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Last Updated 07/13/2008

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NOS Charts

NOS charts are the official government charts.  They are the largest, clearest, and most up-to-date charts available, though not always the handiest.  With every NOS chart, Pilothouse gives you a free ANMS (Automated Notice to Mariners) printout to help bring it up to date.  Prices are $20.25 each.

General Chart scale 1:200,000 for general planning:
    NOS 12280 Chesapeake Bay

Coastal Charts scale 1:80,000 for trips down the Bay:
    
NOS 12273 Sandy Pt to Susquehanna River
 
   
NOS 12263 Cove Point to Sandy Point
 
   
NOS 12230 Smith Point to Cove Point 
   
NOS 12225 Wolf Trap to Smith Point
   
NOS 12221 Chesapeake Bay Entrance 

Harbor Charts scale 1:40,00 for the tributaries:
    
NOS 12274 Head of Chesapeake Bay
 
   
NOS 12278 Approaches to Baltimore Harbor
    NOS 12272 Chester River
    NOS 12270 Eastern Bay and South River
    NOS 12266 Choptank River and Herring Bay
    NOS 12264 Patuxent River and Vicinity
    NOS 12261 Honga, Nanticoke, Wicomico Rivers
    NOS 12233 Potomac River to Piney Point
    NOS 12235 Rappahonnock River Entrances
    NOS 12226 Wolf Trap to Pungoteague Creek
    NOS 12238 Mobjack Bay & York River Entrance 
    NOS 12224 Cape Charles to Wolf Trap
    NOS 12222 Cape Charles to Norfolk River

For more NOS charts of the Bay, with diagrams, ask for your free copy of NOS Catalog No. 1.

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Ocean Grafix Print on Demand Charts

Rugged, up-to-date licensed by NOS, "Water Resistant" POD charts need no correction at time of purchase. Order by NOS number. Prices are $20.25 each

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Private-sector Charts

Photocopies of NOS charts, often reduced in scale, rearranged for the benefit of small-craft skippers. 

GMCO Chesapeake Bay Wall Map.  The entire Bay area at a glance, roadways, and waterways. Very colorful, suitable for framing or mounting, and for use as a planner.  36 X 48
Paper  $16.95  T3110
Laminated  $34.95  T7708

GMCO Northern Chesapeake Bay.  1:80,000 with detailed insets.  Havre de Grace to the Little Choptank.
Paper chart, two-sided, folded. $12.95  T13191
Waterproof, rolled $19.95 T1591

GMCO Central Chesapeake Bay 
Waterproof, folded 
$12.95   T3493
Waterproof, rolled  $19.95 T1829

GMCO Southern Chesapeake Bay
Waterproof, folded $12.95  T3492
Waterproof, rolled $19.95  T1999

Embassy charts from Maptech are waterproof, 21 X 36 folded to 6 X 12. Prices are $19.95.
    
EMB 25 Upper Chesapeake Bay.
   
EMB 26 Lower Chesapeake Bay
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EMB 44  Annapolis to Cambridge
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    EMB 43 Baltimore to Annapolis
    EMB 80 Annapolis

   
EMB 22 Potomac River.
   
EMB 23 Rappahannock River
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EMB 24 York & James Rivers.

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Chart Atlases

Chesapeake Bay & Delaware Bay.  ChartKit Region 4 2005 Edition, with CD. $116.95  T3086

Maptech ChartKit Zip Cover see-through waterproof vinyl, sized for ChartKits.  $12.95  T3426

Maryland Cruising Guide.  by Williams & Heintz. Northern and central Chesapeake and Potomac River.. 2008-2009 edition. 64 pages, 11 x 15,   waterproof cover.  $28.00  T16560

Virginia Cruising Guide, Williams & Heintz. Southern and central Chesapeake, Potomac River, Delmarva coast. Full scale, full color reproductions of NOS charges, marina directory, other information.
$28.00 T11804

ADC Chesapeake Bay Chartbook.  The entire Bay and tributaries.  2005, 8th Edition. 11 x 17 waterproof pages.  $59.95  T3885

Upper Chesapeake Bay Maptech Waterproof Chartbook. 12x17 with CD  $49.95   T9727.

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Tides

Reed's Nautical Almanac North American East Coast 2008.  Tides,  currents, lights, coast pilot, and much more.  $31.95 T14496

Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book 2008.  Includes  Baltimore tides and  C&D Canal currents.  Small and handy.  $12.95 T16409

 

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Weather

Bayside Guide to Weather on the Chesapeake  
by Mark E. Jacoby. Maryland Sea Grant Publication, University of Maryland. Weather common on the Bay each season, hazards to guard against. Pocket size, 51 pages, soft.  
$3.95 T3204

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Cruising Guides

United States Coast Pilot 3 .  Sandy Hook to Cape Henry.  NOS.  $28.00 T2883

Waterway Guide Mid-Atlantic Edition 2008.  
Chesapeake Bay through Georgia.  Cruising tips, navigation data, marinas. 
$39.95  T14813
Guide to Cruising Chesapeake Bay 2008 edited by Richard & Dixie Goertemiller, published by Chesapeake Bay Magazine. Spiral bound, 391 large pages. 
$39.95  T18382
A Gunkholer's Guide to Cruising the Chesapeake by William H. Shellenberger 3rd Edition 2001. Takes you off the beaten path.  493 pages hardback.
$39.95 T5682
Embassy Cruising Guide Chesapeake Bay to Florida
Maptech, 2006. 412 pages, spiral bound.
$44.95  T8878
Sea Kayaking Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, Michael Savarino and Andrea Nolan, Backcountry Guides, 2003. Authoritative guide to a paddler's paradise. PB, 216pp.
$18.95 T17710
The Chesapeake Bay Book, Allison Blake, 2005. A tourist guide that's a detailed supplement to the cruising guides. PB, 312pp.
$18.95 T12639
Chesapeake Ports of Call and Anchorages, Thomas Henschel, 2006.  Dramatic, full-color aerial photos of favorite destinations. PB, 11 x 8, 98pp.
$29.95 T6657

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Ecology, History & Politics

The Great Port of Baltimore , 1706-2006, Helen Delich Bentley & F. Key Kidder. Lavishly illustrated history of the port. PB, 11 x 8, 64pp. $30.00 T179

Chesapeake - Exploring the Water Trail of Captain John Smith, John Page Williams, National Geographic. Beautifully illustrated. PB, 7 x 10, 191pp.
$12.95 T18381

Chesapeake Bay Blues Science, Politics and the Struggle to Save the Bay  by Howard R. Ernst. The Bay's declining health and what can be done about it. 205 pages, hardback. $22.95 T16393

Chesapeake by James A. Michener.  A 400-year saga of America's great bay and its Eastern Shore.  Sweeps readers from the unspoiled world of the Native Americans to the voyages of Captain John Smith, and right up to modern times.  Mass-market paperback, 1001 pages.  $7.99  T3092

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