No. 18665 is the first to go
Ocean Navigator|May - June 2021
In the phase out of paper charts, the NOAA chart of Lake Tahoe will be the first to disappear.
TIM QUEENEY
No. 18665 is the first to go

An obscure press release from NOAA on February 26, 2021, made an announcement about the availability of a chart in its catalog. Though the chart in question might never be used by ocean sailors, this release from NOAA was a big deal both for the history of US nautical charts and for their future.

The announcement stated that as of August 2021, chart no. 18665 — the NOAA chart for land-locked Lake Tahoe, Calif. — would no longer be available in paper form from NOAA chart dealers. This first phase-out of a paper chart is part of a program that was initially floated by NOAA for public comment in 2017 and then made official in 2019. The “Sunset Plan for Nautical Charts” calls for the complete phase-out of paper charts by 2025 (actually, paper versions of charts will still be available after a fashion; more on that below). The agency’s flagship electronic chart product, the NOAA Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC), will become the mainstay of all charting efforts.

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