SMALL-CRAFT CHARTS 89 



SMALL-CRAFT CHARTS 



In the Spring of 1958 The Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey appointed a com- 

 mittee to make a study of a special chart to meet the requirements of the small-craft navigator. 

 A compact chart was designed for use in the inland and coastal waterways of the United States 

 for recreational boators. These compact charts, the latest addition to the Bureau's list of 

 nautical charts published, are the SmaU-craft Charts. They provide the smaU-craft navigator 

 with a convenient instrument for navigation and are constructed with the same high standard 

 of accuracy established for the Conventional Nautical Charts. To promote safe navigation, 

 selected basic educational aids are charted for the small-craft operator. Small-craft Charts 

 are issued in three different types (see page 90) and are identified by the following assigned 

 group numbers: 



I. 100-SC to 199-SC: SmaU-craft Chart Folio, consist of three or four folded sheets 

 printed front and back and boimd in a suitable cover — (Chart 101-SC). 



II. 600-SC to 699-SC: SmaU-craft Route Charts (rivers and narrow waterways), con- 

 sist of a folded single sheet printed front and back and issued in a suitable jacket — 

 (Chart 690-SC) (Conventional Charts priated front and back may be assigned to 

 this number series by deleting the letters "SC"). 



800-SC to 899-SC: SmaU-craft Route Charts (Intracoastal Waterway) consist of a 

 folded single sheet printed front and back, and issued in a suitable jacket — (Chart 



829-SC). 



III. 70-SC to 9500-SC: SmaU-craft Area Charts. The "SC" designation foUowmg the 

 chart numbers wUl in aU cases, except those listed above, designate a Conventional 

 Chart published with additional SmaU-craft information. These charts are folded 

 on a horizontal axis folding into panels — (Chart 246-SC). 



