetteer Customs and pilotage information when out of Canada 5 Not familiar with CHS Small Craft Guides Used Douglass series as a Cross reference Did no use commercially produced books 6 7 8 Yes-it is helpful to put as much information Yes as possible in one volume Small craft info. is useful for SAR work Where is Duke Point? (anecdote) 9 No real preference Strong preference for the existing format Paperbacks have held up well For booklet preferred with spiral Need more space for hand corrections C Common index, common gazeteer Note negative comments on ECOIS Capt. Lien makes his own coastline sketches Sketches are still the best way to portray the view from seaward Leave more space for hand corrections 89 ... ~ Appendices ~ fA UF&AWU & Northern Gillnetters Assoc. CCG- Fisheries Patrol-CGS"Kitimat II" fA Joy Thorkelson, Des Noble 8th Oct D. Schellenburg, Chief Officer 8th Oct .- North coast North Coast .- ~ 2 Gillnetters, trollers, seine boat crews Fisheries Patrol and SAR ~ flA 3 Only a few members use government books CHS Main Books ..flA fZI 4 '".. ." tfI 5 Only a few members buy these Not familiar with other books ...,. .".,.. 6 Lillies .,.. 7 •., tIP.,. 8 This type of information is best seperated Smal craft info useful! for SAR • •WI 9 Liked the booklet format Likes the booklet concept Indifferent as saddle-stitch or spiral "., •., C Include all northern inshore islands in 1 book Use seperate book for Charlottes I ..• •., • 90 •tJi "... Appendices Kaien Sports Stingray Fishing Supplies Colin Flaton 9th Oct Kevin Strong 9th Oct 1 Chart dealer providing north coast coverage Chart dealer 2 Ex-Halibut boat owner Owner of 90' seiner "Western Investor" 3 Has small craft guides in store, no big books 4 5 Sells Douglass and other guides on Carries Douglass and other guides consignment 6 7 8 9 Likes the booklet concept Likes booklet concept particularily for the Queen Charlottes Spiral bound preferable C Division between PAC205 and PAC206 is not satisfatctory Must include out islands on east side of Hecate Strait with inside passage CHART NOTE-need better coverage of Zayas I. & better general coverage of Chatham Sound 91 ~ Appendices ~I .-1If1 Sea Sport Port of Prince Rupert .~ Merilyn Baldwin 9th Oct David Woodman Hbr Mstr 8th Oct ~ 1 Chart dealer ~ .,p 2 Caters to small-craft trade Oriented to commercial shipping with DND experience ""ff' 3 Carries Main Books Main Books f!P f8I' ~ 4 -ffI' tfII ." 5 Knows and stocks Douglass books .. .. 6 "Lots of recreational traffic heading north to ." Alaska" ." Douglass books out selling SDs 6 to 1 .. 7 Douglass provides good detail .. and local knowledge for th~ recreational .. boater • 8 Best to split the market Difficult to do effectively '" Information for small craft could be put in •.,. seperate sections • 9 Likes Booklet concept Spiral good .. Wi Favours spiral bound Good idea to keep general information in one book .. • C Noted arrangement of PAC205/206 CD rom would and excellent idea .. to be "kind of peculiar" .. Strong preference for all mainland side ... information to be put in one book .. ... 92 .. • Appendices DND - Hydrographic Office - Esquimalt DND-HMCS Venture - Navigation training E Damon, Cmdr S White QHM,J. Purdy Lt Rick Kappel 7th Oct. 7th Oct 1 BC Coast and Pacific Ocean BC Coast 2 Warships and naval Auixiliaries Coastal Patrol vessel Provides training for all naval vessels 3 Main books Main Books These books are supplied to all govt vessels down to 30 footers 4 5 No Occasional use of other guides and almanacs 6 7 8 Do not think that small craft info can be Use segregated publications effectively combined with big ship stuff 9 Booklets are great improvement (ED) Strongly prefers big books Spiral binding by far the best Paper back or hard cover Indifferent between Spiral and stapple If booklets used then 3D ring binder necessary C Division between PAC205/206 does not CD would be "fantastic" for office use seem appropriate II Claritfy/provide overlap at Cape Scott II Clarify coverage in Chatham Sound/Alaska border il For smal craft it is appropriate to start coverage at Victoria 93 I, fP" ". Appendices ,. ~ Council of BC Yacht Clubs Pacific Net & Twine Pescatorial Cafe t- Dick Niven 10th Oct Ron Tsuji 9th Oct IP Ship chandler Fishing supplies ~ Coffee and gossip for fishermen fP 2 24' sail boat Supplies for all types of fishing ,.,p 3 Most rec. boaters would buy govt. No fP publications if they were small cheap and appealing .. ~ 4 Highlight dangers r Safety info, small craft anchorages r include Marine Park information fP Deletable info on Fishing,Rules of the Road, Loran, most regulations, r much of natural conditions, fP general circulation and oceanography 5 Yes Sells Marine Atlas • not a chart dealer .. .,..... 6 • 7 Detail •.. fJ' 8 Not really but provide as much small craft information as you can • •fP 9 Booklet concept is good Liked booklet concept Spiral binding "essential Symbols excellent, ?U flag should=! •.. C PAC201 Victoria to Jervis Inlet inc. Vancouver • PAC202/3 North Georgia, Desolation to C. • Caution PAC204 Victoria to Cape Scott-West Coast • Van. I • PAC205 QC Sound & mainland Coast of Hecate to Rupert • PAC206 Q. C.ls. & Dixon Ent & Portland •< Canal I •.. 94 •., ~ , ,• Appendices Canadian Power Squadrons 17th Oct A. Smith and R. Sandilands 17th Oct • T. Thompson, Oak Bay PS 1 Victoria - Gulf Islands Gulf Islands •~ ~ 2 Power Boat 24' Sail Boat 24' • Past commercial & naval experience • 3 No Canadian •~ 4 Sailing Directions are planning guides • for the international mariner •~ .. • 5 Yes • • • 6 Douglass •~ • 7 Readable • • 8 ~ ,• Pictograms are redundant, just write it , down ~ ~ 9 Liked booklet concept Spiral is better than booklet/saddlestitch as it does not limit • by pages the info given • C Make location sketch accurate The booklet concept is "utterly stupid" • Provide sufficient overlap eg PAC203 as it sho'NS a complete lack of knowledge I~ far as San Josef Bay of what the mariner needs I~ Avoid "under publishing"-give all info Need a CHS policy statement re-purpose of '~ SDs :1 II I~ 95 !~ I~ , Appendices .. fill' fIP Western Marine Community member Tanner's Chart Dealer ~ Herb Buchanan 20th Oct Merv Tanner 16th oct fIlA 1 ~ ffA 2 Good selection of Rec. Boating guides & books "f!lA 3 Yes, and likes them as they are. CHS agent ... f11A fP f1A 4 .. ...,. 5 .. .,..,.. 6 ...,. ." 7 ." (II 8 Good concept ... ...,. 9 Likes them as they are. Spiral .... •.,. C People know their local area well and don't fpI need a small local book, they need broader coverage trJ.,... .. 96 .. ..til Appendices Seaspan (Towing) 17th Oct Bosun's Marine 17th Oct Capt. D. Hodgson 1 West Coast 2 Seaspan tug mainly small craft including fisherment 3 Canadian 4 Regulations, customs 5 no 6 Fair selection 7 8 Concept marginally acceptable Very interested-good concept 9 Loose leaf format for corrections C Change North Coast South coast - should have Vicortia to Vancouver in one book 97 Appendices ~ffI' BC Coast Pilots Ltd 23 Oct BC Chamber of Shipping ". Capts. R. Myerscough & Finn Hoyrup R. Cartwright 23rd Oct ~ 1 Pilot commercial shipping Lot of Cruise ships ffM ~ 2 All of the coast ". ". 3 Most deep-sea using BA or US books fP' Regular traders us CHS products . fFA 4 Regulatory info. very useful fP ff' ... 5 No fP Need regulations .. 6 .. fP' 7 CD useful in the office •". One of the cruise ships has 12 PCs on the bridge .. fP 8 Concept acceptable .. ..r fIlA 9 Spiral ok, but no identification Appears acceptable on the spine • .-.. C Put Vancouver Hbr on 1 chart One book from Sooke to Desolation •., try for three books for the South Coast N. Coast cut not sensible II Change Helmcken I traffic notes • •.-.. 98 • •... Appendices Alexander Marine 23 Oct Vancouver Port Corporation 23 Oct Alex Capt. Michael Cormier 1 2 CHS and US agent mainly small craft market & fishermen 3 4 These are the most important regs:- Col. Regs(Can. mods), Casualty Rpt, VTS Charts+Pubs Add Mid Ocean ballast exchange regulations 5 6 Waggoner sells best priced at $17.95 7 $10 less than Northwest Boat Travel 8 New format good Yes 9 Spiral definitely Spiral binding catches on things Will sell mostly PAC202, PAC203 C Need only one book to get to Vancouver Need new photos 99 WJ!i Appendices - fIIl'J ~ Maritime Services 23 Oct DFO Operations . Capt. Adil Antia Capt K Monahan . 1 World wide BC coast ..,. 2 Supplies cruise shiops and freighters Fisheries patrol . BA agents .. 3 VIIs calling regularily use CHS CHS Main books . products ...,. 4 .. ..,. 5 Commercial Shipping only uses government I publications ..,. 6 ... 7 ... 8 Yes, but nothing fancy for deep sea ships NO, very difficult to do Try $100 to $120 for the package .. BA selling at $111 each, .. US at $30 & only one book for the coast .. 9 Concept OK .. ... C Try to include Vancouver in PAC201 Additional info needed for vIis entering in . try one book for the North coast from US .. er e ..e 100 .. Appendices Fine Edge Productions 23 Nov Robert Hale & Co Inc 23 Nov Don Douglass 760 387 2412 Bob Hale 425 881 5212 1 World wide cruising Washington, BC and Alaska coasts 2 32' power 37' Tolly craft 3 Main books and SCGs used as source Main books and SCGs used as source 4 5 Authors Exploring series Author Waggoner guide 6 7 Directed to recreational boaters needs Up to date Author knows the market Advertising is very usefull. Readable Info distilled from govt & other sources 8 Yes 9 Perfect binding - cost is lower than spiral and cost is very important. C CHS should spend its money on surveys and supply the raw data for private enterprise to publish Mr. Douglass expressed an interest in being consulted further on any new publications 101 . ~ Appendices .~ CPS Training Officer f!IJ South Vancouver Island . 1 Vancouver I (south) ,- San Juans ~ 2 19 ft power ,- fill 3 Canadian ,- ~ ". 4 Directions, variations, aids, tides, ports fill anchorages . f"J ..-.;I ~ 5 Seldom .-.. prJ 6 Reeds, Douglass ..- prJ 7 Visuals ... ~ 8 Yes 9 Spiral if well done C Use colour pictorials and symbols. 102 , • Appendices ~ •~ ~ ~ •~ ~ ~ •~ ~ ~ • • • ~ APPENDIX 6 . CORRESPONDENCE 1 Web questions 2 Responses 3 Technical correspondence (copied from E-mail) 4 Pagemaker correspondence (copied from E-mail) 103 Appendices 104 Appendices Questions about Sailing Directions (Coast Pilot) Books The Canadian Hydrographic Service (Pacific Region) seeks comments and opinions on the content and format of their Sailing Directions publications. Mariners of all types and other interested clients are invited to respond to the questions on this page. Individual responses will be kept confidential. • Thank you . •./ Area of operation (e.g. SE. Alaska) (1) What type of vessel do you operate? Fishing Vessel Recreational boat Coastal Commercial vessel Ocean-going Commercial Vessel (2) Which sailing directions do you prefer to use? C.H.S. "main" sailing directions e.g. B.C. Coast Vols. 1 or 2. US Government (D.M.A. or U.S.C.&G.) British Admiralty Other national government publication series. Commercially produced guides, pilots or sailing directions C.H.S. Small Craft Guides (3) Should Sailing Direction include in one publication information for all vessels regardless of size? YES N) (4) Please choose what you consider to be the eight most important facets of sailing directions information: Hazards to navigation and cautions Local weather information Anchorage or mooring information Current and tide descriptions Local marine regulations and laws Port facility information Refuge and shelter information Local coast guard traffic service details Navigation aids information Points of interest, "tourist" information Historical notes Pilotage information Please use this space for any comments you may have about Sailing Directions. (500 characters) More comments E-mail Prepared by Cascadian Hydrographic Services 29th September 1997. 105 II Appendices (Charles Watson , 9/30/97 1 :04 PM) To: A & A Mortimer Tony Thank you for your email and the kind comments. There is certainly no copyright on the questionnaire layout and I am highly delighted that you fII. wish to use it. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!! ! ~ The layout was based around simplicity and fast access as I understood ~ from someone at the MARINE-L list that serving mariners access the list and internet and email access has to be rapid with the high cost of ~ satellite communications. The compass gif was an embellishment that could have been discarded and improved access time. " I am no expert on questionnaires, but I will give you some feedback as ... fellow mariner. P PILOT BOOKS IN GENERAL til As you may, or may not know, I am the editor of Fairplay Ports Guide and II, have several researchers working with me. The researchers, none of them mariners, have been trained by myself to use and interpret information ~ in Pilot Books. Their feedback may be of interest to you. Primarily, .. they use the UKHO series of Pilot Books. There are now two types, the old fashioned hard backed books and modern soft covered books. The researchers preference lies with the new style books as they have been •ftlI completely rewritten in a language that they understand, ie all the nautical jargon is dispensed with. We have one copy of a US Pilot Book @ for the Great Lakes area and the layout and format of that is also well ~ liked. As we do not have any Canadian Pilot Books I cannot give you any feedback on your Pilot Books. • UPDATING • One question that you may wish to add is the method of updating the ~ Pilot Books. The UKHO currently has two methods, the old method which ~ has one or more Supplements issued during the currency of the Pilot and the new method, which I believe the UKHO refer to as continuous ~ updating. The latter method includes additions and amendments within the weekly Notices to Mariners and they are cut out and pasted into the • Pilot Books. I believe that it is planned for this type of Pilot to be ~ replaced more frequently, maybe on an annual basis. • I do not know which method you use, but it may be worth asking a .. question about your updating service. GRAPHICS - UKHO Pilot Books have many photos and sketches. I remember from my time -III at sea that I very seldom referred to them as quite frequently they did not bear any resemblance to current views. If graphics are used, are .. radar "shots" more useful than photos, something else that you might ., like to consider. Once again, I do not know what is in your books. tl Other than these two areas I think your questionnaire covers everything. Should I think of anything else within the next day or so I will email • you. Good luck and best wishes. Charles ,• 106 • •I - • • Appendices ,It Re: [MARINE-L:2506] Sailing Directions-Coast Pilots (Phil Irons , 10/1/97 11 :25 t AM) To: A Mortimer At 14:13 97/10/01 -0300, you wrote: >http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/cascadian/SDquestions.htm > > The web site given here contains a few brief questions about >sailing directions/coast pilot publications. >CHS welcomes responses from all the marine community wherever they may >sail. >Thanks. > >Tony Mortimer Some observations: 1. In the Ship type section, you have omitted a place for Government fleet vessels (either Navy or civilian/Coast Guard) 2. Is there a similar questionnaire for the Sailing Directions for the Eastern part of the country? If not, will there be one soon? Although I *have* sailed on the west coast, it was many years ago. Nevertheless, my comments (if I could make them properly) would be valid for all editions. Your comments would be appreciated. Regards, Phil Irons, Navigation Instructor Canadian Coast Guard College (http://www.cgc.ns.ca) Sydney, Nova Scotia "Advice and insults are like alcohol and drugs ... they only affect you if you take them I" i, i 11 II :1 107 Appendices Form posted from Mozilla (Sindicato dos Conferentes de Pernambuco . 10/2/97 3:07 AM) SUBJECT=Online+form&REPLy [email protected][email protected]&name=northeast+of+B razil&q 1 =2&q2=4&q3= 1 &q5= 1 &q5=2&q5=3&q5=4&q5=5&q5=7 &q 5=8&q 5= 1 O&na me= (Robert Jeffrey . 10/3/97 12:29 PM) SUBJECT=Online+form&REPL Y- [email protected]& [email protected]&name=malacca+strait &q 1 =4&name= (James Garrity . 10/2/97 8:54 PM) SUBJECT=Online+form&REPL Y [email protected][email protected]&name=Norththumberla nd+Straig ht&q 1 =2&q2=6&q3=2&q5= 1 &q5=2&q5=3&q5=4&q5=6&q5=7 &q5=8&q5= 9&name= [email protected]&name=&q1 =2&q2=2&q3=2&q5= 1 &q5=3&q5=4&q5=5 &q5=7&q5=8&q5=9&q5=12&name= SUBJECT=Online+form&REPL Y [email protected][email protected]&name=New+York%2FA tlantic+Ocean&q 1 =2&q2=2&q3=2&q5= 1 &q5=3&q5=4&q5=5&q5=6&q5=7 &q5=9&q5 =12&name= SUBJECT=Online+form&REPL Y [email protected][email protected]&name=Lake+Ontario&q 1=2&q2=5&q3=2&q5=1&q5=3&q5=5&q5=6&q5=7&q5=8&q5=9&q5=12&name= 108 Appendices RESPONSES TO VvEBSITE QUESTIONS Area of operation (e.g. SE Alaska) Not given New York, Atlantic Ocean * * Lake Ontario * * Northumberland Strait * * Northeast of Brazil * * Georgia Strait * * (1) What type of vessel do you operate? - Fishing Vessel - Recreational boat x x x x x - Coastal Commercial vessel x - Ocean-going Commercial Vessel (2) Which sailing directions do you prefer to use? - C.H.S. "main" sailing directions e.g. BC Vol. 1 x - US. Government (D.M.A. or U.S.C.&G.) X X - British Admiralty X - Other national government publication series - Commercially produced guides, pilots or sailing X X directions - C.H.S. Small Craft Guides (3) Should Sailing Direction include in one publication information for all vessels regardless of size? -YES X X -NO X X X X (4) Please choose what you consider to be the eight most important facets of sailing directions information: 1 Hazards to naVigation and cautions X X X X X X 2 Local weather information X X X X 3 Anchorage or mooring information X X X X X X 4 Current and tide descriptions X X X 5 Local marine regulations and laws X X X X X 6 Port facility information X X X 7 Refuge and shelter information X X X X X X 8 Local coast guard traffic service details X X X X X 9 Navigation aids information X X X X X 10 Points of interest "tourist" information X 11 Historical notes 12 Pilotage information X X X X Please use this space for any comments you may have about Sailing Directions. (500 characters), 109 Appendices REQUEST FOR PAGEMAKER SERVICES Responses copied directly from E-mail. INITIAL REQUEST Subject: Pagemaker Services? Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:12:11 -0700 From: A Mortimer For possible future reference is there anybody in the Victoria area that provides Pagemaker compilation services. The potential task would be to take the text for half a dozen booklets (av 140 pages) from WORD (Mac), add photos and diagrams, and set-up for printing to a rigorously defined format. Tony Mortimer Cascadian Hydrographic Services [email protected] RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR PAGEMAKER SERVICES Subject: Re: Pagemaker Services? Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11 :29:02 +0100 From: Jackson Mitchell Hi Tony, You might give a call to Terry Warr at Society Press and Graphics, 480-1636 832C Fisgard St. Sounds like something they could do for you. And they do good work. Cheers, Jackson JACKSON MITCHELL, B.A.A., B.A. (hons). AGDC, VISUAL ARTS TECHNOLOGIST, Camosun College, Victoria, BC. e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Tel.: 370-3456 http://www.islandnet.com/-jacksonm/homepage.htm I 110 Appendices Subject: Pagemaker Services Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:27:31 -0700 From: [email protected] (Bill Code) To: [email protected] We will be happy to quote on your potential tasks. I think that you will find us to be very reasonably priced, with an unbelievable turn-around time. Let me know! Thanks. Bill Code The Associates Publish i ng/M a rketi ng/l nte rnetiG ra ph ics #109-3347 Oak Street Victoria, BC Canada V8X 1R2 Ph: (250) 475-3020 Fax: (250) 475-3073 Pgr: (250) 360-9576 http://reta i lad. bc. ca "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing it must run faster than the fastest lion or be killed. Every morning in Africa the lion wakes up, knowing it must outrun the slowest gazelle or starve. It does not matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion, when the sun comes up you have to be running." - Jeff Williams Subject: Re: Pagemaker Services? Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:42: 11 -0700 From: Ken Strong > Fotoprint on Pandora has done some excellent work for me at very reasonable prices. Ken 111 Appendices Subject: Pagemaker Services? Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:12:32 -0700 From: Ann Rogers Hi Tony. I'm responding to your message on the VMUG listserv. I have a company, West View Designs, that provides document services including editing, writing, and production. I work with Page Maker and Word on a regular basis and I am interested in any projects that you may have. You can contact me at 721-4034 or e-mail [email protected] to discuss this further. Talk to you soon. Ann ------a ro g e rs@a n t i be. com ------Ann Rogers (250) 721-4034 Fax (250) 721-4033 West View Designs, Victoria, BC Canada http://WNW.antibe.com/westview/ Web Page Design, Desktop Publishing, Training Needlework Resources - Products and Services ------Toll F re e 1-888-222-4034 ------ Subject: Pagemaker Services Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:53:17 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Tony: I believe that there are quite a number of people in Victoria, able to help you out with Page Maker, you'll probably get plenty of replies. Our application of choice is QuarkXPress, which is widely used in the graphic arts/printing industry for tasks such as you outlined in your e-mail. Give me a call if you want further info. Howard Howard Glossop, FCSD, MIOP, ARPS Chartered Designer and Consultant (250) 595-3177 (250) 595-3120 (fax) (250) 727-1546 (cel) [email protected] 112 • Appendices Subject: Re: Pagemaker Services? Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 12:43:43 -0800 From: "Word Crunchers, Etc." I use Page Maker 6.5 and do freelance desktop publishing at $25 per hour. I have been using PageMaker since 1985, over 12 years. As I am currently only working 24 hours per week, I have plenty of time to take on freelance work. You can view my resume and list of major projects at: http://www.crunchers.bc.ca/vicky Ivi cky/html Thanks, Vicky EM P LOY MEN TWA N TED! (Full or Part-Time) Desktop Publishing, Website Design, Data-Bases, Bookkeeping Resume: http://www.crunchers.bc.ca/Vicky/Vicky.html Vicky Vickers, Word Crunchers, Etc. 250-595-6593 : http://www.crunchers.bc.ca/vicky Subject: Re: Pagemaker Services? Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:59:41 -0800 From: Siamak Sanati > > We do provide this service. Please contact Emanuela Bourne, if you are interested. thank you ======Sanati Computer Services Corp. T: (250) 881 1991 F: (250) 881 1220 scs_sales@sanatLcom http://www.sanati.com Subject: Pagemaker compilation Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 15:48:00 +0100 From: marion stood ley Tony Mortimer Cascadian Hydrographic Services I'm writing to express interest in providing Pagemaker compilation services for your company. Could you e-mail me with any further information or perhaps we could set up a time to discuss the proposed service by telephone. Marion Stood ley Page Perfect Design & Type 113 Appendices PageMaker Services (Janet/John Hansen, 11/4/97 8:59 PM) To: "A Mortimer" If you are still looking for someone who knoVv'S Pagemaker really well, you could phone Ed Ephgrave, 656-7542. He is not a member of the Mac Users group, but he is a Mac user. He doesn't have email at the moment. I've given him your name, so he may phone you. Janet Hansen Subject: PageMaker Expert Available for your Booklets Date: Thu, 27 Nov 97 20:40:18 -0800 From: Ananda das (Victoria, B.C.) Dear Tony: Yes, I have the ability, the program (PageMaker 6.5) and the time. I have been employed for about 25 years as a typesetter for printing companies and have endeavoured always to keep my skills current. Since being laid off from the Queen's Printer, have had no steady income, and I would really appreciate the work. I know you would be satisfied at the results. Best wishes, Erik Pedersen 114
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