Dictionary of Nautical Acronyms

This handy Dictionary of Nautical Acronyms and Abbreviations contains a listing of all the acronyms, abbreviations and truncations that recreational boaters encounter in nautical magazine articles, books, instruction manuals and Coast Guard reports. A reference such as this has never been published before. Part I, with 550 entries with 28 illustrations, is an alphabetical listing of abbreviations, along with an explanation of each. Part II, with 500 entries lists all the abbreviations used on the governments nautical charts.