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Old 05-07-2012, 04:43 PM   #39
Phil Fill
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If you are cheap like me there are second hand/wave marine stores that have many of the guides/charts available for cents on the dollar. For the cost of paper charts, $1000+, it might be cheaper to buy a back up electronic chart program. For paper charts I like the large area charts to give a general idea and the electronic charts for closure detail.

Gee I remember the days of Loran and we plotted by hand our location, and we use a COMPASS, and depth sounder. I bought a hand help Garmin GPS and electronic charts, Chart Pro, 15+ years ago, and they still work. The recovery time was 30+ seconds and accuracy with in a 50 yard, which I thought was fantastic. Also Radar can be a good back up if you can see/use the coast line which gives you good idea.

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