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United States Coast Pilot®
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The United States Coast Pilot® consists of a series of nautical books that cover a variety of information important to navigators of coastal and intracoastal waters and the Great Lakes. Issued in nine volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart.

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Coast Pilot 3 - 46th Edition, 2013
covers the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook to Cape Henry, including the New Jersey Coast, Delaware Bay, Philadelphia, the Delaware - Maryland - Virginia coast, and the Chesapeake Bay.

This publication has been updated through: 10-FEB-13

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Chapter Description
Alternate Downloads (Beta)*
Front Title page, Preface, Graphic Index, and Table of Contents [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 1 General Information [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 2 Navigation Regulations [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 3 Sandy Hook to Cape Henry [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 4 New Jersey Coast [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 5 Intracoastal Waterway [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 6 Delaware Bay [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 7 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 8 Delaware-Maryland-Virginia Coast [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 9 Chesapeake Bay Entrance [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 10 Chesapeake Bay, James River [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 11 Chesapeake Bay, York and Rappahannock Rivers [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 12 Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 13 Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent and Severn Rivers [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 14 Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore [XML] [HTML]
Chapter 15 Baltimore to Head of Chesapeake Bay [XML] [HTML]
Appendix A Appendix A [XML] [HTML]
Appendix B Appendix B [XML] [HTML]
Weekly Record of Updates Weekly Record of Updates [XML] [HTML]
Index Index
   
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Updates for 46th Edition, 2013
Date Download
26-Jan-13(PDF)
Updates for Previous Edition
Corrections for the previous edition will be available for 60 days after the release of the new edition.

45 Edition Corrections Archive (.zip)
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