Pilot Books and Charts

For navigation and pilotage you will need corrected charts and local pilot guides.  To obtain a discount, buy these from the Imray catalogue through the CA Discount Shop   

Free printed catalogues, showing areas of chart coverage, are available from Imray's and the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). Both also have web catalogues showing chart coverage. Imray's catalogue is probably easier to follow, while UKHO leisure folios shows Admiralty leisure chart coverage best.  Where good local references are available, we mention them in our region pages.

Publishers and Catalogues:

• Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, Wych House, The Broadway, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5BT,
  Tel:  +44(0) 1480 462114
  Fax: +44 (0) 1480 496109
  email:  orders(at)imray(dot)com (but buy through CA for discount)
  See On line catalogue here 
  
• UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2DN
  Tel:  +44(0) 1823 337900
  Fax:  +44(0) 1823 284077 
  See Leisure Folios here (but buy through CA for discount).
• Kelvin & Hughes online catalogue probably gives the easiest access to chart coverage information, and has an excellent book catalogue. However, we don't recommend you to buy from them, since you'd miss the CA discounts.

Second hand chart folios and pilot books are often advertised on our web site and other sources. Always check the last correction dates against the UKHO data. Old charts will be very cheap. People say rocks don't move, but sand banks, harbour layouts and buoyage do change!