So you're out #sailing in a new area and your electrics fail. No bother, just go back to using a paper chart for navigation (if you ever stopped: I didn't).
The only problem is that the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is withdrawing its portfolio of Admiralty Standard Nautical Charts and Thematic Charts.
Thank Bob we still have Imray ... for now.
I'm also wondering what small or traditional boat sailors without electronics are meant to do.
https://www.rya.org.uk/blog/the-rise-of-enavigation
The rise of eNavigation
The RYA prepares for the UKHOβs decision to phase out paper charts.www.rya.org.uk
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in reply to Paul Oldham π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π πΊπ¦ π΅πΈ • • •That's interesting: it makes sense, I have hardly ever seen a paper chart in use.
That said, when I went deep sea fishing, they had all the paper charts they would ever need (this was NZ) as a backup. It feels... a bit presumptous to believe that e navigation will totally replace paper charts.
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Unknown parent • • •I think for me part of the reason I still value paper charts (other than then not needing electrons) that I sail on other people's boats and I can *always* navigate using charts whereas every chart plotter seems to have a different UI.
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in reply to Paul Oldham π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π πΊπ¦ π΅πΈ • • •Large format printers?
Solar powered gps chart devices?
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in reply to Paul Oldham π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π πΊπ¦ π΅πΈ • • •the recommendation I usually hear is a water-tight tube with the charts and (not joking) a compass and sextant.
Don't know if this is an official recommendation though...
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