Almanacs

[Athene V30]

I have just bought the 2002 Macmillan Reeds Eastern Almanac for £21.95 and form a quick look through am unimpressed.

The index leaves out any ports / rivers beginning with the letter O, pages are badly formatted so apparently the sun rose on 1 Jan 02 some time in the afternoon. Tides are shown in UTC, sunset / sunrise in local time - confusing to a tired sailor?

If they cannot get basic proof reading right it throws huge questions over the reliability of the data inside.

I assumed (wrongly) that a well known name would produce a good document!

 

[dah]

I have given up the somewhat expensive process of buying almanacs year on year. I now find that I can get all the info I need re tides/weather/info on ports/coastguards etc on the Internet, and all for free. Why lay out £22?

 

[LORDNELSON]

Complain - a few years ago I found a chunk of west country data missing from MacMillans and eventually received a credit for the next years almanac. I do not feel the internet is a substitute for an almanac unless you have a computer on board and can guarantee a connection when you need it urgently!