Hello everyone. I have recently been approved to test for two pilotage locations in New York harbor and I’m interested in knowing the best way to get the blank charts. I was thinking about just tracing the shore line of the regular chart on tracing paper then going to a staples or other store to get…

[image] Jack123: I was thinking about just tracing the shore line of the regular chart on tracing paper then going to a staples or other store to get copies made. That’s what’s normally done. [image] Jack123: The other thing is I’m not sure what features are included and not included in …

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Who made these chart outlines? Are they readily available to the public? When I wrote my routes in the 80s and 90s as far as I know you were expected to make your own outlines. I made a light table and bought architectural tracing paper to make my outlines of the chart for the exam. This is a gr…

Just to clarify the blank chartlets are the actual size of the chart not something smaller like regular printer paper.

Those tracings are outstanding, what a boon for those drawing New York charts. There used to be a company that did those on-demand for any chart in the US, they shut down during COVID however.

It will be interesting to see what happens as the charts are canceled. I did bug NOAA about whether or not their on demand chart generator ENC based paper chart generator could have a feature for generating these blank charts, and they hinted they are working with at least once Pilot’s association o…

Those test charts were created by NOAA for a few RECs around the country. I would check with the REC to confirm they are still up to date.

RITI was the old test chart company. We started offering Pilot Test Charts in 2022. We have a few more products than RITI did. We think these study products will help aspiring Port Pilots study more effectively. PTC

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Does anyone have the blank chartlets file for Chesapeake bay / Virginia?

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