RE: [Paddlewise] Free Charts in Canada?

From: Paul Hayward <pdh_at_mmcl.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:38:05 +1300
Robert Livingston said:
> settle on a "standard" mileage to contain on a 8.5 by 11 sheet

A by-product of this is, of course, that laying several sheets out on the
floor (at home or tent) allows them to match up, as they are all essentially
(or perhaps perfectly) at the same scale.

On solo trips, I laminate the chartlets back-to-back, but offset in sequence
- thusly for a set of 6:
#4 on the back of #1, 
#5 on the back of #2,
#6 on the back of #3

The downside is that I often need to carry two chartlets on deck - the
upside is that I can always lay them out 1-2-3, or 2-3-4, or 3-4-5, etc for
a session of head-scratching and what-ifs - which I find useful each
evening.

When we went to Alaska in the K2, we splurged on weight (an extra 300 gm or
10 oz) and took two complete sets, each laminated as above. Not only did we
have the unaccustomed luxury of laying out the whole trip (using the double
set), but there was no fighting over who got to navigate ;-) As Natasha's a
more-than-competent navigator, it always seemed to be a case of
two-heads-better-than-one, which was great. 

Best Regards
Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand
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