New Edition of U.S. Chart No. 1 is Available Now

     U.S. Chart No.1, Nautical Chart Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms, is an essential aid for new chart users and a useful reference for all mariners. The latest version, Edition 11, is now available for free download from the web.

     The new edition updates the descriptions and depictions of the basic nautical chart elements and symbols used on nautical charts produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The document also shows the "INT1" symbols described in the Chart Specifications of the IHO published by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). It supersedes the November 1997 edition of U.S. Chart No.1.
     Download U.S. Chart No. 1, in PDF format, from the Office of Coast Survey website. It will also be available from the NGA Maritime Safety Information site by December 10.
     NGA will officially announce the 11th edition in US Notice to Mariners 51/2011. The Notice will have a cover date of December 17, 2011.
     NOAA and NGA jointly produce U.S. Chart No.1. Preparations for Edition 12 are already underway and publication is anticipated by 2013. Edition 12 will feature the addition of the symbols specified by the IHO for the portrayal of electronic navigational chart (ENC) data on Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).
     NOAA's Office of Coast Survey has provided two centuries of service to the maritime transportation system, as America's trusted source of navigational charts, data, and services since 1807.

Coast Guard and Local Authorities Suspend Search for 46-year-old Sailor

      Tangier Island, Va. -- The Coast Guard and local authorities have suspended the search at 2:51 p.m. Friday for a 46-year-old man aboard a 30-foot sailboat who went missing approximately two miles south of Tangier Island, Va., Thursday.

     The boater contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders at 3:54 a.m. Thursday and reported his boat had sustained damage, and he was requesting assistance.

     A crew aboard a 41-foot Utility Boat from Coast Guard Station Crisfield, Md., crews aboard two MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Cochito, homeported in Little Creek, Va., a crew aboard a Virginia Marine Resources Commission boat, members of the Tangier Island Fire Department and a crew aboard a Maryland State Police helicopter responded to search for the man.

     The Coast Guard searched a total of 200 square miles in approximately 36 hours for the man.