Clarky
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What is a chart ,is it easier to use than my iphone ?
death of the paper chart
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Topcat47
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Typical, I find the toughcharts very useful for pilotage in the cockpit. They're also much more durable than the thin paper leisure charts, too.
Pye_End
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This is bad news. My boat has loads of Leisure editions. They are my preferance for detail; take up space in a book cupboard rather than under a berth, and you can update single areas for reasonable money rather than the big areas of the folios for lots of money.
Joker
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As evidenced by the difficulty of buying ARCS charts. Yes, I know, they don't want people to copy them, but Navionics etc seem to have no problem. ARCS ought to be there as competitors to Navionics and the others, but have you tried buying any? They make income tax return forms look simple by comparison with the hoops you have to jump through.
Lady Campanula
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I don't know what you're all getting worked up about. There aren't any Leisure Charts for north of Ardnamurchan.
I have an underbed full of charts of the Hielan's and Eilands, but most are from last century ( or earlier )
But that's OK, for 'the rocks don't move' - and many of them are over 3000 feet high!
NormanS
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I have an underbed full of charts of the Hielan's and Eilands, but most are from last century ( or earlier )
But that's OK, for 'the rocks don't move' - and many of them are over 3000 feet high!
Luckily, the West Coast of Scotland was well surveyed in the 1850s, mostly under the supervision of Captain Henry Otter, HMS Porcupine, (steam and sail).
I also have a great many of these old charts, and please don't tell anyone, but I still use some of them. In some areas, where the best modern chart is at 1:200,000, which is pretty useless for navigation or pilotage, these old charts with their wealth of detail are wonderful.
Yes, rocks don't move, but quite a few of the underwater variety, carefully hid themselves from these old lead-line surveys, so some caution is required.
ffiill
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Yes well I get my charts from the National Library of Scotland-those 1860s editions-either about £8 for a full size good quality paper copy or A4 sections free to download which I laminate-eg. Tobermory Harbour;Plockton Harbour;The Small Isles .Full size copies include the entrance and way into Arisaig .
The NLS have a full collection of these origional charts-love the topographical shading and sketches of rocks;waypoints and hazards etc.
The NLS have a full collection of these origional charts-love the topographical shading and sketches of rocks;waypoints and hazards etc.
Andrew_Fanner
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SWMBO has many copies and originals of charts in her library, some annotated by well-respected navigators but she is not that willing to lend out Cook's charts to inebriate yotties
Peter Clarke
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Withdrawal of Admiralty Leisure products
The full details of what is being withdfawn and when can be found here - Admiralty withdraw Leisure Charts
Rather a shame, I quite like the Leisure Series charts.
Apparently, while not supported by corrections after the 5th November, the charts are the same as the admiralty standard chart with the same code, so corrections will still be available through the Notices to Mariners.
The full details of what is being withdfawn and when can be found here - Admiralty withdraw Leisure Charts
Rather a shame, I quite like the Leisure Series charts.
Apparently, while not supported by corrections after the 5th November, the charts are the same as the admiralty standard chart with the same code, so corrections will still be available through the Notices to Mariners.
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