Believing In Electronic Charts

... written for Panbo by Yme Bosma and posted on Aug 3, 2004

Of course, there are still lots of people relying solely on paper charts alone. Nothing wrong with that, but eventually they might run into a situation which clearly demonstrates the power of electronic charts. And after that, they are a believer...

"But earlier this summer, during a run north from Florida to Virginia, I gained a whole new appreciation for electronic charts. I was aboard Motor Boating�s project boat�a Rinker Fiesta Vee 342 equipped with Raymarine�s SL70RCR radar/chartplotter/GPS. On the seven-day, 835-mile trip, I ran inside and outside the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), sometimes cruising as many as 20 miles offshore. I had an opportunity to use and evaluate the unit, along with C-Map�s NT Plus vector cartography with the new marina layout details."