Elias Ross <generic_elias_at_yahoo.com> wrote: >> Mostly, I'm interested in having a chart for the planning phase of a trip. It's very hard to decide on where to go without some sort of chart. The best I've seem to come up with are topographical maps that don't give me a great indication on where to land. How does the government decide when to print new editions? When some buoy of theirs goes astray? Inexplicably, they often decide to change the flash patterns of existing sites, it seems at random. Pretty much all charts are obsolete the day they're printed. >> I understand your frustration. For kayakers, a change in light pattern is almost never a problem, inasmuch as we do not paddle at night much. Re: when does CHS print new editions? They do not do that just for a couple light pattern changes, in my experience. Usually, those changes have been hand-stamped onto the updated chart, because there are usually only a couple per chart. So, you get a totally up-to-date chart, and CHS does not have to obsolete old charts. Guys like Steve Scherrer must have to send back (or destroy) their OOD charts. The cost of the charts is nasty, especially if bought in this country. I got some from a source in Vancouver BC couple years ago, but lost the address. Email me backchannel and if I have the ones you need maybe we can do business! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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