For Kim Hollamby

[Chris_Stannard]

I am very much in favour of the Yachting monthly series of port guides. I have (almost) religiously dismembered my YMs so that I can put then into folders which I keep on board. I do have a bit of a problem in tha SWMBO threw a couple of YMs away before I got them, and then she tore some out which makes the edges untidy.

My request is that YM shouuld publish a collected volume of these harbour guides, perhaps arranged into sections, South Coast, French Coast and so on. I think there would be a market for such book.

Perhaps others have a view.

Chris Stannard

 

[jimi]

I agree completely having done similar and then SWMBO had a clean up and they've now disappeared. Could I perhaps go further and suggest a looseleaf book of laminates?

 

[kimhollamby]

Thanks for the suggestion

I've forwarded it to Jessica Daw, YM's publisher.

kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com

 

[ghostwriter]

fit for navigation ?

just wondering , all those maps are clearly marked as not supposed to be used for navigation (can't remember the exact phrasing , but it's a disclaimer of some sorts)

only point I'm getting at is that they are useful , but they might be more useful with more complete charts.

 

[steve_cronin]

I would agree with that....

..but with one addition.

Tje only slightly annoying feature of these splendid article - ST do a parallel version - is that they not only produce the glossy tear out card but a lot of additional & very useful (if not vital) information is also contained in the normally printed article that accompanies each edition. I found myself splitting the mag to get these out too. Perhaps the whole article could be bound into regional volumes?

Steve Cronin

 

[Twister_Ken]

One problem is

that they are not a comprehensive port-by-port guide as you move along the coast, so they could never replace a conventional, comprehensive pilot book. There is (as with anything printed) the problem that they can go out of date pretty quickly whether in essential matters or peripherals like the Dog & Duck now being under new management and much favoured by Heavy Metal cider-heads.

Nonethess, they are pretty, and often they almost resemble the ports they represent!

 

[PaulJ]

Here here !.... nm

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[Martin_Billings]

Not to be used for navigation

is like "Not suitable for children under 36 months" as marked on all/most small childrens' toys..........or not?

 

[nicho]

Kim,

They are great articles - I have also torn them out over the years (from MBY/MBM also), and put them, rough edges and all, into a folder.

I wholeheartedlty support this idea.

Mike N

 

[davidhand]

Good idea, perhaps something like the excellent "Atlantic Spain and Portugal" not necessarily so comprehensive but along those lines. Could be a copyright problem though I believe the Admiralty is pretty protective when it comes to it's charts.

 

[milltech]

Re: fit for navigation ?

The charts yes, but I used the very useful waypoints in an early version of this series to get into Paimpol for the first time and I think they're terrific. I do question whether they're necessary for places like Poole where access is marked like the proverbial barn door, for as a first time into the little places they're a real confidence builder.

John
www.allgadgets.co.uk

 

[LadyInBed]

Re: I would agree with that....

Yes, I liked the ST format. Ten or so years back a soft cover book of (I think it was PBO) places to go things to see was published. It had some great arial pics.

 

[Lofty]

As those before, I too collect these articles and find the aerial photographs of harbours particularly useful. I have about three years of them in folders and always sort out the ones which may be useful on my route before I set off. I hope someone does publish them in book form.