Posted by Alex Forbes on September 23, 2003 at 04:44:34 from 165.247.205.221 user Pitsligo.
In Reply to: Charts Re: Anchor chain or swinging the lead? posted by Adam Quinan on September 20, 2003 at 20:02:06:
Just moved 830 miles south, hence the long silence. I hope this thread isn't too stale
Just a note on US charts: a lot of the Puget Sound charts --inland waters in Washington State-- are also in fathoms. It quite made me catch my breath when I moved to Washington from Maine, where everything coastal had been in feet, and saw all those small numbers. Seems the US hasn't standardized chart markings --perhaps the icing on the cake in its defiance of Metrification.
Alex