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Chapman Piloting & Seamanship, published by Hearst Books [a] has been a leading reference book for power and sail boaters for nearly 100 years. Known as "the Bible of Boating", more than 3 million copies have been printed.
Since the government began production, the book has been known by its year of publishing, instead of by the edition number. After the first major revision, a total overhaul of the book's content completed in 1880 under the direction of Commander Philip H. Cooper, USN, the name was changed to American Practical Navigator.
Maximum Sail Power : the Complete Guide to Sails, Sail Technology, and Performance (PDF). New York: Nomad Press. ISBN 978-1-61930-427-7. OCLC 913696173. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-16; The Sailor's Handbook : The Essential Sailing Manual. Herreshoff, Halsey C. [Place of publication not identified]: International Marine. 2006.
A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation. It was known as a periplus ("sailing-around" book) in classical antiquity and a portolano ("port book") to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea.
Various charts and pilot books for North American waters were published in England beginning in 1671, but the first book of sailing directions, charts, and other information for mariners in North American waters published in North America was the American Coast Pilot, first produced by Edmund M. Blunt in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1796.
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