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Explorer Chartbooks In Lewis Offshore LTD began its quest to provide cruisers with the most accurate and easy-to-use charts for the Exuma Cays. As long-time cruisers ourselves, we authors Monty and Sara Lewis knew personally the need for reliable cruising information so we used our own notations and surveys to produce the first Explorer Chartbook for the Exumas. The first edition, EXPLORER CHARTBOOK EXUMAS, was a looseleaf set of 24 charts accompanied by a small guidebook, followed by the second edition in which was the first bound chartbook. The true Explorer is always reaching for new islands on the horizon. In that light, Lewis Offshore continues to update their chartbooks giving you new cruising ground to explore!Simply the Best Charts of the Bahamas! "The 'been-there, done-that, got-the-tee-shirt' cruisers flock to these charts," says Bruce Van Sant, author of Passages South. We hope you will too!The most extensive coverage and large-scale detailOne-minute grid, border scales, accurate on-scene waypoints, numerous routes, courses, and distances and most current magnetic variationThe most current information in the quickest-to-find, easiest-to-use formatConcise style means no searching through pages of lengthy text to find the information you want.Why use the Explorer Chartbooks?Prompt revisions provide the most current information on navigation-related changes and rapidly changing services in the BahamasUpdates, revisions and correction sheets are inserted in current editions and posted on this web site, as well as on the Bahamas Explorer chat group.Each Chartbook features:SCALE - Large-scale generally 1:25,000, 1:31,250 or 1:50,000 with even larger-scale closeups of harbours and settlements, plus a lat-lon scale on the chart's edge for easy use. GRID - One-minute grid of latitude/longitude superimposed on each chart for quickly finding position. DATUM - WGS map datum for GPS navigation with frequently updated soundings, bottom contours, routes and waypoints. METRICS - All soundings in meters in keeping with international standards. Meters-to- feet conversion scales shown throughout the book. TRUE COURSES -- All courses in true. It's easy to set your GPS to read true and more accurate in calculating courses. COMPASS ROSE - Variation updated. TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES - Land elevations and other important notations included on the charts. Actual "road maps" of certain settlements. JOINS CHART - notation on each chart as to adjoining chart page. CRUISING GUIDE - All the essential instructional information for boaters including general articles on Customs, history, weather, anchoring, piloting, use of GPS, communications, navigating the Bankside, reading the water, snorkeling and dinghy safety, plus an expanded alphabetized list of specific tips in the Help Menu. Need-to-Know Info sections of facilities and services for each settlement. FULL-COLOR ENHANCEMENTS - On Near Bahamas and Far Bahamas chartbooks and Color Enhancement. FREE Shipping Over $100, No Sales Tax