[jagasail]

Have you noticed that folios from Chartworld are much cheaper than the charts payed per unit?

One chart costs about 150 Euro, if you have 25 charts (North Sea & Atlantic) at 150 Euro each it's rather expensive. But the complete Folio of the same region (Zone 2) costs only 1250 Euro.

Folios are all the same price.

It's still a lot of money.

Regards,

Manou

Yes I have, but for example South America, the Region 9 portfolio is 1250 Euro, or about $1800 usd from Chartworld. The Navionics Gold+ chip for the same area I can get for about $180 usd. Add in another chip for the Marquises, which appears to be in Region 9 and you're STILL 1/5 the cost, PLUS, the second chip also includes the rest of Polynesia all the way to and including Japan...

Now the chips might not have all the S-57's that Chartworld is selling from Navionics, but Navionics doesn't make another chip with more charts for the same areas.

Someone at Chartworld is making big bucks on this...

I'd easily pay a lot more for MacENC to fund a driver for the Navionic's reader if that's a possibility. At twice the price it's still a bargain.

Scot