Sailing Directions
The Sailing Directions booklets are an indispensable companion to nautical charts. They are a great tool for planning and assisting in navigation because they provide information that cannot be shown on a chart.
All hard copy Print on Demand (POD) Sailing Directions booklets are being printed with current Notices to Mariners updates applied. These POD booklets are available for purchase from authorized chart dealers located across Canada and around the world.
Free downloadable Sailing Directions now available
Important note
It is the mariners' responsibility to maintain their digital Sailing Directions file by ensuring that the latest version is always downloaded. If the mariner chooses to print their own Sailing Directions booklet, it is imperative that the current Notices to Mariners updates are applied. Please check this page by the 15th of the month to verify the last update date for the booklet that has been downloaded, and download a new copy as required. Do not leave port without it!
Atlantic Coast Sailing Directions
Central Canada Sailing Directions
Pacific Coast Sailing Directions
No. | Title, free downloadable version | Hard copy price |
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PAC 200E | General Information, Pacific Coast, 2006 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 07/2019) (PDF) (These Sailing Directions are only available in English) | $19.95 |
PAC 201E | Juan de Fuca Strait and Strait of Georgia, 2012 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 07/2019) (PDF) (These Sailing Directions are only available in English) | $26.95 |
PAC 202E | Discovery Passage to Queen Charlotte Strait and West Coast of Vancouver Island, 2016 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 06/2019) (PDF) (These Sailing Directions are only available in English) | $22.95 |
PAC 205E | Inner Passage - Queen Charlotte Sound to Chatham Sound, 2002 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 06/2019) (PDF) (These Sailing Directions are only available in English) | $19.95 |
PAC 206E | Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet and Adjacent Waters and Haida Gwaii, 2015 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 07/2019) (PDF) (These Sailing Directions are only available in English) | $19.95 |
Northern Canada Sailing Directions
No. | Title, free downloadable version | Hard copy price |
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ARC 400E | General Information, Northern Canada, 2009 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 02/2013) (PDF) | $26.95 |
ARC 401E | Hudson Strait, Hudson Bay and Adjoining Waters, 2009 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 02/2019) (PDF) | $25.95 |
ARC 402E | Eastern Arctic, 2014 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 11/2018) (PDF) | $26.95 |
ARC 403E | Western Arctic, 2011 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 03/2019) (PDF) | $21.95 |
ARC 404E | Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River, 2012 (Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 05/2015) (PDF) | $21.50 |
Sailing Directions Features
Oblique aerial photography of harbours and prominent features | |
Plans of harbours, wharves and bridges supplemental to those carried on the charts. | |
Voyage Planning : historical meteorological and ice conditions, climate, tidal streams, distance between ports tables, preferred routes, preferred tides or weather conditions to enter or leave port or to make passage, regulations. | |
Safety Information: Canadian buoyage system description, cold water survival, effect of wind on exposed persons, sailing plan, distress assistance. | |
Cultural and historical information: description of government, ethnicity of the population, historically significant points of interest, ecological reserves, plant and animal life. | |
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Port Facilities: berths, anchorage, mooring, fresh water, fuel, waste oil collection, chandlery, slips, medical. |
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Navigation Objects: buoys, lights, radio aids, conspicuous objects (headlands, hills, churches, towers), calling-in-points, traffic lanes. |
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Dangers: rocks, reefs, wrecks, currents, local ice conditions, local weather conditions affecting safe navigation. |
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Government Agencies: Pilotage, Life Saving Stations, Customs, Search and Rescue, Coast Guard, Police. |
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