Chart kits are OK. PDF print on demand charts are OK. The laminated fishing sites chart is OK. Electronic is not OK.
And the hard part is going to be updated to the latest Local Notice to Mariners, if it ever becomes an issue. Personally I think the spirit of the requirement isnt backup if your GPS goes out. The backup to GPS is a second GPS. Heck, I bought two perfectly good Magellan handheld GPS units for my ditch bag for $10 at a marine yard sale last year. The spirit of the requirement is backup if your boat gets hit by lightning or some other catastrophe that deprives you of electric power. And in any event, having some sort of paper chart just makes sense. Your IPad, smart phone, or expensive plotter with a 12 screen will show you in great detail what is ½ mile in front of you. But it wont show you the reef 5 miles ahead. To see the bigger picture, you need the paper chart. Remember the conversation started because the VOR boat did not see, on their chart plotter, a reef that covered 500 square miles on a chart. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 7:22 PM To: Chuck S; C&C List Subject: Re: Stus-List paper charts question Chartkits are paper charts...aren't they? They are just a bunch of charts all bound together in a book. The spirit of the requirement is to ensure that you aren't flying blind if the GPS goes out. NOAA has PDF versions that you could print out. Pretty sure they would count too. Remember there is also a requirement to have "Chart 1" which is basically a map legend. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD
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