We got the Texas chartbook and used it a few years ago. Don't even try to get ahold of this book as it is so out of date. It shows land masses that are no longer there, for one thing. It was so frustrating to use that I tossed it aside. I remember saying, "Never again will we cruise with outdated charts." Fortunately we also had the strip charts for much of the area and new electronic charts which I printed out so we were okay. In our new book on the Great Loop Side Trips (of which our Mobile to Mexico trip is one) we list all of the strip charts needed and where to get them. We are currently traveling in our RV so I don't have that information with me or I'd reprint it here. Sorry. The book is available at nautical book stores and Amazon.com. Good luck. Ron & Eva Stob Raven Cove Publishing "Honey, Let's Get a Boat..": A Cruising Adventure of America's Great Loop Great Loop Side Trips: 20 Cruising Adventures on Eastern North America's Waterways America's Great Loop Cruise Routes Maps A Cat Called Canoe 865-856-7888 **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

----- Original Message ----- From: <REStob@aol.com> > We got the Texas chartbook and used it a few years ago. Don't even try to > get > ahold of this book as it is so out of date. > In our new book on the Great Loop Side Trips (of which our Mobile to > Mexico > trip is one) we list all of the strip charts needed and where to get > them.(endsnip) While I agree, and stated, that this book is out of date, it still is a valuable resource for traveling the Texas coast. It sells for about $60, about what 2 of the strip charts will cost. As long as you watch for the current markers along the route, this book will certainly get you through with no trouble. Really kind of hard to get lost on the Texas intracoastal. With all due respect, recommending buying your book just to get the list of charts needed for this cruise sounds a little self serving to me. If that's what someone wants to do, (buy strip charts) they can get a FREE catalog of all the noaa charts and pick the ones you want. Anywhere tht sells the strip charts will have the little brochure. By the way, even at $125, the Barway Pilot Guide that covers Houston to NO may just be the best buy out there. Their website says it is updated in 2008. The one I have is 2002 and is pretty accurate. NO financial connection to any of these whatsoever. Brent Hodges