Connie, Sounds like fun, We can get you a cart just for loading the charts and stuff. I may not have that much 'stuff' but quite a few. I have all the Coast Guard courses and Coastal charts too.We even have a clock with the face being the local 'chart' of Monterey Bay, CA (showing depths and all). I wanted to add some for Down Under but didn't connect with any good sailing craft while there (watch out for next time). So yes, I won't admit how many years on the water (since a Sea Explorer), but my Daughter said something about me "handing Noah the nails". Have FUN with it. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: <chbenneck@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:07 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Working, working, cruising, cruising - long
Hi Gordon,
Thanks for the idea of photos, charts and souvenirs.
As for nautical charts, years ago I thought about writing an article for CRUISING or some other magazine, the main idea being: "A Lifetime of Sailing Weights 63.2 Pounds"
It would have gone into details of how you accumulate 63.2 pounds of charts over 50 years.
My Charts cover:
the Stockholm archipelago; Danish islands and the Baltic the Elbe River and Kiel canal the Netherlands, Isselmeer, inland canals and coast Dutch, Belgian and French inland waterways the English Channel - Belgian, French and British ports the Seine Elba and Corsica in the Med. plus the Italian coast to Porto Fino the Adriatic: Italian coast and Yugoslavian coasts New England.......... New York to Boston and beyond
It becomes quite a collection over time, as do the all the Sailing Instructions; Light Lists; Tide Tables, plus book listing maritime expressions in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, so that you can make yourself understood in the other country.
To shake up the natives, my dinghy has a Plimsoll mark on each side.
Connie
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