MAREP UPDATES OF INTEREST TO LOCAL BOATERS

 Meteorological Services of Canada may be improving the Continuous Marine Broadcast to include an all-encompassing forecast: so that weather info on wind, sea state, technical synopsis and outlook can be found in one place, rather than throughout the CMB; the Technical Marine Synopsis may be improved with geographical reference points rather than lat/long positions. Also CCG Pacific will be installing a CMB at Vancouver MCTS, using 2 peripheral transmitters: Harbour Centre (CH83B) and Watts Point (WX-1).

 The recently announced de-staffing of certain light-stations across Canada has been put on hold pending a thorough review. Only 2 manned BC light-stations were under review: Entrance Island near Nanaimo and Dryad Point, just north of Bella Bella.

 CCG intends to increase the number of navigational aids in Pitt Lake and the current plastic buoys will be replaced with steel ones with better visibility and radar reflectivity.

 A new edition of Chart 3493 (Vancouver Hbr) is being prepared and release is planned for January 2010.

 CHS is considering changes to the format of the Chart Catalogue (including the possible deletion of the list of Cdn/US chart dealers) and is seeking input from users.

 Paper Notices to Mariners are in the process of being phased out by CCG since September and all paper NOTMAR’s will cease as of April 1, 2010.

 CHS is changing its operations from a file-based system to a data-based system, resulting in increased efficiency when charts which overlap other charts of different scale are updated. This will also benefit the updating of e-charts.

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