"Steve" wrote:

IMHO, rolled charts don't store effiecently, on the boat or at home, when
I'm dealing with several hundred charts.

We have a chart rack above the nav table. Doesn't store several
hundred, but will store about 20 if you roll two or three charts up
together.

Further, in my experience only ships have chart tables large enough for a
chart to be maintained fully flat, without a fold, on the chart table or in
a drawer.

We have a chart table that would probably be big enough for the whole
chart if we didn't have all that other stuff on it, but in practice,
we (I) fold the chart to show where we have come from and where we are
going, and put it in a protective sleeve that's about 1/4 chart size.

My chart table drawers are large enough to store the charts folded in half
but the chart table and Yeomen Plotter requires them to be folded in
quarters.

Actually, the Chart Kit format is the ideal size that I built my chart table
surface for. However, not all cruising chart book come in that convenient
size/format.

We store the chart kits under the seat cushions in the main saloon for
those charts that are not in use at the time.

(The several suggestions about putting the charts under the settee cushions
remind me of my days as a navy 'white hat', when we put our dress blue
uniform under the mattress to smooth the locker creases.)

Thanks again,

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

This is an old boarding house trick for guys - they put their trousers
under the mattress each night to re-energize the crease.

grandma Rosalie