Good Morning Jeffrox, and all you other sea mutts out there this morning!<br><br>Jeff, I suppose it really does boil down to a handful of things - 1) What, if any, is the policy of the company you work for. 2) What does the old man want. 3) What do you, as Nav 2nd…or the official chart wench of your particular boat, want to do. I think I posted that in the order it needs to be, and now, I’ll say this. Most ISM/SMS systems will dictate how you’ll handle corrections, so make sure yours does, or doesn’t. If it doesn’t, and the company doesn’t have any directives, it’s really up to the gray haired, overweight, and bald(ing) guy behind the desk cursing upa storm about that freakin’ port engineer again.<br><br>If no of the above pertain, do what you think is prudent. My personal view on this, and what I’ve told my 2nd’s, is make sure you have your ass covered when the man comes on the ship to check things out. I have never seen a CG or PSC Inspector look at more than half-a-dozen charts for corrections, unless he saw something that wasn’t done properly. Properly correcting charts is a must, and being cited for a violation is not out of the ordinary. We get an 835, or a 2635…guess which 2nd Mate is going to be doing safety inspections again? Get your ditty bag together, don’t procrastinate and put it off, sit down and do it religiously as soon as they come on the boat. (Hint: for all you up and coming Nav Dawg’s, do yourself a favor and convince the old man to order British Admiralty (BA) Charts for anything outside the good ol’ USA, as the correction packs are just that much nicer, and the charts get updated that much more frequently).<br><br>That being said, I’ve also told one 2nd to take a portfolio of 788 charts, and weed it down to the one’s we use on a frequent basis, and “shelf”, or “inactive” the other 643. 145 charts is a lot of work to maintain. It’s a full-time job onboard a merchant ship, and that is why I say simplify it at every turn you can. Correct to date the active folio, and worry about the inactive folio when the time comes with a new edition, or a half hour in front of the computer at your next port-of-call.<br><br>Should you carry a Summary of Corrections for each region you dabble in, and for each year you have charts reaching back to? I think I’d question a 2nd Mate that didn’t order the Summary when it became available. Would I keep 5 years worth of NTM’s cluttering up a filing cabinet simply for posterity’s sake? Yeah, right…like we don’t have enough paperwork to file. Shit can those nasty, partially cut up, strips of paper hanging out of them, cluttering up the nav locker, never have my boat on the cover anyway pieces of…literature…at the first possible moment. Got it? Good. <br><br>Keep the current year, get rid of it as soon as you possibly can, and go electronic when the opportunity presents itself.<br><br>But ECDIS is a whole other discussion…