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The Secrets of the St Lawrence
The wind in your sails
Hard a-port!
Fast or slow?
The wind's paths
Against the wall
Solar energy
Under the stars
The wind and the waves
The windway
Wave wars
Graveyards
Conflicting seas
The St Lawrence, from 1 to…
Calling all sailors
Hot spots
Québec -Pointe-des-Monts
Pointe-des-Monts - Cap Whittle
Cap Whittle - Blanc Sablon
Gaspésie - Baie des Chaleurs
Îles de la Madeleine
Sailors take warning
White-outs
The sky above us
Keeping a weather eye
Fair weather and foul
The unexpected
The watchers
Radiograms
The four seasons
Wind aplenty
Vessel icing
Ice cycle
Extra
Beaufort scale
Handy references
Old Salts and Sea-dogs
The crew
A to Z
Stations
Areas
Dialing
 
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Secrets of the Saint-Lawrence - Marine Weather Guide

Old Salts and Sea-dogs

Reference works consulted

Climatological Charts of the St Lawrence
Environment Canada, Québec Region, 1984

Comment descendre et remonter du Saguenay en passant par la Petite rivière Saint-François
Commander Jules DesChamps, CPS

Douglas seastate scale
Dictionnaire de l'Océan, Conseil international de la langue française -Paris, France 1989

East Coast Marine Weather Manual
Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, 1989

Gulf of St Lawrence
Notes. Ice Climatology, Environment Canada

Gulf of St Lawrence Marine Weather Guide
Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, 1991

Le français au bureau
Cajolet-Laganière, Hélène, Les Publications du Québec, 1988

Le Guide nautique de la Côte-Nord
Club nautique de Sept-Îles inc.

Marine Weather Hazards Manual (West Coast)
Environment Canada, 1990

Météorologie marine
R. Mayençon, Éditions Maritime & d'Outre-Mer, 1982

Nautical Charts
Hydrographic Service of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Répertoire toponymique du Québec
Commission de toponymie du Québec, 1991

Sailing Directions -St Lawrence River and Gulf
Hydrographic Service of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Yachtsman's Guide of the Saint-Laurent
Québec Sailing Federation

Weather at Sea
David Houghton and Fred Sanders, Highmark Publishing Ltd, 1988

Suggested publications

Connaître la Météorologie
Richard Leduc et Raymond Gervais

Learning Weather
Canada Communication Group -Printing

Climatological Charts of the St Lawrence

Marine Weather Services

Weather Services for Mariners, Fishermen and Yachtsmen
Environment Canada

Safe Boating Guide
Canadian Coast Guard, Transport Canada

Meteorology courses

As an aid for mariners, this publication deals only with the wind's behaviour over different topographical features and the sea, and with the sea's behaviour.

To find out more or to specialize in meteorology and sailing, you may wish to enrol in one of the many courses offered by various institutions and groups, all of them drawing on the wide-ranging knowledge and experience of seasoned mariners.

  • Cégep de Rimouski Institut maritime du Québec Montréal -Québec -Rimouski
  • Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles Centre des pêches de Grande-Rivière
  • Cégeps Services socio-culturels
  • Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
  • Québec Sailing Federation.
 
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