At 10:45 PM 9/22/2006, Craig Jungers wrote: >Has anyone had any experience with these 13" x 19" charts? One url for >buying them is http://www.noaachartsonline.com/ which looks like a business >site but with, apparently, a license from NOAA. The price is pretty decent >and the size is great for kayaks. They are proportionately reduced from >full-sized charts, according to the web page. I wish I would have known about these a few weeks ago. Mark Arnold stopped in the area a couple of weeks ago and we paddled on my local lake one day then went up to the 1000 islands for an overnight trip. I had ordered a chart which combined 2 NOAA charts that covered the area well. It ended up costing me about $25. We stopped in a marina before we launched and found a fishermans map ($11) that covered the area just as well and was smaller so I never even used the NOAA maps. It looks I could have got the same coverage from these smaller NOAA maps for $10 and they would have fit on my deck without folding. From the NOAA site there appear to be lots of businesses that are licensed to sell NOAA charts and a separate list that offer the Print On Demand charts. For $5 each I'll probably order several charts just so that I have them in my collection. BTW, I just spent one day with Mark Arnold paddling in the 1000 islands then headed back home (about 2.5 hours away). We had a real nice day paddle making our way around several of the islands. We had a great launch spot in a protected bay (Eel bay) and swapped boat after getting back to the launch. I got to give is Impex Force 3 a try and liked it a lot. It would definitely be on my short list if I were looking to buy a versatile day/weekend boat in the 16-17.5' range. I didn't get to try it in rough conditions but we ran into quite a bit of wind and white caps during our day paddle and Mark indicated that it handles those conditions well. John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Sep 23 2006 - 04:46:49 PDT
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