It's a small one off investment that just keeps giving...

 Make a secure one off payment of £25, get instant ongoing access.

For those who mainly use phones or tablets and only want UK/Ireland info on the move QUICKLY.. the VMH-Lite site could be a great alternative.

For mainly desktop/laptop users who want full online access to the classic VMH site, including 3D VisiCharts and ongoing discounts on "For Nav" products

• Joining up helps with our ongoing harbour coverage work... It's impartial, thorough and extensive.  And is used a lot by those who move around the coasts of the UK and Ireland. If you use it, you should join.
   
• Our harbour coverage is available (to members only) as downloadable PDFs, always up to date. Research the places you may want to stop... and download our coverage to your tablet for offline use at sea.
   
• As an added incentive members get the physical and downloadable "For Nav"  products we make at deep discounts (for example UK-Ireland Android Charts for Marine Navigator.. £9.99 members £15.95 non members). So with a "For Nav"  VMH product, plus membership, you have all the tools to RESEARCH,PLAN & NAVIGATE your way around the UK coastlines..and much further too.
   
• Tide Tables.. Our online tide tables are designed so that you can get a whole month showing onscreen (of any of the 400+ locations covered).  Will your chartplotter give you the tide times for September 12th at Wells-next-the-Sea ? Try HERE
   
• Tidal Streams.. The NP series of Tidal Strean atlases online for you to view. Some with added notes from old Admiralty Sailing Directions. eg: If you're thinking of sailing through the ferocious tidal streams of the Pentland Firth  THIS will give you the best written description we've seen anywhere, scroll down past the the images for the textual description.
   
• Beautiful Charts...pushing back against the trend of horrid & ugly vector charts.. and even "seamless" electronic raster charts.. we've started displaying for members use, a huge and growing collection of the actual underlying hi res PAPER CHARTS.  These "paper" charts are a perfect adjunct for those who use electronic plotters of any kind. Here's ONE REASON  why and here's ANOTHER.  
  
  Note although we make products with SHOM French charts, they are not available for online viewing at present.
  
   
• Ramping up Google Earth as a nav & research tool.  We were the first in 2012 with individual semi transparent overlay charts online.  Now we've made it seamless !
  Use the UK/Ireland streaming VisiCharts to really get a real feel for the scale of a creek, harbour or marina...before you go charging in. No other chart can do this.   Passage Planning:  If you get familiar with Google Earth, you can use our streaming VisiCharts to actually plan your passages from marina pontoon to sea and back into new harbours use built in Google Earth features to create a series of named or numbered waypoints, measure distances, get courses...
   

Start with a globe covered in chart !

 

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  And zoom right in with tilt and variable transparency. UK/Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal
  
  
  
   
• Truly visualise your destination and know what to expect, other charts can't really help.  The combination of satellite imagery and overlaid chart is stunning.
   
• Quilted chart layers make ordinary raster charts behave like vector charts, but with far more detail.  No need to keep changing charts, the best scale pre-loaded chart for the depth of view is presented automatically.
   
• Familiarity:  Why use a strange, new, and difficult to get used to program... VisiCharts harness the powerful geo-browser engine in Google Earth, a tool you probably already use.   Tools already built into GE can handle simple routes and waypoints. 
   
• For PCs and Macs, these will not work on mobile devices
   
• View your charts in conjunction with satellite imagery, with variable transparency. You need Google Earth already installed (Tip..find that transparency slider)
   
• Tilt and rotate the view for 3D effects

Important note: This is stil an experimental service, we reserve the rights to change, modify or withdraw this at any time.

OK, let's see how members actually make full use of VMH in 2021. 

Research:  Online here on the VMH site. Find info about possible stopping places, moorings, prices, see photos, etc.  Examine the possibilities using the VisiCharts online with satellite/chart overlays.

Plan: Gather the material you've researched, download the PDF coverage required. Make your notes and passage plans

Navigate: Using one of our "For Nav" chartpacks, often on an Android device. Routes, waypoints, etc can all be put in at the planning stage.. and easily tweaked for real time circumstances.