RE: [Paddlewise] Free Maps/Charts

These "free" charts are giveaways in many of the marine shops in Florida.
They are printed with advertising and are throwaways. You can purchase their
"chart pack" of Florida for $9.95 at West Marine, the same "free price" as
offered on their web site.

cu

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net] On Behalf Of Robert Woodard
Sent:	Monday, April 05, 1999 8:29 PM
To:	Paddlewise
Subject:	[Paddlewise] Free Maps/Charts

My apologies for not remembering the original poster for the site below.

http://www.uscharts.com/

I ordered a few of the free charts and thought I would pass along what I
learned. The charts (mostly of Florida, but a couple that cover the Potomac
and Chesapeake Bay) are printed on heavy newsprint (even folded like a
Sunday ad paper). A little hard to read the finer detail, and appear to be
reprints of NOAA charts. The blank areas of the newsprint are covered with
local ads. Scale ranged from 1:20,000 (Washington area of the Potomac) to
1:80,000 (lower Potomac). Worth the 3 bucks I paid for shipping I guess, but
not much more.

Woody


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