Re: [Paddlewise] Charts on Tyvek an alternative

An OK solution is to copy your charts on mylar (overhead transparency
material).  It is indestructible.  You can rinse them in fresh water and dry
them off and use them over and over again.  You can also easily make copies for
others in your group.  I am not sure what and/or how many copy write laws this
method breaks but it works well.  I just put the sheet under my deck bungie and
I have black lines over the light green of my deck.
    Hal
    Wilton, NH
    Power your boat with carbohydrates,
    not hydrocarbons.
    http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin


Shawn Baker wrote:

> I tried cutting some 8 1/2" x 11" pieces of Tyvek and feeding them through
> my laser printer.  It's not as stiff as paper, so every 3rd sheet jammed.
> Once printed, though, whatever you print is really waterproof, but
> disappointingly, not wear-proof.  Once you crinkle the paper a time or two,
> the toner just flakes off.
>
> I suppose a copier would have the same results--unless a copier heats the
> toner more than an inkjet does, and maybe the print would be more
> long-lasting.  I don't think an inkjet printer would do well either, as inks
> are water-based, and Tyvek is waterproof.
>
> Shawn Baker
> still searching for an economical waterproof chart system
>
> Evan Dallas wrote:
> >Does anyone know if nautical charts printed on Tyvek (that >practically
> >indestructible stuff some envelopes are made of) are >available?  For
> >Canada?  I thought I had heard somewhere that this >was being used, tho I
> >could have dreamt it...
> >(I'm tired of my charts falling apart after a season or two).
>
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    Hal
    Wilton, NH

    Power your boat with carbohydrates,
    not hydrocarbons.
    http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin


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