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PLASTIMO SX-300 FLOATING HANDHELD VHF

When the chips are down and you need reliable VHF communications, the Plastimo SX-300 floating handheld VHF radio offers outstanding transmit and receive performance.

Encompassing the latest communications technologies, the Plastimo SX-300 has a high-resistant compact design with corrosion-resistant construction for use in harsh conditions. It comes equipped with large backlit keys, an LCD display for ease of use, an ATIS mode for inland sailing and the ability to save favourite channels. The SX-300 is R&TTE approved and is waterproof up to 1m (IPX7).

 

Technical Features

• Transmit Power: 1 or 5 W
• Waterproof to IPX7
• Backlighted keys and display
• Height: Without Antenna: 137mm, With Antenna: 257mm
• Weight: 272g
• VHF Channels: INT, 99 Private Channels, Favourite Channels
• Dual-watch/keylock
• Consumption: Stand-By: 40mA
  RX: 350mA
  TX: <1500 mA/5W
• Battery Pack: Lithium-ion, 1300 mAH
• Battery Life: 11 hr (25 hr in watch mode)
• Unscrewable antenna
• A cigarette-lighter charger,

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Plastimo Iris 50 Compass - Simply the Best!

The Plastimo Iris 50 compass is clear evidence that a sturdy marine compass no longer needs to look austere. It offers:

• Good protection against hard knocks: the smooth finish feels soft in your hand, and it will not slip, even if it is wet.

• Outstanding legibility of the card, with one-degree graduations:

• No parallax error: a prism projects the reading of the bearing to infinity. This also contributes to a more comfortable operation, as you do not need to alternate close-reading to read the card and infinite-reading to take bearings.

• Optimum conditions to take bearings: thanks to the superb card stability and the wide 20° field of view, which will accommodate the roughest sea conditions.

• Most accurate bearing: the pivot and very hard stone are a guarantee of long life and shock resistance of your compass.

• Soft bottom cell: engineered using ultra-sonic welding, it acts like an expansion diaphragm, preventing the formation of bubbles and leaks.

• Built-in photoluminescent lighting: so it's completely maintenance-free, impervious to corrosion, and operates without batteries or radio-active tritium.

• Course reading from above the compass: you can read your compass like a standard compass, with no need to look through the prism.

Although the Iris 50 has a UK RRP of £57.40 (£47.83 ex vat) lower prices can be found online.

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Reeds Nautical Almanac 2011 hits the bookshelves

The 2001 Edition of Reeds Nautical Almanac is now available. This indispensable and trusted annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen and motorboaters provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the whole of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, Northern Morocco and the Azores.

Reeds Nautical Almanac 2011 continues the Almanac's tradition of year on year improvement and meticulous presentation of all the data required for safe navigation. Now with an improved layout for easier reference and with over 45,000 annual changes, it is regarded as the bible of almanacs for anyone going to sea.

Includes: 700 chartlets, Harbour facilities, Tide tables and streams, 7500 waypoints, International codes and flags, Weather, Distance tables, Passage advice, Area planning charts, Rules of the road, Radio information, Communications, Safety, First Aid, Documentation and Customs - as well as a free Reeds Marina Guide.

For the first time, the 2011 edition will come with a downloadable desktop version – the digital service – free to purchasers of the Almanac. Once downloaded, all the information within the Almanac will be available without internet access, so it can be used all over the world, wherever you are – at sea or in your office.

"There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them" Sir Chay Blyth

"The big, bold, extravagantly comprehensive king of Almanacs" Yachting World

"The bible of almanacs" Classic Boat

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Imray to release updated edition of North Africa by Graham Hutt

North Africa
By: RCC Pilotage Foundation

The new Edition of Imray's popular pilot guide to North Africa by Graham Hutt will be released in time for Christmas.2011

Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia including Gibraltar, Pantelleria and the Pelagie Islands and Malta 

The new 4th edition of this popular pilot has been extended to take in Libya. This country is just starting to become accessible to cruising yachts, and Graham Hutt has visited it several times in recent years to collect information for visiting yachts which appears in this new edition.

Throughout the text has been updated, harbour plans revised and new photos have been added.

 

 

Peter Clarke

Chandlery Online

Admiralty Leisure Products face complete restructuring

UKHO has announced a plan to restructure its Admiralty Leisure product range which will focus its attention and investment on the two Leisure products most valued by its customers; the Admiralty Leisure folios for UK & Ireland, and the ever-popular Admiralty Easy Tide web site. UKHO will focus investment on developing coverage of Admiralty Leisure Folios for the UK coast. A new folio for the North East England will be published ready for the 2011 season, with more folios planned for 2011 to provide further coverage of UK coast. The other Admiralty Leisure products will be subject to a phased withdrawal from September.

Since the first Admiralty Leisure chart was published in the 1940s, countless leisure craft users have relied on Admiralty Leisure products for planning and navigation. The paper chart is still an irreplaceable part of the mix and the UKHO remains committed to the leisure market where it can best serve the customer and support safety at sea.

The current range of Admiralty Paper Leisure Folios for UK and Ireland include:

SC5600 - The Solent and Approaches: 12th Edition
SC5601 - Exmouth to Christchurch: 9th Edition
SC5602 - The West Country, Falmouth to Teignmouth: 9th Edition
SC5603 - Falmouth to Hartland Point, including the Isles of Scilly: 7th Edition
SC5604 - Channel Islands : 6th Edition
SC5605 - Chichester to Ramsgate and Calais to Oostende: 9th Edition
SC5606 - Thames Estuary, Ramsgate to Tower Bridge: 9th Edition
SC5607 - Thames Estuary, Essex and Suffolk Coast: 8th Edition
SC5608 - Bristol Channel: 2nd Edition
SC5609 - North West Wales including Menai Strait: 2nd Edition
SC5610 - Firth of Clyde: 3rd Edition
SC5611 - West Coast of Scotland - Mull of Kintyre to Point of Ardnamurchan: 3rd Edition
SC5612 - Northern Ireland - Carlingford Lough to Lough Foyle : 1st Edition
SC5613 - Irish Sea - Eastern Part including Isle of Man : 2nd Edition
SC5614 - East Coast Orford Ness to Whitby : 3rd Edition
SC5620 - South West Wales: 2nd Edition
SC5621 - Ireland - Carlingford Lough to Waterford: 2nd Edition
SC5622 - Ireland - Waterford to Kinsale: 1st Edition
SC5623 - Ireland - Bantry Bay to Kinsale: 1st Edition

Three new chart folios are planned:

SC5615 - North East Coast of England
SC5616 - East Coast of Scotland
SC5617 - North West Coast of Scotland

The schedule for the withdrawal of the remainder of the Admiralty leisure products is:

Admiralty Leisure Editions (Excluding SC2036, SC2045, SC2656, SC2669, SC808) - 4 November 2010

Admiralty Leisure Editions SC2036, SC2045, SC2656, SC2669 & SC808 - Summer 2011

Admiralty Leisure Tough Charts - 4 November 2010

Admiralty Leisure Folios (Non UK & Ireland) - 4 November 2010

Admiralty RYA Chart Plotters - 30 December 2010

Peter Clarke

Chandlery Online

Imray release new Italian Waters chart - M16 Ligurian Sea

Imray chart M16 Ligurian Sea is a brand new chart covering the area from Monaco to the Bay of Naples.

Plans included:

San Remo
Approaches to Genoa
Golfo Marconi
Approaches to La Spezia
Viareggio
Approaches to Livorno
Livorno