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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 10/20/2009 : 13:47:53

I'm not sure I've seen this posted here before, so here's a [url="http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/BookletChart.html"]link to NOAA's site[/url] for them. You can print them out at home to create a book of charts for use in planning, or in a pinch, navigating.

David
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piseas
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Response Posted - 10/20/2009 : 15:21:12

David, that is very cool. When I pulled up my area, Newport Beach, there were about 20 pages. If you print in color, that adds up and can almost be same if you brought the chart. (I have expensive inkjet printer).
But if you don't care and want to put in a water proof binder, not a bad idea, although I have seen those types for sale for under $100 and covers huge area, which are also in a binder/booklet form. This type to me is much easier to work with, especially in the cockpit then the large paper chart.
Steve A
PS. How is the weather there? Mine is pretty much like the one in my pic below, except for morning fog.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 10/20/2009 : 16:54:18

Hey, thanks, David! Those chart pages look really convenient. I just downloaded a bunch of them for a few places I've sailed. They would be hard to use for accurate navigating long distances along a coastline, but they will find a spot on my boat for simple cruising.

I plan to respond to the NOAA request for feedback, so that they know how useful I find the chart pages.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/20/2009 : 17:45:51

NOAA's online chart viewer is very helpful, however they don't offer the folded up folio charts like New Haven to Watch Hill (I have a paper version).

These booklet charts are pretty cool.

I also found Coast Pilots on line somewhere on NOAA. It was free.
Now that I'm looking on the website, they currently have the volumes for sale for downloading.

If anybody wants a copy, email me.

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 10/21/2009 : 09:43:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Voyager
 I also found Coast Pilots on line somewhere on NOAA. It was free.
Now that I'm looking on the website, they currently have the volumes for sale for downloading.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Bruce, what makes you think you have to pay for them? That's what our tax dollars do, when they are put to useful purposes.

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot.php?book=7

The last # is the volume, 7 is out my way.

Just download sections or the whole book in a ZIP file.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/21/2009 : 21:59:11

Stu
Thanks, I knew it was out there somewhere.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 10/22/2009 : 14:30:36

Stu, i have not seen that booklet before. Its pretty nice. Chapter 1 has lots of good information which is more than then the couple of paragraphs about my area.

Steve A

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/22/2009 : 19:44:33

I have a great book for small boat navigation that I swear by and recommend to all my kayaking friends.

It's called "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation" by David Burch, and in large part it can be used by sailors of small sailboats (like ours).

It includes a lot of navigation tricks and tips, chart reading, dead reckoning tips and speed, time and distance estimations.

It refers to reference books like Coast Pilots and the Light List.

It's just a great reference and for $18.95 (on sale for $12.95), it provides you with a sense of "situational awareness", which is essential for handling yourself out on the water.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 10/22/2009 : 21:45:53

I've got Burch's Emergency Navigation book, as well as his vinyl coated card which is a summary of the most salient tips in the book. I might pick up this one as well, I love reading about navigation.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 10/23/2009 : 05:58:38

Fellow Sailors, Just had a thought- that's what happens when I wake up before 5am on most mornings-which is when most come from.
Thinking what this Association can additionally offer to its members, what if we had a library of books that could be checked out? I am sure there would be bugs to be worked out but as we all have a common interest in sailing and reading about it, I just wonder if there is any merit to this idea or am I still groggy and need to go back to bed.
Steve A
PS I you have other ideas, love to hear about those as well.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/23/2009 : 08:33:47

Steve
That's a great idea - maybe it could be based on a database with title, author, version/edition, publisher, "category" metadata (drop down menu: navigation, cruising, racing, repair, maintenance, learn to sail, NOAA, charts, etc), a brief synopsis and where purchased. Some books may be included in more than one category.

It may be more than just physical books, it may also include articles from magazines and online pubs.

The DB may be updateable by individual contributors, or by multiple contributors (I'm not certain how write and editing permissions should be managed). In Yahoo Groups, you can create a simple table DB, and the person who posted the entry can edit it, or the moderator can edit it.

It may be useful for users of the list to be able sort the list by any combination of title, author, subject, etc like an Excel sort.

With our current membership, we ought to be able to create a substantial list of books and articles in a very short time.

One thing, however. Housekeeping. It is possible that books go out of print or a new revision comes out, online articles are taken down from their websites, and materials become outdated (like my encarta encyclopedia).

We keep it useful, we need to weed the garden periodically.

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