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Forecast showersGuide to distinct between rain bearing cumulonimbus & fair weather cumulus clouds.
Raindrops are spherical
and aren't teardrop shaped.
Windchill Factor
Safety: forecasting wind chill factors to prevent hypothermia on board.
Prevent seasickness
Causes and prevention of seasickness.
Beaufort wind
Beaufort wind force scale.
Flag etiquette
Proper hoisting of courtesy & Q flag, burgees and national ensigns.
Navigation Introduction
Introduction to the free marine navigation course.
- Navigation chapter 1
The safety of proven traditional navigation: parallels, meridians, longitude, latitude and the date line. - Navigation chapter 2
The nautical chart: chart datum, projections, courses and coordinates. - Navigation chapter 3
Marine compasses and magnetic deviation and variation. - Navigation chapter 4
Methods: Position fixes obtained by lines of position: dead reckoning, running fixes and estimated position. - Navigation chapter 5
Advanced methods: running fixes, vertical sextant angles, dipping distances and estimations. - Navigation chapter 6
Tides and tidal cycles, chart datum, drying height and charted depth. - Navigation chapter 7
Use of tidal information that is found in charts, tables and tidal curves. - Navigation chapter 8
Current: tidal current, ocean current, current chart. - Navigation chapter 9
Lighthouses, light characters and the IALA buoyage systems. Lateral and Cardinal buoys. - Navigation chapter 10
Lights and shapes - aids to navigation. - PDFs
PDF download of the navigation courses and more.
Tuition in the UK and Ireland - cleared page
Math - Running Fixes
Math: running fixes - isosceles triangles - doubling angle on the bow four point fix.
Math - Distance of horizon
Math: distance horizon - distance of horizon - mathematics behind horizon.
Math - Vertical sextant angles
Math: vertical sextant angles - mathematics and sextant angles.
Compass Deviation table
The deviation cart, which is used in the navigation course.
Lunation - phases of the moon
Large animated gif: Phases of our moon.
Anchors - Anchoring - Mediterranean mooring techniques
Almost finished guide on Anchoring, safety and stern-to mooring.
- Seabed - where to anchor
Seabed characteristics, nautical charts. - Anchors and Anchor parts
Anchors - Anchor parts, anchor tests and which anchor to use. - Anchoring
Safe anchoring techniques. - Mediterranean mooring
Stern to, to the quay - Mediterranean docking techniques. - Anchoring tips
Anchor problems, advanced anchoring and a glossary.
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Sailing Croatia
Sailing holidays CroatiaYacht charters guide and sailing holidays in Croatia - Dalmatian coast - Adriatic Sea.
Reliable yacht charter companies
Find trustworthy fleet owners for yacht charters holidays in the Adriatic and Croatian coasts.
Gulets Croatia
Blue cruises on gulets - fully crewed charters in Croatia, Split and Dubrovnik.
Sailing tips Croatia - Trogir
Holidays Turkey
Sailing holidays TurkeyYacht charters and sailing holidays in Turkey and the Turkish coastlines.
Gulets: Motor sailers in Turkey
Crewed yacht charters and Gulets (motor sailers) Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye, Izmir, Kas and Kusadasi.
Turkish phrases: Practical words and phrases along with pronunciation.
Blue cruises Bodrum Marmaris Gulets and Blue cruises in Turkey.
- Sailing Ionian coast - Turkey
Ionian coast of Turkey : Izmir, Kusadasi, Güllük and Bodrum. - Sailing Carian coast - Turkey
Carian coast of Turkey : Bodrum, Datca and Marmaris. - Yacht charters west Lycian coast in Turkey
West Lycian coast of Turkey : Marmaris, Gocek, Fethiye. - East Lycian coast sailing guide
East Lycian coast of Turkey : Gocek, Fethiye, Kas and Antalya ports
Literature
Books and literature on Greece.
Forecasts
Marine weather forecasts.
Greek Climate
Climate data: Wind speeds, Wind directions, (water) Temps, Sun hours.
Wind roses - Ionian & Aegean
Unique historical data on wind directions and Beaufort wind forces.
Wind roses - Croatia & Adriatic
Climatic data on prevailing winds.
Wind roses - Turkey & Cyprus
Windroses for the southern coasts of Turkey.
Greek Culture
Architecture and classical orders.
Diolkos and the Corinth Canal
A historic description of the ancient Diolkos Slipway and the Corinth Canal.
Photos of Greece
Sublime Pictures of the Greek Islands.
Desktop wallpapers
Desktop wallpapers of Greece.
Sailing maps of Greece
Maps of Greece and the Cyclades.
Maps of Greece
Interactive road and political maps of Greece.
Tower of the winds
The Horologion of Andronikos.
Acropolis of Athens
The origin of the Athens Acropolis.
Sanctuary of Olympia
Origin of the olympic games in the Ionian.
Holidays Greece
Yacht Charters Guide8 steps towards a perfect sailing holiday.
Charter companies
Unbiased advice on charter companies, sailing areas etc.
Sailing holidays in Greece
Information about sailing and cruising the Greek Islands.
Sailing Greece
Toponyms, Greek chart terms, Peloponnese passages, Ionian or Ionic, Yacht charter bases.
Dolphins and Whales of Greece
A identification guide to the Greek cetaceans.
Gulets cruises Turkey & Greece
Blue cruises and Gulet charters in Greece and Turkey.
Gulet companies
Reliable gullet companies in the Aegean and Carian (Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye).
Flotilla holidays Greece
Flotilla sailing in the Greek islands.
Crewed yacht charters
Skippered or fully crewed charter yachts.
Meltemi winds
Meteorology: Etesian winds explained.
Seawater temperatures
Surface temperatures for swimming at beaches and anchorages.
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Formalities & Customs
Entering, sailing and chartering your own yacht in Greece.
Greek Waters Pilot
Distances between Greek ports
Bareboat requirements
Licenses needed to charter a bareboat yacht.
- When to sail Greece
The Greek sailing season. - Choosing a yacht
What type and size of yacht should you charter. - Catamaran versus monohull
Advantages and disadvantages of both monohulls and catamarans. - Budget & Last-minutes
Last minutes and budget yacht charters. - Yacht charter provisioning
Provisioning and shopping lists to aid your yacht charter holiday. - Assisted bareboat charters
The ideal mix between bareboats and flotillas. - Greek chart terms
- Greek fishing methods
Fishing techniques in Greece. - Athens weather graps
Temperatures, precipitation, humidity. - Bodrum weather graps
Temperatures, precipitation, humidity.
The sailing areas
The charter areas in Greece - choose between the Ionian, Dodecanese, Cyclades and Argosaronic Gulf.
Top 10 Greek islands
- Sailing routes Cyclades
Itineraries in the south Aegean Sea. - Sailing routes Argolida - Saronic
Itineraries in the Saronic and Argolic Gulfs. - Sailing routes Ionian
Itineraries in the Ionian Sea. - Sailing routes Dodecanese
Itineraries in the Dodecanese Sea. - Oneway routes Aegean
One-way itineraries. - Ionian waypoints
GPS waypoints for the Ionian islands - Greece. - Flights & ferries
Organize your own ideal flights and travel arrangements to sail in Greece or Turkey. - Sailing between Greece & Turkey
Crossing the border.
Crete
Yacht charters in the south Aegean Sea.
Thasos
Sailing in the Northern Aegean.
Cyclades
Sailing guide to the Cyclades and the Aegean.
Full list of Cyclades islands and their Greek, Ancient Greek, Medieval and Latin names.
- Kea
Cruising holiday in Kea Island. - Andros and Tinos
Yachting guide to Andros and Tinos islands. - Kythnos
Sail Kythnos Island. - Syros
Yachting guide to Syros Island. - Serifos
Sailing holiday in Serifos Island. - Sifnos
Charter guide to Sifnos Island. - Mykonos and Delos
Sailing guide to Mykonos and Dilos Islands. - Paros and Antiparos
Yachting guide to Paros and Antiparos Islands. - Naxos
Yachting guide to Naxos Island and the Little Cyclades - Karos, Iraklia, Skhinousa, Katokoufonisia. - Amorgos
Sailing holiday in Amorgos Island - Katapola. - Milos and Kimolos
Charter guide to Milos and Kimolos Islands. - Folegandros and Sikinos
Yachting guide to Folegandros and Sikinos Islands - Karavostasi. - Ios
Sailing guide to Ios Island. - Santorini
Sailing guide to Santorini Island and Thira, Thirasia - the volcano.
Northern Sporades
Sailing guide to the Northern Sporades.
- Skiathos
Sailing holiday in Skiathos Island. - Skopelos
Sailing guide to Skopelos Island. - Alonissos and Peristera
Yachting guide to Alonissos and Peristera Islands. - Pelagos
Yachting guide to Pelagos and the northern islands. - Skyros
Sailing guide to Skyros Island.
Ionian Sea
Sailing guide to the Ionian Islands and Preveza.
- Corfu
Sailing holiday in Corfu, Paxos and Antipaxos. - Lefkas
Sailing guide to Lefkas and Meganisi Island. - Kefalonia and Ithaca
Sailing guide to Kefallinia and Ithaca Island. - Zakynthos
Yachting guide to Zante Zakynthos Island.
Saronic and Argolida
Yachting guide to the Peloponnese, Argosaronic gulf and Athens.
- Argolida
Sailing holiday in the Argolid: Nafplion, Argos and the Argolic Gulf. - Spetses Island
Sailing guide to Spetses Island. - Hydra gulf
Yachting guide to Hydra gulf and Ermioni. - Poros approach
Sailing guide to Poros Island. - Aegina Island
Yachting guide to Aegina Island. - Saronic gulf and Athens
Cruising guide to the Saronic gulf and Athens. - Alimos marina
Yacht charters out of Athens.
Cruising holidays in the Dodecanese and Sporades.
Full list of Dodecanese islands and their Greek, Ancient Greek, Medieval, Turkish and Latin names.
- Chios island
Psara and Chios in the Eastern Sporades - Samos
Yacht charter base of Pythogorion (Pithagorion) marina on Samos - Patmos
Sailing guide to Patmos, Arki, Lipso, Agathonisi and Farmakonisi. - Leros and Kalymnos
Sailing guide to Kalimnos and Leros island. - Kos, Nisyros and Tilos
Sailing guide to Kos, Nisyros and Tilos. - Astypalea
Sailing guide to Astypalea Island. - Symi
Sailing guide to Symi Island. - Rhodes
Sailing guide to Rhodes Island.
Logbooks
- Logbook Athens - Milos - part 1
Exploring the Saronic from Athens to Poros via Angistri and Palaia Epidavros. - Logbook Athens - Milos - part 2
From Poros to Kithnos via Hydra, Ermioni and Spetses. - Logbook Athens - Milos - part 3
From Kithnos to Paros, via Serifos and Sifnos. - Logbook Athens - Milos - part 4
From Paros to Melos via Ios, Santorini - Thira, Poliagos and Folegandros. - Sailing holiday Lefkas - Logbook
Sailing trip Ionian Sea: Lefkas - Kefalonia - Meganisi - Preveza. - Sailing vacation Cyclades 1
Hayes family logbook - Sailing vacation Cyclades 2
Hayes family logbook - Old logbook Cyclades
An old logboek of our trip along Kea, Kythnos, Syros, Sounion, Aegina etc, - in Dutch. - Logbook 1: Lefkas - Kefalonia
- Logbook 2: Kefalonia - Ithaca
- Logbook 3: Ithaca - Lefkas
- Logbook 1: Athens - Milos
- Logbook 2: Milos - Paros
- Logbook 3: Paros - Athens
- Logbook Greece sailing adventure 1
- Logbook Greece sailing adventure 2
- Logbook Greece sailing adventure 3
- Logbook Greece sailing adventure 4
- Logbook Greece sailing adventure 5
Languages - Translations
Dutch homepageNederlandse pagina's.
- Zeilen in Griekenland
Zeilvakanties Griekse eilanden. - Jachtverhuur - Zeilvakanties
Flotieljes, bareboat charters en zeiljachten - jachtverhuur. - Zeilen in Lefkas - Logboek
Zeilvakantie in the Ionische Zee: Lefkas - Kefalonia - Meganisi.
Deutsche Seiten.
- Segeln Griechenland
Ferien Griechenland. - Yacht charters - Jachtvermietung
Jachtvermietung. - Bücher und Segelkarten
Amazon.de
- Hebrew homepage
הפלגות שכר ביאכטות ביוון ובטורקיה - חופשות שייט
יוון
חופשות שייט יוון - הפלגות שכר ביאכטות
יוון וטורקיה
הפלגות שכר ביאכטות יוון וטורקיה
Páginas Español.
- Vacaciones griegas
Vacaciones navegando islas griegas. - Alguiler de veleros
Alguiler barca de veleros Grecia.
موضوعات الإبحار تأجير اليخوت في اليونان وتركيا
- إجازات الإبحار
اليونان
الإبحار في اليونان - دليل مجاني لتأجير اليخوت والسفن للإبحار في الجزر اليونانية - تأجير اليخوت اليونان - تأجير اليخوت
في اليونان وتركيا
تأجير اليخوت في اليونان - تأجير السفن الخالية واليخوت في اليونان وتركيا
Stron Polski.
- Wakacje w Grecji
Wyczarterowania jachtu w Grecji. - Czartery jachtow
Sama łódka, flotylla lub czarter z załogą.
Pagine Italiane
- Vacanze in Grecia
La isole greche - vacanze in Grecia. - Noleggio yacht
Charter con o senza equipaggio, crociere in flottiglia. - Navigare Turchia
Guida non-commerciale al charter nautico in Turchia. - Crociere Caicco
Turchia e Grecia: Crociere Blu (motor sailer cruises). - Guida noleggio yacht
La guida al noleggio degli yacht - Turchia e Grecia. - Noleggio caicchi
Richiesta suggerimenti per noleggi di caicchi.
Türkçe
- Yunanistanda Yelken
Yunan adalarında yelken tatili. - Yunanistan tekne charter
Yunanistanda tekne kiralama filo olarak Yunan adalarını gezme rehberi
Pages Françaises.
- Vacances en Grèce
Naviguer (et cartes nautiques de) Ioniennes, Cyclades, Athènes, Dodecanese et Sporades du Nord. - Location voiliers
Loueurs et yacht charters fiables en Grece et Turquie.
“dry.” subdomain
“dry.” subdomain - for all non-sailing and Greece - Turkey related interests like: Opensource, Kubuntu, KDE, Linquistics, Arts, Music and Atheism & Religion.Open source - Kubuntu - GNU-Linux
- Kubuntu - linux introduction.
- Overstappen van Vista/XP naar Kubuntu
- Installeren Kubuntu
- Starting with Kubuntu Linux
The best operating system and software is Opensource. - Extensions for Firefox & Thunderbird - the best extensions I use.
- US International keyboard layout: diacritics - dead keys - Alt Gr
Privacy
Linquistics & Arts
Atheism & Religion
Below is a comprehensive (and therefore rather tedious) catalogue of all my secondary pages, primarily to aid the googlebots find and index my photo pages as well. Don't worry: all these secondary pages can be enjoyed in their proper context through the more important pages that are listed at the top of this page!
Yacht charters Ionian- yacht-charters-ionian1.html
- yacht-charters-ionian2.html
- yacht-charters-ionian3.html
- yacht-charters-ionian4.html
- yacht-charters-ionian5.html
- aegina.html
- gulet.html
- nafplion.html
- aphrodisias.html
- thassos.html
- sounion.html
- dolphins-fetiye.html
- simi.html
Sailing Turkey
Gulet cruises
Gulet charters Turkey Greece
Crewed yacht charters
- blue-cruise-gulet.html
- crewed-mega-yachts.html
- crewed-yacht-charters.html
- full-board-sailing-holidays.html
- turkey-blue-cruises.html
- flotillas-greece-symi.html
- flotillas-greece-fleet.html
- flotillas-greece-samos.html
- flotillas-greece-spetses.html
- flotilla-cruises-leonidio.html
- flotilla-cruises-hydra.html
- flotilla-cruises-zakynthos.html
- mediterranean-sailing.html
- sailing-greece-monastery-bay.html
- travelling-greece-monastery-bay.html
- travel-greece-monastery.html
- traveling-greece-monastery.html
- yachting-greece-monastery.html
- sailing-cruises-greece.html
- sailing-greece-porto-koufou.html
- yacht-charters-porto-koufou.html
- sailing-holiday-greece.html
- yacht-charter-holiday-greece.html
- yacht-charters-greece.html
- cruising-greece.html
- travel-guide-greece.html
- honeymoon-greece.html
- travel-greece-sunrise.html
- romantic-honeymoon-greece.html
- honeymoon-cruises-greece.html
- honeymoon-sailing-greece.html
- mediterranean-sailing-holidays.html
- sailboats-charters-greece.html
- sikinos-chora.html
- milos-chora.html
- kythira-chora.html
- sailing-aegina.html
- sailing-delos.html
- sailing-mykonos.html
- sailing-peloponese.html
- sailing-kyparissia.html
- sailing-pylos.html
- ionic.html
- sailing-greece-1.html
- sailing-greece-2.html
- sailing-greece-3.html
- sailing-greece-4.html
- sailing-greece-5.html
- sailing-greece-6.html
- sailing-greece-7.html
- sailing-greece-8.html
- sailing-greece-9.html
- sailing-ionian-1.html
- sailing-ionian-2.html
- sailing-ionian-3.html
Santorini island
- santorini-vineyard-car.html
- santorini-stefani.html
- santorini-vineyard.html
- santorini-aerial.html
- santorini-lava.html
- santorini-thirasia.html
- santorini-kammeni-bay.html