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Gulf of Alaska            

NOS, POD, and CHS Charts

NOS (National Ocean Service) produces the official government charts of U.S. waters.  With every NOS chart Pilothouse gives you a free ANMS printout to help bring it up to date. Prices are $20.25. For a complete list, ask us for your free copy of NOS Alaska chart catalog.                                                            

 POD (Print On Demand) charts are printed to order  by OceanGrafix, an NOS licensee, and do not need correction at time of purchase.  Prices are the same, $20.25.  Order by NOS number.

CHS (Canadian Hydrographic Service)  produces the official government charts of Canadian waters.  We special-order directly from Ottawa  for charts that are freshly updated.  Prices are mostly $20.25, with a few specially priced.  For a complete list, ask us for a free copy of CHS chart catalog 2.

Big Picture:

CHS 3000 Juan de Fuca Strait to Dixon Entrance
CHS 3001 Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca to Queen Charlotte Sound
CHS 3002 Queen Charlotte Sound to Dixon Entrance
CHS 3744 Queen Charlotte Sound
NOS 16013 Cape St. Elias to Shumagin Islands
NOS 16016 Dixon Entrance to Cape St. Elias
NOS 16580 Kodiak Island
NOS 16640 Cook Inlet – Southern Part
NOS 16660 Cook Inlet – Northern Part
NOS 16680 Elrington to East Chugach Island
NOS 16700 Prince William Sound
NOS 16760 Cross Sound to Columbia Bay
NOS 17300 Stevens Passage to Cross Sound,  including Lynn Canal
NOS 17320 Coronation Island to Lisianski Strait
NOS 17360 Etolin Island to Midway Island
NOS 17400 Dixon Entrance to Chatham Strait
NOS 17420 Hecate Strai to Etolin Island
NOS 531 Gulf of Alaska

Ketchikan:

NOS 17428 Revillagigedo Channel, Nichols Passage and Tongas Narrows
NOS 17430 Tongass Narrow, including Ward Cove to Ketchickan Harbor
NOS 17434 Revillagigedo Channel

Valdez:

NOS 16701 Prince William Sound --  Western  Entrance
NOS 16705 Prince William Sound – Western Entrance
NOS 16707 Valdez Arm and Port Valdez
NOS 16708 Port Fidalgo
NOS 16709 Prince William Sound – Eastern Entrance
NOS 16710 Orca Bay and inlet – Channel Island to  Cordova
NOS 16713 Naked Island to Columbia Bay

Anchorage:

NOS 16645 Gore Point to Anchor Point
NOS 16646 Ports of Southeastern Cook Inlet
NOS 16647 Cape Elizabeth to Anchor Point
NOS 16660 Cook Inlet – Northern Part
NOS 16661 Anchor Point to Kalgin Island
NOS 16662 Kalgin Island to North Foreland
NOS 16663 East Foreland to Anchorage
NOS 16665 Approaches to Anchorage

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Guides and Pilots

Canadian Sailing Directions PAC 200E General Information, Pacific Coast. CHS. 
$19.95  T14921
Canadian Sailing Directions PAC205E Inner Passage,  CHS.  Queen Charlotte Sound to Chatham Sound. 
$19.95  T15359
Canadian Sailing Directions PAC206E Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands. CHS. 
$19.95  T15381
 Pacific Coast List of Lights, CHS  (Canadian), 2007.  PB, 8 ½ x 11, 125pp.  $14.95  T9654
Coast Pilot 8,  Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer, NOS, 2007.  PB, 8 ½ x 11, 138pp.  $28.00  T2888
Coast Pilot 9, Alaska, Cape Spencer to Beaufort Sea, NOS, 2007.  PB, 8 ½ x 11, 576pp. 
$28.00  T2889
PUB111 List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, West Coast of North and South America, DMA, 2006.
$50.00  T3934
Light List 6, Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands, U.S. Coast Guard, 2007. 
46.00  T17253
Wrangell Narrows, Captain William M. Hopkins, 2006.  Years of accumulated knowledge by masters and pilots of the Alaska Marine Highway System.  PB, 6 x 9, 72pp. 
$14.95  T9618

Alaska & Canada’s Inside Passage Cruise Tour Guide. Puget Sound to Glacier Bay.  Map with information on cities, towns, history, and native culture.  4 ½ x 12, opens to 6 feet. 
$15.95  T16241
Alaska’s Southeast, Michelle Gurney, 2006.  More travel guide than cruising guide, but loaded with information.  PB, 6 x 9, 315pp. 
$17.95  T16242
Charlie’s Charts North to Alaska, Charles and Margo Wood, 2005.   Describes over 200 anchorages and 75 marine facilities from Victoria BC to Glacier Bay AK.  Advice on transit of passes, weather, safe navigation.  PB, 8 ½ x 11, 242pp. 
$33.50  T11913
Cruising to Alaska, Bob Duke, 2004.  Based on advice from twenty skippers experienced with the Inside Passage.  PB, 8 ½ x 11, 138pp. 
$24.95  T16375
Small Boat Cruising to Alaska, Leif Terdal, 2000.  Comprehensive guide to the Inside Passage.  Advice on planning, negotiating tides and currents and potential hazards.  PB, 5 ½ x 8 ½, 178pp. 
$15.95  T16482
 

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Tides

Reed's Nautical Almanac West Coast 2008
Tides, currents, lights, coast pilot, and much more. 
$31.95  T17582
Tide Tables 2007 West Coast of North and South America.  Very complete “official” tables from NOS
$13.95  T15314
Pacific Coast Current Tables from NOS. 
$13.95  T15317
Evergreen Tide Guide, Portland-Astoria 2007.  PB, 3 ¾ x 5 ¼, 120pp. 
$2.55  T9009
Tides and Currents 3.3, Nobeltec.   The world’s best-selling prediction program.  Thousands of locations in North America, East and West, to the year 2100
$129.00  T12190

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Keeping Up To Date

In these challenging waters, keeping up to date is a must. Pilothouse offers three services to help you:

Standing Order Service sends you new chart and publication editions in the month they are released, automatically.

Local Notices to Mariners Hard-Copy Service sends you printed copies every week.

NoticesPLUS sends you a CD every week with all Notices – Local, National, and Canadian.

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