g > > 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 Brent, You are absolutely correct. Any store that sells charts has the FREE CHART CATALOG that lists all charts( of the Gulf ICW). The Barway chart book was developed for the commercial tows by commercial pilots. It is very good and in use on countless tow boats. Billions of dollars worth of cargo is transported every yr relying on Barway!!!! That should make it sufficient for us pleasure boaters!! It certainly beats purchasing the individual SC Charts!!!!( Or a book with a list of charts, as you stated!!!) Note that I do not have an interest in Barway but have used it on a friends boat. I have the SC charts, some dating back to 1972 I have made untold notes and updates on them. Barway came out many years after I purchased my SC charts. CCC p.s. Note that my web site address has changed. Still all free information on it, with no purchase necessary!!!! -- CHARLES C., JR. & PAT CULOTTA SUPPORT OUR TROOPS M/V CCRIDER PATTERSON, LA. charlesculotta.com