Larry H.: almost all of the charts are there ... public record thing so we can download and print for 'free'. direct link to the 'Sac. river' charts - (warning - VERY LARGE PFD download) http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletChart/18661_BookletChart.pdf the link in Daniel's post below is the 'home page' for the US charts.  see the regions links (Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast, Alaska, Great Lakes) in the middle of the page. i used this service to make a set of paper charts for my trip to Long Beach this past week. :: Dave Scobie --- On Tue, 12/18/12, Hughston, Larry@DGS <Larry.Hughston@dgs.ca.gov> wrote:

Daniel, are charts for the Delta and Sacramento River available through NOAA also? 

---Larry Hughston  M-15 

-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Rich Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:34 PM

I am preparing for the Port Townsend Small Boat Sailing Academy next weekend, and am doing some homework before the event. One thing I have never had to do is navigate and really read a chart, so I am learning about that with some excellent books I have purchased. It turns out that you can download very useful charts directly from NOAA as printable booklets at this link:

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/BookletChart.html

Some of you probably already know a great deal about this, but I just figured I would share this nice link.

These things are really good, and are slightly smaller than the real thing. I have the real chart for Tomales Bay, which is chart #18643, but the booklet version is really nice. I can look at it on my iPad, or print it. My color printer does 2 sided printing, which is what the pdf is designed for, and it prints really well. Opposed pages line up. So, if you did not know about this free resource, there you are. I have downloaded a few more, including the Port Townsend chart for my upcoming trip.

Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com