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Forum: Navigation 13-02-2015, 00:15
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Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Are paper charts a dinosaur?
Seems not..
Ramblers find their way back to maps as digital devices let them down - Telegraph...
Forum: Navigation 11-02-2015, 21:41
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

I think there will always be demand for paper, not as much as before, but still a demand.
There are no plans to make ECDIS compulsary for ships under 3000GRT.... however the owners of those ships...
Forum: Navigation 11-02-2015, 18:20
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Its good to see you are so easily amused.
With paper...what you see is what you get... assuming you aren't that 'experienced' sailor in NZ a few weeks ago.

Most if not all chart plotter assisted...
Forum: Navigation 11-02-2015, 16:24
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

At the commercial end of the spectrum paper charts have mostly become superfluous regardless of what ship masters would like mainly because they have commercial grade ECDIS systems.
Yachts? Totally...
Forum: Navigation 11-02-2015, 15:16
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

It probably is about choice as those that choose to have paper charts on board do not think they are pointless or superfluous. Those that don't have them on board most likely think they are pointless...
Forum: Navigation 08-02-2015, 12:20
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

:thumb: Yup, charting systems don't sink boats, people sink boats....

I don't give a monkey's what other people are doing... I do what suits me best.
Forum: Navigation 07-02-2015, 12:50
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Oh, big ships still get hit by lightning.... whether your ecdis is working or not tends to be the least of your worries.....
Forum: Navigation 06-02-2015, 12:06
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

I don't think I've ever known citation to be cpelt with an 's'...maybe I should get out more.....
Forum: Navigation 05-02-2015, 19:27
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Ooooooooh..... my brain hurts... :)

My too smart for its own good phone has been 'offline' since I passed through Sydney yesterday on my way to Auckland (I don't have an unzud sim card).... google...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2015, 14:41
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Nor could they using paper charts..... refer back to what I said about fools.....

And I know I keep bringing this up ... https://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/oliva.pdf and I always thought...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2015, 12:49
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

In exactly the same way as electronic charts would have saved that bloke in NZ.
You make something more foolproof, they'll just send you a bigger fool.
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2015, 12:40
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

I'm glad someone has finally asked about 'Ping's One Inch Rule'

Back in the days when paper charts were all there was I developed this rule.

It states 'Regardless of the scale of chart in use...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2015, 12:34
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

No, I just try not to quote entire posts as it is a waste of electrons or whatever....
Not a good idea to use him as an example of the shortcomings of paper charts ... if he had been using an...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2015, 02:16
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Do you have anything to support that view? and no I haven't drilled down into that linked thread.

When I was a pup in small boats I didn't use paper charts... was eyeball pilotage both in in my...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2015, 00:43
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Ah, is this like the 'paperless office' we were told about in the computer dream time 30 or so years ago? :smile::biggrin::smile:
Forum: Navigation 02-02-2015, 23:25
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

Yup...your wrong

He could have bought a copy of NZ 5121 which is what the CM93 charts of Cavalli Passage are based on https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/1304-chart-nz-5121-cavalli-passage/ ...
Forum: Navigation 02-02-2015, 22:44
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

I don't think anyone in this thread or the very many other threads on this topic say to use paper to the exclusion of electronic... them on the 'paper' side of the fence all seem to be saying 'use...
Forum: Navigation 02-02-2015, 20:08
Replies: 371
Views: 37,242
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Are paper charts a dinosaur?

No... he was caught out because he wasn't using a chart of the appropriate scale for the job in hand. He obviously had never heard of the 'one inch' rule.

If all he had was that chart he should...
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