Having printed a few articles on sailing and traveling in Cuba, we at SpinSheet know how intrigued Chesapeake sailors are with the idea of sailing there. But where does one find updated charts? We found ours at the U.S. Sailboat Show last month at the NV Charts booth. “Our completely new Cuba charts in paper and digital formats will help recreational boaters or charterers explore the coast of Cuba in safety and with confidence,” states Hasko Scheidt, NV Charts’ CEO. NV Charts’ four regions 10.1 through 10.4 cover the four quadrants of the Cuban coast, northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast, and include harbor and anchorage details. The new Cuba chart atlases are sold as ‘Combi-packs.” Each one of the four contains all of the information for that area and is priced at $99.80. Each release is up-to-date and meticulously surveyed.
Recreational boaters, professional mariners, and the U.S. Coast Guard rely on NV Charts for accuracy and dependability. The chart regions include the download of digital charts as well as free digital navigation software and the free NV Charts Mobile App for iOS/ OS X and Android devices. The new NV Charts atlases for Cuba now feature a compact, fold-over Atlas format that reduces the physical size of the paper chart set by half (but not the cartography itself) for ease of use on today’s smaller navigation stations and chart tables. “Since these charts are produced from our own cartographic databases, rather than simply copied from government sources, we have designed them so that no critical elements are in the crease, or fold, where they might lose definition over time from use and wear,” Hasko adds. NV Charts produces charting products for the entire East Coast from the Canadian border to the Florida Keys, as well as comprehensive charts of the Caribbean. NV Charts offers approximately 4000 charts and more than 2000 details and harbor plans. Coasts and anchorages are regularly updated through new surveys and aerials. Visit nvcharts.com to learn more. You can also visit our site spinsheet.com/sail-to-cuba for travel information and a link to sign up for breaking Cuba travel news. See spinsheet.com/race-to-cuba for information on the Conch Republic Cup (starts January 28, 2016).
