NOAA Nautical Paper Charts

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Paper nautical Navigation Charts are still a necessary item on your boat. While electronic charts gets better and better a Nautical Chart from OceanGrafix will provide you with the latest updates and an important backup.

Members of the USPS and associated squadrons keep an eye on local navigation markers, channel markers and anything to do with Navigation. They report these to NOAA who update their charts. Charts are then printed direct from the software for absolutely up to date charts. Print a new up to date chart from Oceangrafix. It may cost a couple of dollars more than buying one in a store but you will miss the latest updates.

OceanGrafix, the first and only company to offer print-on-demand nautical charts, today announced the availability of several new paper chart editions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These new charts are the final product of work done by NOAAs expert cartographers, who collect, interpret and then apply critical chart corrections.

For mariners traveling in hurricane-affected areas, there is a strong understanding of how often coastal waters can change--and with good reason. Richard Sillcox, chief of Chart Update Service at NOAA, confirms, "Immediate dangers, such as debris, exist right after a storm, and aids to navigation are often destroyed. There also can be very dramatic, permanent changes of which boaters must be aware." Sillcox further notes that as many as 300 obstructions to navigation were charted by NOAA in 2005, subsequent to Hurricane Katrina. Hurricanes aside, changes to coastal water occur with great regularity. NOAA takes measures to record these changes to its more than 1,000 charts via the Coast Guards weekly Notice to Mariner changes. Since the official start of hurricane season on June 1, NOAA has issued more than 60 new chart editions. These cover areas ranging from Chesapeake Bay and Alaskas Southeast Coast to Louisiana and the Hawaiian Islands.

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The best complement to chart kits and electronic systems For the serious sailor! Since OceanGrafix charts are more detailed and up to date than chart kits, they’re the best backup to your electronic systems.

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