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Forum: Navigation 17-03-2018, 17:53
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Yes, I know. That's what I said in my reply. You twice blamed called the metric system a communist plot or similar. I merely pointed out that what you claimed would be the result of any kind of...
Forum: Navigation 17-03-2018, 05:07
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Seems you are just getting desperate to justify an indefensible position. Comma vs periods is just a cultural thing,z nothing more. They are different for the same reason that the Brits write...
Forum: Navigation 17-03-2018, 05:01
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Wrong. It could be part of a totalitarian government of any ilk. Remember the Nazis? In case you don't remember, Nazis are the opposite of communists and they tried to kill everyone that was...
Forum: Navigation 16-03-2018, 04:51
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Of course everything in the universe can't be forced into tens, after all an earth year is +/- 365.25 days. The same applies to many natural phenomena. But money, measurement, weights? I never...
Forum: Navigation 15-03-2018, 15:18
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

I have lived and worked extensively in both systems and feel exactly the opposite. Metric as Dockhead points out, works much better across disciplines, for example where there is interaction between...
Forum: Navigation 15-03-2018, 07:32
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Yes I recall your close encounter with an unmarked rock a couple of years ago. That's one of the incidents that keeps this idea in the back of my mind.

I remember reading a few years ago about...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 20:39
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Not using Navionics either so not sure what features they have. I do think there is some kind of input from users but no idea to what level or degree.
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 20:15
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

I am aware of Active Captain, the nav alerts and other data posted to the online NOAA charts at the Active Captain web site but do they also add depth data generated by boaters' onboard electronics...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 18:28
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

All this discussion about charts and old data reminds me of something I've run across a couple of times in the past.

I have read that governments are mainly focused on charting routes and harbors...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 16:48
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Actually a nautical mile is 6076.12'. What a nice, round, even number that is. That converts to 1012.686666666666....... fathoms. Oh no, there's that repeating decimal.

By the way, no need to...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 16:32
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Paper chart in hand when it's blowing 20 kts, spray flying and you're trying to read the chart and look ahead? Doesn't sound any better to me than a plotter. Plus that paper chart can blow away. ...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 16:30
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

I seem to recall some of my older paper charts that were labeled something like based on survey of XXX.

But yes, it would be very good information to have on charts from older surveys in...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 10:33
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Just speculating but I can think of one reason why new charts aren't printed with old data. If the agency responsible for printing the charts does not have recent or verified data I imagine they...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 07:24
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Different incompatible systems. You mean like US charts that might be in fathoms or might be in feet, on paper charts noted over in a corner somewhere.

It makes imminent sense to me for the...
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 06:50
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Different incompatible systems. You mean like US charts that might be in fathoms or might be in feet, on paper charts noted over in a corner somewhere.

It makes imminent sense to me for the...
Forum: Navigation 12-03-2018, 16:33
Replies: 139
Views: 14,508
Posted By skipmac
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

A couple of years ago I researched buying Admiralty charts for Western Europe and the Med. When I reached $6,000.00 I gave up and decided I wasn't rich enough to use paper charts.
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