![]() But here! That Navionics chart app I purchased for my iPad does include Nova Scotia and indeed all of Canada. ![]() No paper charts, and the chart card in my antique (read 7-year-old) Raymarine A65 chartplotter does not cover any part of Canada. Alas, the Armchair Sailor is no longer, a victim of the Internet Revolution, and procuring charts is no longer so easy. I need coverage from Yarmouth to Halifax.” And two days later my charts would arrive in the mail. I would say: “Hi! Howzit going? I’m sailing to Nova Scotia. These people were personally known to me, and I was known to them. I would consult my ever-growing stack of paper charts, discover I had no relevant charts, and then call the Armchair Sailor in Newport. In the previous century, which really wasn’t that long ago, this would have been a simple process. Having decided that part of this summer’s cruising program on Lunacy will involve a two-week jaunt over to Nova Scotia and back, it dawned on me that I needed to make sure I actually have charts for Nova Scotia. ![]()
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