mvweebles
Guru
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2019
- Messages
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Weebles
- Vessel Make
- 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
100% ageee. Love the chart books.Recently blew the bucks for two ICW guides and the various Explorer chart books for the Bahamas. Re upped on WaterwayGuide as well. Previously did the same for the Windwards and the Leewards. Charts be they vector or raster don’t tell you a lot. Neither walk you through a landfall to a new to you harbor or country in a manner to decrease stress. Sure the information is available elsewhere. Noonsite, WaterwayGuide electronically even navionics or C-map. But find having a chart book open with guide book next to it and several charts on electronic screens is very helpful. Usually the admiral is looking at the various paper sources and reading out loud the salient points while I’m looking at screens. Maybe a belt and suspenders approach but have seen many other cruisers having the same approach. All to often youcruising a coast line having not decided where to stop or having changed our mind as to where to stop. We commonly pick a direction and go. Know this not the style of many but we are cruisers not held to a schedule. Get tired, want to fix something, decide we want to see something or the myriad reasons to change plans want to quickly learn about a potential landfall and decide if it easy, safe and enjoyable to stop there. Paper is and I suspect will always be part of the equation.
Noticed in another thread you're getting ready to head to Bahamas. Hope you'll keep a running TF update on progress.
Peter