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Antares Detailed Chartlets


If you want to explore the West Coast of Scotland in detail Antares Charts could be a great aid. Antares Charts is a source of 'unofficial ' very large scale electronic charts and related pilotage information created by unqualified enthusiasts. Antares Charts cannot work on conventional cockpit chart plotters but run on PCs, Macs, IPad, IPhone, Android devices and certain handheld Garmin plotters. The charts are published with a warning ‘All information has been obtained by enthusiasts without formal training; It must be used with great care and entirely at your own risk. These factors are described on his web site under Making and Using the Charts. www.antarescharts.co.uk.

See http://www.antarescharts.co.uk/index_files/Chart_selector.htm for Chart Locations

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Scottish Canals

Thanks Dick! We had fun in 2013 when we arrived in Bantry Bay (Glengarriff) from the Azores. I understood we could check in at the local Garda station - so we went in... he dismissed me as being a Brit, and for Laurie he was rather perplexed and decided that filling in the visitor's book would suffice!! He then described which pub in town had the best Guinness!

This time we want to head straight to Scotland since we're leaving so late. The only CCC pilot for Scotland I don't have is the one for the Outer Hebrides (isn't it always the way!) so we're picking up a new copy in Stornoway - but IF we manage to stop at St. Kilda, getting to Stornoway in a single day looks difficult - hence the need for a decent spot to stop midway...

I've just downloaded (but not yet installed) the Antares charts - maybe they'll have sufficient info for finding an appropriate spot...

Where are you these days? Greenland? Newfoundland?

Bill Balme