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Chapter 10 of this renowned navigation course: Prescribed navigation lights and shapes of all types of vessels, necessary to avoid collisions at sea.

http://www.sailingissues.com/navcourse10.html

Several important pages of the website are now fully translated into Arabic.

http://www.sailingissues.com/ara/index.html

All the Imray charts and pilot guides from Amazon.com - for the Turkisch Coasts and Greek Islands

http://www.sailingissues.com/books.html

Temperatures, humidities and cloud cover per month for the Bodrum region in Turkey. Plotted data valid for sailing holidays in the Dodecanese (Kos and Rhodes) and the Carian coast of Turkey.

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/climate-weather-athens.html

Several important pages of the website are now fully translated into Hebrew.

http://www.sailingissues.com/heb/index.html

All the Imray charts and pilot guides from Amazon.co.uk - for the Turkisch Coasts and Greek Islands

http://www.sailingissues.com/books-uk.html

Temperatures, humidities and cloud cover per month for the Athens region. Plotted data valid for sailing holidays in the Argolic Gulf, the Saronic Gulf and the Northern Cyclades

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/climate-weather-athens.html

The archaeological site of Didyma close to the ports of Samos, Kos and Bodrum

http://www.sailingissues.com/turkey/didyma-sailing-holidays.html

Datça port - Carian Coast, Turkey

http://www.sailingissues.com/turkey/dat%C3%A7a-sailing-holidays.html

Ancient Knidos port on the Turkish Carian Coast opposite Kos (Dodecanese, Greece)

http://www.sailingissues.com/turkey/knidos-sailing-holidays.html

Charter holiday logbook: sailing from Athens via the Argolic Gulf and Crete and back to Athens via the Cyclades. Yacht charters in the Aegean.

http://www.sailingissues.com/athens-yacht-charters.html

Several important pages of the website are now fully translation into Italian.

http://www.sailingissues.com/ita/index.html

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The northern Aegean has some beautiful spots, ideal for sailing holidays. Thasos island is a perfect example - despite being some distance away from the regular yacht charter bases - lush and gre...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/thasos.html

Sailing holidays in the Argolic, Saronic and Cyclades often start out of the Alimos marina in Athens where most yacht charter companies have their (main)base. A small guide of how to get to Alimo...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/athens-yacht-charters.html

I have finished the section on the island Crete, its history and have added photos and a selection of my favourite ports and harbours.

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/crete.html

The archaeological site of the Sanctuary of Olympia can best be reached from the yacht charters base of Lefkas in the Ionian Sea via the port of Katakolon on the east shore of the Peloponnese. A ...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/olympia-sailing.html

I have added an image (click for a larger image in a new window) to illustrate the significant distortions in a Mercator projection. Each navy coloured circle/ellipse has a radius of 500 km.

http://www.sailingissues.com/navcourse2.html

Added a plan of the Santuary of Aphaia which contains the famous Aphaia temple on Aegina island.

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/aegina.html

First version of my sailing and yacht charters guide to Crete island in the south Aegean Sea: Chania, Iraklion, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, Ierapetra, Paleohora. Prevailing summer winds in the Sea ...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/crete.html

Update with images on the floor plans of Greek temple designs. Anta and Double Anta, Tholos, Prostyle, Dipteral, Peripteral, Pseudoperipteral, Amphiprostyle and Pseudodipteral. And the Parthenon ...

http://www.sailingissues.com/culture.html

It is now possible - albeit not officially - to simple sail from Greece to Turkey (or vice versa) without clearing out or clearing in at a port of entry. Clearly this method is tolerated, since i...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/sailing-between-greece-turkey.html

After the sinking of the “Tricolor” in the Dover Straits in 2002, several other vessels hit the wreck despite standard radio warnings, three guard ships and a lighted buoy. This incident spaw...

http://sailingissues.com/navcourse9.html#new-wreck

How to avoid fishing lines and nets.

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/greek-fishing-techniques.html

Unique climate data useful for swimming and snorkelling during sailing holidays and yacht charters in Greece or Turkey - offshore sea surface temperature maps per month of the Ionian and Aegean a...

http://www.sailingissues.com/seawater-temperatures-greece.html

Greek terms and descriptions in Greek found in the nautical chart and other Greek publications.

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/greek-chart-terms.html

List of Aegean islands in the Cyclades and the Dodecanese and eastern Sporades

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/aegean-islands.html

Turkish terms and descriptions in Turkish in the nautical chart and other Turkish publications.

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/turkish-chart-terms.html

Sailing guide to the island of Chios and Psara island in the east Aegean sea. Yacht charters guide of the southern Sporades or eastern sporades just north of the Dodecanese and adjacent to the Tu...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/chios.html

Constructions in the nautical chart: Lines of position, ranges, transit lines, position fixes, estimated position, dead reckoning, running fixes and the Snellius construction. International notat...

http://www.sailingissues.com/navcourse4.html

Detailed course on how to use the nautical chart in coastal navigation. Information in the chart, plotting coordinates, distances and courses. A selection of the most used chart symbols as well a...

http://www.sailingissues.com/navcourse2.html

A further explanation on magnetic variation, declination and deviation and why a western variation is negative and an eastern variation is positive. How to convert a compass course into a true co...

http://www.sailingissues.com/navcourse3.html

The most essential islands in Greece to include in your itineraries on bareboat yacht charter holidays in the Greek waters.

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/top-10-greek-islands.html

Besides adding the new photos of crossing the Corinth Canal, especially some very necessary attention to a petition about saving and restoring what is left of the rapidly collapsing ancient Diolk...

http://www.sailingissues.com/corinth-canal-diolkos.html

A guide to visually distinct between a fair weather cumulus and a rain bearing cumulonimbus cloud, allowing you to forecast showers. Furthermore, an easy way to tell the difference between ice an...

http://www.sailingissues.com/forecast-showers_rain-clouds.html

Most people get taught that rain drops are shaped like tears by (university!) teachers that are actively perpetuating this urban myth. Weather icons used throughout the media are illustrative of ...

http://www.sailingissues.com/rain-teardrop-shaped.html

Beautiful sailing routes in the Dodecanese and the eastern Sporades of Greece, starting out of the yacht charter bases in Samos (Pythagorion marina), Kos and Rhodes, with - if possible - a crossi...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/dodecanese-itineraries.html

Formalities involving the crossing of the east Aegean border with Turkey - Ports of entry and exit, Customs, Port Police, transit logs, Visa, procedures to re-enter Greece, Yacht Registration Cer...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/sailing-between-greece-turkey.html

Explains the relation and the difference between the nearly similar names of the Greek Ionian sea and the Turkish Ionian coast, by means of a mythical story involving a heifer, a priestess, some ...

http://www.sailingissues.com/sailing-greece.html#ionian

Please consider making a micro-lending loan through Kiva, or to donate to the Help Burkina Foundation, or my own website, so that you can help keep this useful & critical sailing community online...

http://www.sailingissues.com/donation.html

Last-minutes in Greece, fees and gratuities to skipper and crew. The cheapest way to explore the Greek islands and how to cope with a limited budget. The important advice - in case of trouble - t...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/last-minutes-budget.html

Beautiful itineraries from Athens or Lavrion towards Syros (7 days and 10 days), Paros (7 days) and Kos (14 days) plus a guide on crossing the open stretch of water between the Dodecanese and the...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/oneway-itineraries.html

1) Toponyms such as Loutra, Chora, Vathi and Panormos. 2) Clear description of the various bases for yacht charters: Athens, Lefkas, Nidri, Preveza, Paros, Kos, Lavrion, Syros, Mykonos, Corfu, Sa...

http://www.sailingissues.com/sailing-greece.html

Sunrise, Sunset and daylight hours added, suggesting that June is probably the best time to sail Greece. Previously updated with some important remarks on the climate chance that also affects the...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/sail-greece-season.html

Logbook by Lene Poulsen from Denmark on their 14 days sailing holiday out of Lefkas into the Ionian Sea, visiting Ithaca, Lefkas and Kefalonia.

http://www.sailingissues.com/sailing-greece-1.html

In the night of 6 April 2007 the cruise ship Sea Diamond sank near the buoy beneath Fira town (Skala) after hitting a reef inside the flooded crater of this volcano and making water. With a drama...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/santorini.html#sea-diamond

Complete update on the Paxos, antipaxos, Othoni, Erikoussa islands. Plus the adjacent coast of Albania (Sarandë port) and mainland coast of Greece (Epirus region): Pagania, Sagiada, Igoumenitsa,...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/corfu.html

Revised map of the islands of Ithaca, Kefalonia and the mainland coast south of Astakos (the Echinades islets)

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/kefalonia.html

The chart of Leros and Kalymnos is revised.

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/leros.html

The chart of Lefkas, Meganisi, Kasos, Kalamos and the adjacent mainland is completely revised.

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/lefkas.html

All charts thoroughly updated - the new mole on Tilos is added as well. Tilos island now separate from Kos and Nisyros.

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/kos.html

Again an update of only the sailing map of the island, but very much worth it since the east coast of Symi offers no less than seven beautiful and sheltered anchorages!

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/simi.html

The map of these beautiful sailing grounds (the northern most bit of the Dodecanese) has been updated and checked. Isles include Patmos, Lipso, Arki, Farmakonisi, Agathonisi. The famous (and high...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/patmos.html

The map of the Cycladic islands is thoroughly updated. Sailing and cruising in the Cyclades out of the many charter bases in the Aegean: Samos, Kos, Athens, Lavrion, Syros and Paros.

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/cyclades.html

Describing the four major anchors used for recreational sailing yachts and motor yachts: The Danforth, CQR, Bruce and Delta anchors. The criteria for choosing an anchor are: reliability to set; h...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/anchors.html

Good and safe anchoring techniques start with selecting the ideal seabed which is often indicated in the nautical chart, which also marks whether it is forbidden to actual anchor at certain place...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/seabed.html

The fertile island of Samos is famous for its excellent wines and is geographically separated from Asia Minor by the Samos Strait which is just over one nautical mile wide. Samos belongs to the E...

http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/samos.html

Ferries, hydrofoils, flights, airports, buses, taxis and trains. The logistics involved in sailing in Greece and Turkey. This page will enable you to organize your own ideal flights and travel ar...

http://www.sailingissues.com/yachting-guide/flights-ferries.html

Flag etiquette onboard sailing yachts when entering and sailing Greece, Turkey or Croatia. Flags and ensigns as well as the International code of signals.

http://www.sailingissues.com/flags-etiquette.html

Entering, sailing and chartering your own yacht in Greece - ship's documentation, transit logs, visa regulations with Customs and Port police, according to Greek law.

http://www.sailingissues.com/formalities.html

Weather and climate data for the southern coast of Turkey, including Cyprus, for planning sailing holidays and itineraries.

http://www.sailingissues.com/windroses-turkey.html

Unique offshore data in the form of wind roses for the Adriatic Sea and in particular the Croatian coasts.

http://www.sailingissues.com/windroses-croatia.html

Anchoring is about safety, in the mediterranean more time is spend at anchor than under sail. Futhermore, under the very worst conditions (when leaving the anchorage or port is dangerous) you sho...

http://www.sailingissues.com/anchors-anchoring.html

Outstanding and unique guide towards yacht charters - A perfect sailing holiday in 8 steps, sailing and yachting in Greece and Turkey, including reliable yacht charter companies.

http://www.sailingissues.com/yacht-charters-guide.html

Wind roses for the Ionian and Aegean Seas - weather and climate data - average wind directions and beaufort wind forces off shore.

http://www.sailingissues.com/windroses.html