dunedin
Well-known member
UKHO has announced a delay to its plan to withdraw all paper charts by end 2026 - now extended by 4 years - UKHO to extend timetable for paper chart withdrawal
This sounds like a result for the concerns raised by the Royal Institute for Navigation (RIN), Cruising Association and RYA, amongst others.
Whilst electronic navigation is clearly the right strategic direction, paper charts still have an important role for many purposes, vessels and skippers. Particularly when there are, as far as I know, absolutely no electronic leisure charts available that don’t have a “not to be used for navigation” restriction.
Well done MCA as well, in pushing back on UKHO.
However will have to wait and see what this means in practice. UKHO has already withdrawn its Small Craft Folios, “replacing” with single sheet Print on Demand Small Craft Charts. Need to see how long these last has UKHO had previously stated that “Our larger-scale charts will likely be removed first as the locations they cover typically receive fewer individual vessel visits”,
This sounds like a result for the concerns raised by the Royal Institute for Navigation (RIN), Cruising Association and RYA, amongst others.
Whilst electronic navigation is clearly the right strategic direction, paper charts still have an important role for many purposes, vessels and skippers. Particularly when there are, as far as I know, absolutely no electronic leisure charts available that don’t have a “not to be used for navigation” restriction.
Well done MCA as well, in pushing back on UKHO.
However will have to wait and see what this means in practice. UKHO has already withdrawn its Small Craft Folios, “replacing” with single sheet Print on Demand Small Craft Charts. Need to see how long these last has UKHO had previously stated that “Our larger-scale charts will likely be removed first as the locations they cover typically receive fewer individual vessel visits”,