wrote in message oups.com...
I just got the Maptech chart kit for the west coast of Fl for my
aborted cruise. It is a lot more than I expected. It even has a cd
and plotting software. I highly reccomend this. This one book
replaces almost all of my charts and covers the entire west coast of FL
( i thought it would only be SW Fl)


You should check out the electronic Maptech chart kits.

One little CD holds hundreds of charts. You can even burn copies
and trade with your buddies so you have thousands of charts
for the cost of a single kit.

The electronic nav software is impressive with all the bells
and whistles and can be interfaced with gps so you get
a real time position of your boat that proceeds along the
chart to the edge where a new chart pops up .

Paper charts are still required in case of failure of electronic
equipment but I enjoy using the electronic charts on my
laptop because of the many features they offer over
and above paper. You can even print them out if you
like a paper copy.

Try them, you'll like them

CN