COAST PILOT PUBLICATIONS
The National Ocean Service Coast Pilot is a series of nine books that cover a wide variety of information important to navigators and recreational boatmen. These books supply information that cannot be shown on the standard nautical chart and is not readily available elsewhere. The subjects in the Coast Pilot include, but are not limited to, channel descriptions, anchorages, bridge and cable clearances, currents, tides and water levels, prominent features, pilotage, towage, weather, ice conditions, wharf descriptions, dangers, routes, traffic separation schemes, small craft facilities, and Federal regulations applicable to navigation. The sources of updating Coast Pilot information include field inspections conducted by NOAA, information published in Notice To Mariners, reports from NOAA hydrographic vessels, field party reports, information from other government agencies, reports from the United States Power Squadrons, and material from state and local governments.
As a USPS observer you will need to examine those sections of the Coast Pilot covering your area, determine where changes should be made to reflect current reality, and report those changes to the text and illustrations. You will do this by supplying the following information for each change:
1. Coast Pilot number.2. Coast Pilot edition.
3. The observed item: aid to navigation, anchorage, bridge, channel, ferry, geographic name, harbor regulation, hazard to navigation, landmark, magnetic variation or anomoly, pilotage, port facility, route, Tide & current, small craft facility, towage, weather & ice, or traffic separation scheme.
4. The chapter number.
5. The paragraph number on the page.
6. Chart number.
7. Text and illustration changes.
8. Whether this report is part of the Adopt-A-Chart program.
9. Position: latitude, longitude and method. Areas of Coverage -- U. S. Coast Pilot Series Worksheet -- Coast Pilot Field Guide and Summary -- U. S. Coast Pilot
