For those of you unfamiliar with this, NOAA has their electronic navigational charts (ENCs) available free for download. See: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/download.htm There are several free viewers available, including one from Fugawi at: http://www.fugawi.com/viewenc/viewenc.html The others are listed on the NOAA site. Version 2 ENCs are suitable for navigation, and meet SOLAS requirements for ship's nautical chart carriage. Worth a look. Also, there are a lot of free downloads available at: http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/ These include Chart No. 1, The American Practical Navigator (Bowditch), International Code of Signals, etc. Good stuff! Keith __ For 20 dollars, I'll give you a good tagline next time ...