Great info and that's an interesting PDF. One thing that should be pointed out in regards to the law and charts onboard.If you really want to understand and learn how to properly navigate via charts, which by the way are required by law to have on your boat at all times, go take a course on Navigation, or even take your SVOP(small vessel proficiency course). You never know when it will come in handy.
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Great info and that's an interesting PDF. One thing that should be pointed out in regards to the law and charts onboard.
[h=1]CARRIAGE OF CHARTS, DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS[/h]
- 4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the master and owner of every ship shall have on board, in respect of each area in which the ship is to be navigated, the most recent editions of the charts, documents and publications that are required to be used under sections 5 and 6.
- (2) The master and owner of a ship of less than 100 tons are not required to have on board the charts, documents and publications referred to in subsection (1) if the person in charge of navigation has sufficient knowledge of the following information, such that safe and efficient navigation in the area where the ship is to be navigated is not compromised:
- (a) the location and character of charted
- (i) shipping routes,
- (ii) lights, buoys and marks, and
- (iii) navigational hazards; and
- (b) the prevailing navigational conditions, taking into account such factors as tides, currents, ice and weather patterns.
- (3) If a ship, other than a pleasure craft of less than 150 tons, is making a foreign voyage, a home-trade voyage, Class I, II or III, or an inland voyage, Class I, the master and the owner of the ship shall have on board and make readily available to the person in charge of the navigation of the ship an illustrated table of life-saving signals for use by ships and persons in distress when communicating with life-saving stations, maritime rescue units or aircraft engaged in search and rescue operations.
- (4) If a Canadian ship is of 150 tons or more, the master and the owner of the ship shall have on board and make readily available to the person in charge of the navigation of the ship the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual, Volume III, Mobile Facilities, published by the IMO.
- SOR/2005-135, s. 2.
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-95-149/page-2.html#h-6
If anyone knows different please post as this comes up often.
GLG
Thanks for the info Feeling Nauti good stuff there. So in a nutshell those of us that are recreation anglers with our own boat have no requirement to carry a chart onboard. Me ... I have a GPS and I do know the waters that I fish but I do sometimes go places that I have not been before. Only chart I own is one for Nootka as it's great for planning and looking up the names of spots that I'm not sure of. Having a chart is never a bad idea but it's a pain on a small boat.