COE charts as well as commercially sold guides are available for the route as mentioned here earlier, and I am sure some with chart plotters using unique charting applications will want to acquire some electronic versions of the charts. <snip> Part of my hurricane plan late last spring involved ducking the oil spill and cruising up the TT. About Apalachicola, with a firm date to pick up a passenger in Mobile, it dawned on me I had no charts for the area and not enough time to order them snailmail. I navigate with MaxSea and The Active Captain sells the chart pack. Rich Gano very kindly let me spend the night at his dock and download the charts on his DSL. Although I’d not bought MS through the Active Captain, Jeff got me the charts at his – lower—rates. Then Rich asked me if I wanted to borrow his TT stuff .. .COE charts annotated by him and Charles Culotta, Nitty Gritty Guide, etc. Of course. .. shoulda axed first! But, I used the Jepp charts and they are superb for the river system, going alla way to Chicago and beyond. They also have a feature absent on the COE’s. COE chart shows the river bank. Period. Jepps show the banks and the channel and the sand bars and the channel centerline. Look at a COE chart and you see a half inch strip of river winding top to bottom. Look at the Jepp and you see a choke point inna river that can only be occupied by you or the tow. And they’re accurate. Very handy to have DRT info on the river. Probably take the fun out of it for hardheads like Rich and I doubt Rudy has enough electricity aboard to run a laptop underway. Oh, and did I mention, the Active Captain overlays the charts. . . ? Don’t know what the price is now but it was well worth it to me and I only went up as far as Bay Springs Lake. Regards, Larry M/V Cigano, Prairie 47 A small boat in Louisiana. . .. . .