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4501 | saddle | A broad PASS or COL, resembling in shape a riding saddle in a RIDGE or between contiguous ELEVATIONS. |
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4502 | safety aids | See AID TO NAVIGATION. |
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4503 | safety fairway | An area within which permits are not granted for the erection of oil or gas related structures. The use of a safety fairway is not usually ... more |
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4504 | safety zone | The area around an offshore installation within which vessels are prohibited from entering without permission. Special regulations protect i... more |
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4505 | SafetyNET | The international service for the broadcast and automatic reception of MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION via the INMARSAT EGC system in waters whe... more |
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4506 | safe water mark | In the IALA Maritime Buoyage System a NAVIGATION MARK used to indicate that there is NAVIGABLE WATER around its POSITION with no known haza... more |
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4507 | sag correction (tape) | See TAPE: SAG CORRECTION. |
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4508 | sailing | A method of solving the various problems involving COURSE, distance, DIFFERENCE OF LATITUDE, DIFFERENCE OF LONGITUDE and DEPARTURE. The va... more |
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4509 | sailing: composite | A modification of GREAT-CIRCLE SAILING used when it is desired to limit the highest LATITUDE. |
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4510 | sailing: great circle | Any SAILING when a GREAT CIRCLE TRACK is involved. |
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4511 | sailing: Mercator | A mathematical solution of the plot as made on a MERCATOR CHART. It is similar to PLANE SAILING, but uses MERIDIONAL DIFFERENCE and DIFFERE... more |
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4512 | sailing: meridian | Following a TRUE COURSE of 0° or 180°; SAILING along a MERIDIAN. |
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4513 | sailing: middle-latitude | A method of converting DEPARTURE into DIFFERENCE OF LONGITUDE, or vice versa, when the true COURSE is not 90° or 270°, by assuming that suc... more |
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4514 | sailing: parallel | A method of converting DEPARTURE into DIFFERENCE OF LONGITUDE, or vice versa, when the true COURSE is 90° or 270°. |
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4515 | sailing: plane | A SAILING in which the EARTH or a small part of it is considered a plane. |
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4516 | sailing: rhumb line | Any SAILING when a RHUMB LINE is involved. |
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4517 | sailing: spherical | Any of the SAILINGS which consider the spherical or spheroidal shape of the EARTH. |
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4518 | sailing: traverse | A method of determining the equivalent COURSE and distance made good by a craft following a TRACK consisting of a series of RHUMB LINES. T... more |
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4519 | sailing chart | See under CHART. |
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4520 | sailing directions | Information published in book form describing COASTS, waters, CHANNELS, harbour facilities, etc., for use by mariners. |