"pete" wrote in message
ups.com...
I haven't been on a boat in a while but, to celebrate his safe return
from Iraq, my son and I will take a week-long charter (C&C30) this
summer from Boston to the Vineyard. So I naturally went to Bliss
Marine for charts. But there are no charts, not the familiar kind that
get smudgy and wet, and tear at the folds, and become raggedy and
illegible.

How have navigation aids evolved in ten years, and what do you guys
use for charts nowadays? I see that there are downloadable charts, but
I haven't yet been able to dowload them; and besides they'd print as
8-1/2x11 in B&W.

Thanks!

-- Pete


Those same old charts are still available for this area at about $20 CDN a
pop.
Some use a chart datum of feet for depth, others use fathoms and newer
versions... meters... so you have to pay attention to your 'Legend'.
http://ca.binnacle.com/index.php?cPath=67_396