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How Deep Are Those Rocks?
Just a short one - How to interpret the symbols for rocks on a nautical chart. I have found this method, detailed by Duncan Wells in his new book 'Stress Free Navigation' very useful. Most chart symbol schemes have four symbols top denote rocks. These are as illustrated below:
![Rocks.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fe03bf_b1b1ef89d7dd462f9ac296ff2ff93ba7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_351,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Rocks.jpg)
An easy way to remember this is 'four words' .....
![Four.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fe03bf_78427f149c594306bf224340835bcb60~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_83,h_116,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Four.jpg)
Simples, huh? There are some 'real world' examples below:
![chart2.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fe03bf_d8802dc39eae4fd8bea5f50ae08c1ac5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_98,h_73,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/chart2.jpg)
![c.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fe03bf_5a0edeb9e80c41a4822c4f479004ec2c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_98,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/c.jpg)
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