Paper Maps

[shakey55]

It might sound silly to some, but in today’s modern technology are you still required (NSW) to carry maps (paper) of the area you are fishing or do gps/fisfinder, smart phones now take over from paper maps. 

Ive read a little on the RMS site and I find it a little confusing. 

[raging]

Electronic are ok now. http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime/safety-rules/safety-equipment/safety-equipment-table.html

 

 

[recurve]

Paper maps don’t fun out of batteries though. 

[MainframeJames]

I don't have as much experience in this area with boating but from 15 years of military and back country experience I always carry paper maps and a compass. I laminate my own using one of the cheapo laminators from office supply shops but I also have a purpose made map pouch that works great. The pouch is air and watertight so it even floats as long as you don't squeeze 100% of the air out when you seal it. 

[frankS]

In over 55 years of fishing outside the heads all along the east coast I have never had the need to refer to a chart/map although I had them on the boat and never once been asked by an authority to produce one.

I still have all the coast maps in pvc tubes stored away, may look at them again some day.

Frank

[Berleyguts]

1 hour ago, raging said:

Electronic are ok now. http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime/safety-rules/safety-equipment/safety-equipment-table.html

 

 

Interesting. I wonder when that changed. I carry laminated charts in a tube in one of the forward storage lockers but I always thought it would be fiddly getting a chart out in a 4.5m open boat to do anything worthwhile with it! Maybe I can put them on the wall at home. ?

Edited February 27, 2018 by Berleyguts

[Berleyguts]

4 minutes ago, frankS said:

In over 55 years of fishing outside the heads all along the east coast I have never had the need to refer to a chart/map although I had them on the boat and never once been asked by an authority to produce one.

I still have all the coast maps in pvc tubes stored away, may look at them again some day.

Frank

And then you have to keep them updated. I used to work as a clerk in the Hydrographic Office of the navy. It was quite a job for the cartographic team putting all the updates on the charts.

[raging]

1 hour ago, Berleyguts said:

Interesting. I wonder when that changed. I carry laminated charts in a tube in one of the forward storage lockers but I always thought it would be fiddly getting a chart out in a 4.5m open boat to do anything worthwhile with it! Maybe I can put them on the wall at home. ?

Wasn't that long ago, I think last February. 

[TK01]

Good to know, I thought they were still mandatory.  I know a guy who was asked to show his charts during an inspection probably about 5 years ago now and he didn't have any.  They did have a GPS and 3 anglers onboard who all had Navionics on their mobiles, but it still wasn't good enough from the authorities' point of view.

[Smasher]

39 minutes ago, raging said:

Wasn't that long ago, I think last February. 

Must have been later than that.

 

I was pulled up by a police boat off Bondi on 16-December 2017 and they only asked to see a compass and a paper map, and life jackets.

Lucky I had a map in a plastic sleeve under a seat in the cabin. Mind you it could’ve been a map of the English Channel for all they could see in a brief flash at 15m away. 

It is ridiculous that even with a dash mounted GPS and every person on board with a smartphone in their pocket that you still needed a paper map. 

Edited February 28, 2018 by Smasher

[raging]

July 2016

 

 

[onearmedfisho]

I'm sure it was the same time as when they said you don't need rego stickers on the boat any more... only rego numbers.

[Smasher]

Thanks, wish I had've known that when the cops asked!