Re: [Paddlewise] Cutting Up Charts

At 06:57 AM 11/19/2003 -0800, James wrote:
>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.

There is an implication in cutting up charts that I am surprised that 
nobody has mentioned yet.  Navigation charts always have a compass rose 
somewhere on the chart that is used to plot courses on the chart.  Cutting 
up the chart means you only have the compass rose on one page of the chart.

Fortunately, the most recent issue of Sea Kayaker magazine has an answer to 
this problem in an article titled "The Kayakers Course 
Plotter".  Essentially it contains a copy of a compass rose that can be 
photocopied and instructions on how to create an overlay that can be 
position onto the relevant area of a chart.  From what I have read in this 
thread it appears that it would work well for those creating a binder of 
chart pages.
***************************************************************************
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/
***************************************************************************