I just got off the phone with a fellow who is an official distributor
for NOAA charts.

He called to say he has recently compiled a 2 DVD set of all 3000 or so
NOAA charts, and is offering it along with a bunch of trial downloads
of various navigational software programs for $30 or $40. (That's
right, there is only one "zero").

Also available is a west coast version, with Pacific Coast, HI, AK, etc
for about half the price.

He's ending me a review copy of the west coast version in the mail.
I'll report back once I get a first hand look at it, or maybe somebody
else is among the 400 and some people who have purchased one of these
in the first few weeks of availability.

Can it be? The entire inventory of NOAA charts now available for about
what we used to pay for one or two paper charts? If so, that would be
great.