st599
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No idea if they're stopping production, but for a British coded vessel, the MCA only recognises UKHO/Admiralty and Imray charts.
Imray to stop publishing paper charts
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Sandy
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I've seen the announcement, read the posts and seen an email from Imray to their resellers. What I have not seen, hence my question, is "We are ceasing printing on XX/XX/2025.
I know this is being pedantic, but as an end user I need to know:
a) what is their last chart correction run; and
b) what is their last print run
In order to purchase the very last version of the charts I require.
Sandy
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In my working life very often resellers were advised about things before we made it public. Just to give them a heads up that things were changing.
I consider by the end of 2025 an immediate thing.
Sandy
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Chart Agent says they are still available, but wonders if they will go the same way.
I shall need to cultivate my French contacts.
Marsali_1
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Maybe an email to Imray asking those questions would get a more accurate response than from folk on here?
dunedin
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I think Imray have been fairly clear
Imray will continue to serve the maritime community via our renowned pilot books, cruising guides, and the popular ‘Explore with Imray’ digital product. These resources will remain a cornerstone for sailors and adventurers, offering reliable, verified information for both coastal and offshore navigation.
Chart production and support, including Imray Notices to Mariners, will continue through the 2025 season. Beyond that, no new editions will be published.
You won’t be able to get any single date for cessation of printing as they probably have hundreds of different charts, so the final 2025 edition of each chart may be published on different dates, and the print will be done in batches on different dates.
They have said corrections “through the 2025 season” - so one might guess they could stop anytime in Q4 2025. Asking for any more precision at this stage is perhaps unreasonable - and of little difference to most UK boaters.
lustyd
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It wouldn't have changed anything at all in this instance, the comms were vague enough that resellers would still have had to refer people to Imray. I agree it would have been polite, but this is how business is done these days. Imagine if someone had leaked it before they announced to the public, that would have been much worse.
lustyd
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Yes but that one guy who actually updates his charts might be interested
For the rest of us, chart updates are very much more a nice to have. One of the benefits of digital is they just update automagically so I can both ignore them and have up to date charts.
Sandy
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I was just highlighting my questions and suspect that many others have exactly the same ones.
The communications should have been much, much clearer.
Marsali_1
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I think this thread is a bit like being in class in school. Teacher says something that I don't fully understand so I ask my peers what did the teacher just say? I get a variety of responses based on their interpretation of what they just heard. I'm still confused but ask my peers again and get the same varied responses. So I ask the teacher for an explanation. Teacher realizes that the initial announcement was unclear and explains more carefully what was meant. I benefit, the rest of the class benefits. Substitute Imray for teacher.
Sandy
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Its an internet thread, at least it has not gone off topic after six posts.