Why Serious Mariners Continue to Carry Paper Charts to Complement Digital Navigational Tools
Why Serious Mariners Continue to Carry Paper Charts to Complement Digital Navigational Tools
OceanGrafix provides commercial and recreational mariners with the most up-to-date, NOAA-approved nautical charts ever offered. NOAA Charts are printed only after an order has been received, ensuring the most up-to-date information at the time of printing. Our nautical charts are typically shipped the same business day.
The Landscape
The United States has 500,000 square nautical miles of navigationally significant areas and 95,000 miles of shoreline. In 2006, there were 70 million recreational mariners using those waters. Add commercial vessels to these statistics, and you get a whole lot of traffic on todays waterways.
Not surprisingly, some mariners run into mishaps. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA), there are approximately 6,400 recreational boating accidents each year.
Collisions account for 80% of all reportable recreational boating accidents, and 78% of non-reportable accidents, totaling an...
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