Nautical Channel Nautical Channel Launched on 5 December 2011, Nautical Channel is the only international 24/7 nautical sports and lifestyle channel in the world. The channel caters to a local and worldwide audience and was founded by Andrew Miller and Laurence Fox Hopper. Nautical Channel is available to over 20 million subscribers in 44 countries in English, French and German. It is on over one hundred international pay TV, satellite, subscriber IpTV, mobile phone, Digital Terrestrial, MMDS and cable TV platforms. Nautical Channel has assembled the largest ever group of international nautical TV producers in order to provide viewers with the best
Rutter (nautical) Rutter (nautical) 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. Portuguese navigators of the 16th century called it a "roteiro", the French a "routier", from which the English word "rutter" is derived. In Dutch, it was called a "leeskarte" ("reading chart"), in German a "Seebuch" ("sea book"), and in Spanish a "derroterro". Before the advent of nautical