Re: [Paddlewise] Charts on Tyvek

From: Erik Sprenne <sprenne_at_netnitco.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:49:51 -0400
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.
> snip <
> 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).
> 

this suggestion is subsidized by my employer <grin>
bring your charts to work, photocopy the appropriate parts, and laminate
them.


Erik Sprenne
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