RE: [Paddlewise] Cutting Up Charts

Jim said;

> I was lucky enough to get Dave's cut up charts for Gwaii Haanas and
they
> were a delight to work with.  I wouldn't hesitate to do the same to
> charts in the future, it makes them really easy to use during the
voyage.

Jim and Dave, just curious....  When you are cutting up charts, are you
being sure to cut large enough to keep at least one Rose on the page, or
are you putting a new one on (some marine stores sell compass roses with
a sticky back for placing on charts).  Also, what about all the Long and
Lat markings?"

In other words, are you cutting and pasting to make a mini chart, or are
you just cutting the sections you need and not worrying about the actual
navigational stuff on the chart?

I've got some charts that are 3/4 open water for power boaters that I'll
never use unless I want to paddle 25 miles out into open ocean, turn
around and paddle back (not likely), and I'm thinking that it would in
fact be nice to cut all that extraneous (for my uses) stuff out.  I
generally find myself spending $20 per chart and using 1/10 or less of
it.

I'm going to have to try some of this cutting, scanning, laminating
stuff next year.

Rick
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