🔍 Key Concepts

• Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) purpose and scope • Difference between planning guides and enroute volumes • Types of information used for voyage planning across oceans vs. close-to-shore navigation

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself which option sounds more like detailed coastal or local information rather than broad, ocean‑wide planning data • Consider what a navigator needs when choosing routes between oceans or across large ocean areas before worrying about specific coastal approaches • Think about which of these items is usually updated through other publications or notices rather than a high‑level planning guide

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which items relate to large‑scale ocean passage planning (big picture, long‑range) • Check which option is more appropriate to near-coastal or tactical operations rather than strategic voyage planning • Confirm in your mind which types of information are covered more thoroughly in Enroute Sailing Directions instead of the Planning Guide