Just_sayin'
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Friend wants to buy an almanac. Not launching until June. Wondering if he'll get it cheaper later.
Do sailing almanacs get cheaper later in the year?
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Alfie168
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Tell him to wait until June to find out, or buy one now and then another in June and compare the price difference.
Tim
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Dipper
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I bought the PBO Almanac on line two years ago only to discover it was for the previous year. My own fault as I had failed to notice the date on the front in the photo. I sent it back and bought the current one - it was cheaper. Didn't make sense.
Alfie168
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No wonder it was cheaper if it didn't make sense.
Tim
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coliholic
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Justsayin, a little reminder for you that the Lounge is sort of non-boaty. Maybe put these posts on PBO or other forums?
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JNKScot
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My theory is that all these are part of an anti D-S campaign and have the advantage of being marginally interesting to some.
Woodlouse
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They don't get cheaper. They come with all the corrections though.
viago
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it makes perfect sense, the vintage version always costs more than the new version.
it's how things work in france. never been that keen on the pyrenean tipple myself. prefer a remy, never needs an update.
it's how things work in france. never been that keen on the pyrenean tipple myself. prefer a remy, never needs an update.
Dave-Shafa
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I have some old 1973 sailing almanacs For Sale.
viago
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drink them mate. 73 was a good year.
eimear
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Maybe when almanac was old
Sailfree
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Do they go to the bother of corrected print runs??
PotatoNavigator
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A friend of mine gives me his from the previous year, much cheaper, seems to contain most of the same stuff.
Dave-Shafa
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I swear by Dr. Deah's C ALMANAC
Sailfree
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I did not know the tides stayed the same each year!!
PotatoNavigator
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Admittedly, it would be nice to have the correct tide times in there, but the tidal atlases don't change. It's not too much hassle to look up hw Dover/ Portsmouth on t'internet before I set off and work back from there.
Sailfree
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OK my post was tongue in cheek.
Currently in France so will look at the current edition of BLOC which I understand has gone back to the multi lingual format. Bloc charlets and charts can be used for navigation! Friend used to use the pages on his yeoman plotter!
PotatoNavigator
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Woodlouse
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Not sure. Pretty sure I've had them with additional sheets of paper though to replace incorrect pages.
I do as PotatoNavigator does and use old ones part of the time. I use one of the full-size ones for two years, then a Western Almanac for two years with the big one as a back-up. Then I buy a full-size again. The tides can be obtained on line when using out of date editions. Check prices of new and used ones on Amazon.
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