Well, right under the sea serpent and above the mermaid it says '' 1927
DATUM , Soundings in Feet at MLW''

Low Low Water Low Tide?????

SV

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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How old is that chart? All of my US charts from the recent past use MLLW
as the datum for
soundings. I even checked in my Chesapeake ChartKit to see if they were
different.

OK - Here's a quiz: What's the meaning of LLWLT?

BTW, I thought of commenting on the "8 feet above MLW" also - around here
we have 10 foot
tides and flooding is measured above MHW

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Found the 'old' chart. It reads '' controlling depths in feet at Mean
Low
Water (MLW)''. AND; depths reffered to soundings (MLW)''.

Scotty


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Are you sure?
Don't keep charts at the house, thus the ''I believe'' .

SV



"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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No they are not. Read the chart legend

Cheers MC

Scott Vernon wrote:
I believe that
charted depths are given at MLW and it's up to the sailor to know
the
tide
table and apply it.