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Hi  Scott:
 
Greetings  from rainy Trinidad!
 
To  Dave's and Bob's excellent posts, I might add:
 
Sailing  Directions and Coast Pilots are usually more up-to-date than most 
charts and I  would certainly have them aboard, as well as a Reeds Caribbean  
Almanac.
 
I  would look into NIMA (DMA) charts, too.
 
I  don't recall what your plans are exactly, but if you venture east of a 
line from  the west end of PR to the Columbia/Venezuela border, get the 
Imray-Iolaire  charts which have the benefit of Don Street's years of experience on 
them.  

If  you haven't already done so, I suggest you join the SSCA. There are  
hundreds of members cruising and their reports are up-to-date and are  published 
in the Bulletin; you can ask specific questions on the web site  boards; they 
have  cruising stations in most foreign countries and can provide local info 
via email  before you get there.
 
Are  you set up to receive Inmarsat-C SafeNet warnings and other info? We  
have a TT-3022D Capsat Fisheries unit on Seahorse that  automatically receives, 
worldwide (you select the area), distress  messages,  navigational warnings 
(Research vessels towing long arrays,  pirate activity, recent wrecks, navaids 
extinguished, missing, etc.) as well  as NAVTEX. It also tracks your boat and 
has a feature to write and  send a customized distress message. These services 
are free - all you need  is the unit. See  this page for more info on SafeNet: 
_http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/snet.htm_ 
(http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/snet.htm) 
 
And when you get to the Caribbean, remember Don Street's famous words:  "If 
you can see an island in the Bahamas, you're too close!"
 
No connection.
 
Happy cruising and Happy Holidays!
 
Regards,
 
John & Penny
aboard "Truelove" in Trinidad 
 

> Dave provides sage advice, all of which I will follow to a  T.

I visited a boat here in LP and looked at charts that Maptech had  provided
in the last year or two and as Dave has suggested they are the  same.  So
I've ordered a set of charts for the E side of CA and will  stay with what I
have for the W.

Regarding all of Daves advice, I  assure you, even though Ive invested in a
fair amount of technology to aid my  navigation, I take everything he says as
golden.  I don't want these  charts so I can set my autopilot on a course and
go to sleep.  I want  them so I have as much information at my disposal as I
could possibly  use.  I also have the paper charts, which I even made sure
were stacked  in order of ports passed along the way.







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