Apart from being a danger to yourself and others your insurance may be
deemed invalid on grounds that you were negligent if you knowingly go to sea
with out-of-date charts.

Depends on how bad you screw up & if you're stupid enough to say "This
wouldn't have happened if I'd had up to date charts."

Capt.American wrote:
What about charts of islands like King's or Palymyra that have not
been updated in over 100 years?

Read Edgar's reply again and check for any N2Ms that have come out for
the area.

They would be better then nothing
right? I have over 100 charts aboard my boat and some date back to the
mid 40's. Also for ocean passages I do not see much changing in mid
Pacific or Atlantic.

You have a chart of the mid Atlantic? What a coincidence, so do I.... a
blank piece of paper.

Ever heard the phrase "off soundings"?


I would agree in a port with major traffic, an up
to date chart is the one to use.

What does traffic have to do with the chart?

-signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)