Download or read book Pub172, 2004 Sailing Directions (Enroute) written by NIMA and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing Directions 172 (Enroute) covers the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf from the Suez Canal, through the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, to the Shatt al Arab off the coast of Iran. It is issued for use in conjunction with Sailing Directions 160 (Planning Guide) South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. The companion volumes are Sailing Directions 171, 173, 174, and 175.