ARCS Charts and Norway

[ponapay]

I understand that the UKHO is withdrawing a number of charts for the Norwegian coast.

Does anyone know of a cheap supplier of digitised Norwegian charts and suitable software to run them?

 

[frilaens]

Norways Statens Kartverk have a web site www.statkart.no which lists the following as distributers in the UK. They might be able to help you. I use Garmin bluechart up here as I don't believe so much changes and I always have the paper charts and the updates from EFS "Notices to Mariners" http://www.statkart.no/efs/index.html

SCOTLAND
Thomas Gunn Navigation Services Ltd ., Anchor House, 62 Regent Quay, Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire AB11 5AR, Scotland
Tlf. 00 44 1224 595045 Fax 00 44 1224 584702, tgns@globalnet.co.uk

ENGLAND
Kelvin Hughs Ltd , Noew North Road, Hainault , Ilford Essex IG6 2UR,
United Kingdom, Tlf 00-44 1181 559 1020, Fax 00-44 1912 -57 22 17
John Lilley & Gillie Ltd. , Clive Street, North Shields , Tyne & Wear NE296LF
Tlf. 00-44-1912-58 35 19 Fax 00-44-1912-57 22 17
Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd. Wych House, The Broadway, St. Ives , Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. PE17 4BT
Tlf 00-44-1480-46 21 14 Fax 00-44-1480-49 61 09, ilnw@imray.com

 

[pandroid]

...and of course I assume you know about Kartbuttiken

I'm sure that there are a bunch of BSB format charts floating about for free on the p2p networks, but of course downloading them would be illegal...

 

[ponapay]

Many thanks.

Yes I have seen these charts. I have some paper charts for the area I will be cruising in but what I am not sure about is the electronic system needed to run the Norwegian charts, my system is SEAPRO 2000 and uses livecharts, BSB and ARCS charts.

I will contact Thomas Gunn in Aberdeen, they are my normal chart suppliers.

Can you give me any detail of the passage through Sunnalandstraummen? It looks interesting.

 

[frilaens]

I'm not sure where that is... near Stavanger? Can you give me a position? There are a series of guides called "Den Norske Los" (The Norwegian Pilot) which describe the coast. They are available in English, or I can look at that passage for you and translate if you like.

 

[ponapay]

I have the Norsk Los but they are currently on my boat (500 miles away)

Sunnalundstraummen is about 18 miles NW of Stavanger.

Many thanks.

 

[frilaens]

I took a quick look in the 5th edition of DNL Volume 3 (2001) on my skipper course last night. There was a picture of Sunnalandsstraumen from the NW and it looked a bit tight!

Sunnalandsstraumen is a fine channel for smaller boats. The approaches are well marked, depth 0.7m at the stone filling and under the bridge, sailing height 2.9m.