Yes, maybe the charts are a "waste" of space, time and money....but I still use them. This last summer we went about 1500 miles in the PNW--and although all of our on the water navigation was using the chart plotter--I always looked at the paper charts the night before--and even during the day, would look at the "big picture" on the charts (and I have one plotter on large scale and the second on small scale.... The other scenerio with charts is that for some reason you loose the chart plotter and GPS. (I know redunadancy is the norm). I'll admit I don't carry a sextant for coastal navigation--but if I was doing a passage, I would still throw in that well used sextant and a set of tables/computer tables/calculator....but I still live in part of the dark ages. Scott, thanks for the kind words on the wheels. You touched on one of my other dinghy observations--that is easy of bringing aboard and launching. On the Cal 46, we had a large roller on the transom, with an electric winch which would pull aboard the 12.5 foot RIB in less than 30 seconds, with basically button pushing--launching took 20 seconds. On the Motor sailor we took to Europe, we had a large inflatable on the foredeck, and using the windlass or manual winches, it took several minutes to launch. But we also kept a 10 foot hard dinghy with a 5 hp outboard on twin davits aft, which again took 30 seconds to launch and 60 seconds to retrieve (but no swim step)--this was the dinghy we usually took thru the surf--and was light enough to pickup and carry. The larger inflatables had the large balloon tires to roll up the beach.