Free Nautical Almanac about to go live

The video shows the content of the Almanac and how easy it is to navigate and use. The Wiley Almanac includes the following information for 150 ports and harbours from Lowestoft to Padstow and the continental coast from Vlissingen to L’Aber-Wrac’h:

• Tides – times and heights of high and low water, graphical tidal streams and rates

• Weather forecast – 1-7 days including wind direction and force in knots and Beaufort scale, sea state, air temperature, cloud cover, sun and moon rise and set

• Ports & Harbour navigation: waypoints, aerial photographs, charts, navigation and pilotage notes

• Reference section: including information on Navigation, Communications, Safety and UK and Continental Weather sources

• Local facilities: contact details for marinas, fuel, restaurants, chandleries, marine engineers, sail makers etc

• Notices to Mariners and Trinity House advice updated on issue

The Wiley Almanac divides the area it covers into five distinct areas. It can be downloaded in its entirety or by area and the selected pages can be printed out or stored on a laptop for onboard reference. There is no hard copy companion volume, no cost, subscription or fee.

Simply log onto wileyalmanac.com to see what you can get for free and register to receive updates and direct notification when the almanac is available to download from 11 May.

The Wiley Almanac is edited by Neville Featherstone, a former Commander in the Royal Navy, who co-edited the Reeds Nautical Almanac from 1992 to 1999 and 2003 to this year. At a press event attended by dozens of marine journalists, the executive commissioning editor of Wiley Nautical, David Palmer said, ‘Publishing a digital nautical almanac is the next logical step for Wiley Nautical. We have a history of publishing information for the maritime community and unparalleled credentials in accuracy. I believe the Wiley Almanac will be taken up with enthusiasm among sailors who will benefit from its convenience, its usefulness, the immediacy of its data and its value.’

Laptops computers are now key to the planning of any voyage, whether it is for leisure or commercial marine purposes. In providing a free to use digital almanac which updates automatically, Wiley Nautical is delivering a service of immense value to all sectors of the maritime community.