BookletChart™ West End of NOAA Chart 14830

A reduced-scale NOAA nautical chart for small boaters When possible, use the full-size NOAA chart for navigation.

Included Area Published by the signal is at the light. From Huron, the wooded shoreline trends NW for 9.7 miles to Cedar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Point (41°29.5'N., 82°41.3'W.), the SE entrance point to . In National Ocean Service this stretch, deep water is about 0.9 to 1.2 miles off except at Cedar Office of Coast Survey Point where the shallow depths widen to 1.5 miles. Sandusky Harbor, serving the city of Sandusky, , is in the SE part of www.NauticalCharts.NOAA.gov Sandusky Bay about 50 miles W of Cleveland. The harbor is a major 888-990-NOAA shipping point for coal. Sand, gypsum, and fish are also handled. The harbor is an excellent natural harbor of refuge for small craft. What are Nautical Charts? Sandusky Bay extends W from its entrance between Cedar Point and Bay Point for about 15 miles to Muddy Creek Bay. Sandusky River flows Nautical charts are a fundamental tool of marine navigation. They show into the S side of Muddy Creek Bay. Small craft can navigate through water depths, obstructions, buoys, other aids to navigation, and much Sandusky Bay, Muddy Creek Bay, and upstream in the Sandusky River for more. The information is shown in a way that promotes safe and about 15 miles to the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge at the town of efficient navigation. Chart carriage is mandatory on the commercial Fremont, Ohio. Depths of about 5 feet can be carried through Sandusky ships that carry America’s commerce. They are also used on every Navy Bay, thence 2 to 4 feet through Muddy Creek Bay, and 2 to 19 feet in the and Coast Guard ship, fishing and passenger vessels, and are widely river. The channels through the bays are indefinite and not marked. The carried by recreational boaters. entrances to Muddy Creek Bay and the Sandusky River are marked by

uncharted buoys that are frequently moved to mark the best water. What is a BookletChart? Marblehead Coast Guard Station is close W of Marblehead Stone Docks. This BookletChart is made to help recreational boaters locate A small sheltered basin at the station has depths of 8 feet decreasing to themselves on the water. It has been reduced in scale for convenience, 6 feet at the edges. but otherwise contains all the information of the full-scale nautical Between Catawba Island and Locust Point (41°36.2'N., 83°05.0'W.), a chart. The bar scales have also been reduced, and are accurate when rounding projection 12 miles W, a broad open bight has depths less than used to measure distances in this BookletChart. See the Note at the 24 feet. The Portage River empties into the S side of the bight. A large bottom of page 5 for the reduction in scale applied to this chart. shallow bank with depths less than 14 feet extends about 5.5 miles N and NE off Locust Point. A least depth of 2 feet, marked on the E side by Whenever possible, use the official, full scale NOAA nautical chart for a buoy, is about 4.7 miles NE of the point, and there are scattered navigation. Nautical chart sales agents are listed on the Internet at patches of 3 to 10 feet elsewhere. Niagara Reef, a detached shoal with a http://www.NauticalCharts.NOAA.gov. least depth of 3 feet, is 6.8 miles NE of the point and is marked on the N side by a lighted buoy.

This BookletChart does NOT fulfill chart carriage requirements for Huron Harbor Dangers.–An extensive area of fish net stakes is off the regulated commercial vessels under Titles 33 and 44 of the Code of entrance to Huron Harbor. Federal Regulations. Huron is within the Sandusky customs port of entry. Quarantine is enforced in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Notice to Mariners Correction Status Public Health Service. (See Public Health Service, chapter 1.)

This BookletChart has been updated for chart corrections published in Harbor Regulations.–A speed limit of 6 mph (5.2 knots) is enforced in the U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners, the National Geospatial the harbor except in the outer harbor where the speed limit is 10 mph Intelligence Agency Weekly Notice to Mariners, and, where applicable, (8.7 knots). (See 33 CFR 162.155 and 207.570, chapter 2, for the Canadian Coast Guard Notice to Mariners. Additional chart regulations.) corrections have been made by NOAA in advance of their publication in Sandusky Harbor Dangers.–In 1977, it was reported that the jetty a Notice to Mariners. The last Notices to Mariners applied to this chart extending NE from Cedar Point is partially submerged during periodic are listed in the Note at the bottom of page 7. Coast Pilot excerpts are high water conditions. not being corrected. Caution.–A submarine cable crosses the inner end of Moseley Channel; vessels are cautioned not to drag anchor in this area. For latest Coast Pilot excerpt visit the Office of Coast Survey website at Sandusky is a customs port of entry. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/searchbychart.php?chart=148 Toledo is a customs port of entry. 30 Quarantine is enforced in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public Health Service, chapter 1.) (Selected Excerpts from Coast Pilot) Harbor regulations.–Speed in harbor. In Maumee Bay, lakeward of Vermilion, about 34 miles W of Cleveland, Lighted Buoy 49, no vessel greater than 100 feet long has a harbor used mainly by fishing and shall exceed 12 mph (10.4 knots). No person shall operate any vessel recreational craft. The harbor comprises over 40 feet long in the harbor at a speed greater than 6 mph (5.2 the lower 3,000 feet of the Vermilion knots). Vessels greater than 100 feet long shall not overtake another River, and an approach channel from the vessel in the harbor. (See 33 CFR 162.150, chapter 2, for speed limits lake. About 0.6 mile SE of the river and regulations.) entrance, a lighted tank with the name VERMILION on the side is prominent. U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center Huron Harbor is about 44 miles W of 24 hour Regional Contact for Emergencies Cleveland inside the mouth of the at the city of Huron, Ohio. RCC Cleveland Commander Huron Harbor Light (41°24.3'N., 82°32.6'W.), 80 feet above the water, is 9th CG District (216) 902-6117 shown from a white square pyramidal tower on the W pierhead. A fog Cleveland, OH

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Lateral System As Seen Entering From Seaward on navigable waters except Western Rivers

PORT SIDE PREFERRED CHANNEL PREFERRED CHANNEL STARBOARD SIDE ODD NUMBERED AIDS NO NUMBERS – MAY BE LETTERED NO NUMBERS – MAY BE LETTERED EVEN NUMBERED AIDS

PREFERRED CHANNEL TO PREFERRED CHANNEL GREEN LIGHT ONLY STARBOARD TO PORT RED LIGHT ONLY FLASHING (2) TOPMOST BAND GREEN TOPMOST BAND RED FLASHING (2) FLASHING FLASHING OCCULTING GREEN LIGHT ONLY RED LIGHT ONLY OCCULTING QUICK FLASHING QUICK FLASHING ISO COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) ISO

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"2" R "8" Fl R 6s 1 2 Fl R 4s "1" G "9" GR "A" RG "B" Fl G 6s Fl G 4s Fl (2+1) G 6s Fl (2+1) R 6s LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT

C 6 G G 5 U GR C "1" "5" RG G "U" GR RG R 2 R C "S" N "C" "G" N "6" "2 "

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For more information on aids to navigation, including those on Western Rivers, please consult the latest USCG Light List for your area. These volumes are available online at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov

VHF Marine Radio channels for use on the waterways: Distress Call Procedures Channel 6 – Inter-ship safety communications. Channel 9 – Communications between boats and • Make sure radio is on. ship-to-coast. • Select Channel 16. Channel 13 – Navigation purposes at bridges, locks, and • Press/Hold the transmit button. harbors. • Clearly say: “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.” EMERGENCY INFORMATION Channel 16 – Emergency, distress and safety calls to • Also give: Vessel Name and/or Description; Coast Guard and others, and to initiate calls to other Position and/or Location; Nature of vessels. Contact the other vessel, agree to another channel, and then switch. Emergency; Number of People on Board. Channel 22A – Calls between the Coast Guard and the public. Severe weather • Release transmit button. warnings, hazards to navigation and safety warnings are broadcast here. • Wait for 10 seconds — If no response Channels 68, 69, 71, 72 and 78A – Recreational boat channels. Repeat MAYDAY call. Getting and Giving Help — Signal other boaters using visual distress signals (flares, HAVE ALL PERSONS PUT ON LIFE JACKETS! orange flag, lights, arm signals); whistles; horns; and on your VHF radio. You are required by law to help boaters in trouble. Respond to distress signals, but do not endanger yourself.

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from the nearest National Weather Service office. NWR broadcasts official Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/

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