TIDE DELIVERED IN COLOR!
The TIDE was delivered in color to all members that supplied their email addresses to Vicky. If you want yours in color, contact Vicky with your email address.
Found in the April USCG Local Notice to Mariners
Reported by member Mike Epprecht
GPS May be Unreliable in Large Area of Chesapeake Bay, April-Oct:. The following announcement is from the USCG 5 th District LNM 15/08.
The GPS Coordinates given below are for the Patuxent Naval Air Station, located on the southern bank of the Patuxent River on the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland:
"THE GPS NAVIGATION SIGNAL MAY BE UNRELIABLE FROM 01 APR 08 - 31 OCT
08 DUE TO INTERFERENCE TESTING ON GPS FREQUENCIES USED IN SHIPBOARD
NAVIGATION AND HANDHELD SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS THAT RELY ON GPS, SUCH AS
E-911, AIS AND DSC, MAY BE AFFECTED WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS OF POSITION
38-15-41N, 076-26-01W DURING THIS PERIOD. GPS USERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT ANY GPS SERVICE OUTAGES THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE DURING
THIS TESTING VIA THE NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE ( NIS) BY
CALLING (703)313-5900 OR BY USING THE NAVCEN'S WEB SITE'S 'GPS
REPORT A PROBLEM WORKSHEET' AT WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV"
BOATER SAFETY COURSE OFFERED
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will be offering boater safety courses this summer to anyone interested in becoming a safer boater. A Certificate of Boating Safety Education is required of anyone born after July 1, 1972 in order to legally operate a vessel in the State of Maryland. Participants successfully completing the museum’s course will receive the Maryland Boating Safety Certificate. Register online at www.cbmm.org
U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ANNOUNCES BOATING COURSES
Seamanship: Boat Skills. June 14th and 21st.
Seamanship: Navigation, Knots, Weather & Radios, May 17th and June 28th.
Call Peter Murray at 410-745-9794 for details.