New charts or not ?

[nigelm]

I thought it was time to do a audit of my chart case and found that most are 1994 with the odd one of 2000 vintage , wondering if the new ones have all the wind farms marked on ? , I was thinking of the cross estuary routes .

 

[FullCircle]

If its 2000, it will still show the Edinburgh Channel.

I am looking up on the wall to my 1994 C1 chart, and it is scarily different from today.

 

[tillergirl]

All the new Admiralty charts or Imray will have the Wind Farms on - those under construction just a magenta outline plus the words 'Wind Farm under Cosntruction'. If you scroll through the NtM on my site you will see that the UKHO has recently issued a few blocks to add to existing charts to show recently completed wind farms - Galloper, Sheringham come to mind. There is also Thanet which has reently reduced all the construction nav marks upon completion - to be honest without looking I can't remember if there is a block for that one. Of course where there is a block, UKHO have yet up update the actual edition.

 

[nigelm]

I have to pop to chandlers this week for a anode so will have a look at the charts then and see what's what

 

[Koeketiene]

I have to pop to chandlers this week for a anode so will have a look at the charts then and see what's what

Be prepared for a shock to the wallet.
Got a couple of Admiralty Leisure folders - all approx 2003 vintage.
Thought of replacing some of them - saw the price - reconsidered.

 

[jerrytug]

I can't provide a link, but I have just found the website: "The Daily Telegraph Interactive Map of all the Windfarms off the UK" or somesuch,Oct 2012 but useful with search choices eg '50 miles from Ramsgate,operational'. Looks quite good Jerry.
Also the "4C Offshore" one is even much better with foreign ones as well.

 

[tillergirl]

http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page48.html !!!!!!

 

[nigelm]

Yes , I will be using my copy of the book for the first time when we go around to either ramsgit or Dover ( haven't decided yet) , cheers for the reminder .

 

[tillergirl]

Thank you kind Sir. I was trying to draw attention to the Wind Farm pages with the 4U connection. I am working on a PDF giving the start of season position with all windfarms between here and the Hook of Holland but it's slow progress drawing the images amid appeals for planning, painting a MAB, cutting the lawn and earning the odd sailing voucher.

 

[Athene V30]

I was trying to draw attention to the Wind Farm pages with the 4U connection. I am working on a PDF giving the start of season position with all windfarms between here and the Hook of Holland.

The outline map looks worrying - there wont be a lot of sea left over for us to play with!

 

[Koeketiene]

The outline map looks worrying - there wont be a lot of sea left over for us to play with!

Was thinking the exact same thing

 

[tillergirl]

The East Anglian area is enormous but much of it is not approved yet - mind you there is faint hope there since delivering on an EU agreement regarding renewables is more important than fiscal or sound common sense.

 

[Sixpence]

Let's hope common sense prevails before the North Sea looks even more like a WWII minefield map. The escape route from our part of the coast looks bad enough as it is, looks like they haven't got round to mining Oostende yet though, Brugge and Antwerp look pretty well covered.

 

[tillergirl]

It seems the Belgium Wind Farms are going to all be fixed down the western side of their sea border with Hollland with one route north and one route south of all of them for commercial shipping. the Dutch are planning simlar stuff along their side of the same maritime boundary.