Jacana
New member
Is one expected shortly?
New Irish Cruising Guide
- Thread starter Jacana
- Start date
Searush
New member
Why? Has it changed much?
Jacana
New member
They seem to be selling off the old one.
Searush
New member
In one shop or everywhere? It could just be overstock, or a need to raise cash. How important is it to you that every last detail be "up-to -date"? Most of my pilot books were bought between 30 & 10 years ago, I won't be updating them with new issues until the fall apart - and photocopies of relevant pages for use on the boat (plus hand written annotations where relevant) help to extend their life.
Quandary
Well-known member
Published by ICC?
If so, the latest versions of both books were published in 2008, updates were published in November 2011 and can be downloaded by going to the ICC website. They make no mention of an imminent publication and surely are unlikely to be posting updates up to a month ago if a new version was imminent.
But as Searush says; the coast of Ireland is not changing very rapidly despite the melting icecaps.
If so, the latest versions of both books were published in 2008, updates were published in November 2011 and can be downloaded by going to the ICC website. They make no mention of an imminent publication and surely are unlikely to be posting updates up to a month ago if a new version was imminent.
But as Searush says; the coast of Ireland is not changing very rapidly despite the melting icecaps.
Jacana
New member
Imray have emailed us to say it is not about to be replaced. The reason I asked was that Amazon said the reverse and, strangely, are £10 more expensive than KH.
NPMR
Well-known member
In the Glenans last year, our cruising guide had very little info - the new version which we were able to photocopy, had a complete set, which we found useful.
If there's an update, whilst the land features don't change, lots of other stuff does.
So I feel that setting off for the first time, it is better to have the very latest versions. As we're looking hard at going to Ireland this year, I will be looking for the very latest data. Especially on changes to buoyage and lights etc.
dt4134
New member
The Admiralty are still selling a fair few charts of the Irish coast that have large areas based on surveys from the century before last, so in that context a pilot book that is even a couple of years out of date doesn't sound that bad.
Tex
Member
Clyde_Wanderer
New member
Searush
New member
Just take a moment to think about that. If Kelvin Hughes have last years editions still in stock, they will happily sell them at a small margin above cost price so they can replace them with the current reprint. Even if only the date has changed, punters will happily pay full price for new ones. In effect they are upgrading their stock at nil cost aren't they? Even if there is no change at all, the new stock will not look so well handled or thumbed.
It's how "Sales" work - in any retail environment, as long as you sell at or above cost price, you can buy in new stuff & the stock is turning over & renewing. Amazon simply don't care about stock turnover, there is no display to maintain.