On 15 Jul 2003 14:08:01 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

In an area like the Long Island Sound, how often should a chartkit be updated?
Are 5 or 8 year old charts useless? I'm getting a very wide variant of opinions
on this one.

Capt RB

Regardless the area sailed, all charts need to be updated regularly -
as much as weekly. Aids to navigation can be added, changed or
moved. For US charts, check the Notices to Mariners update site.
(http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/updates/index.htm)

It only covers changes since January 2000.

Jack Dale