Charts and pilot guides ]

Use Admiralty Chart 1183 for planning, and Admiralty 1607, 1975 and 2052 for passage making. Two useful pilot books for the Thames Estuary are:
East Coast Rivers by Jack H. Coote, 15th edition 1996, published by Yachting Monthly at £9.95 (ISBN 1-85277-102-X); and The East Coast by Derek Bowskill, 3rd edition 1992, published by Imray at £17.95 (ISBN 0-85288 158 4).

Passage distances

Ramsgate to Harwich (Shotley Point)	53 miles
Ramsgate to Burnham marinas	43 miles
Ramsgate to West Mersea	41 miles
Ramsgate to the Swale (Harty Ferry	29 miles
Ramsgate to the Medway (Sheerness)	33 miles

August, 1997