![]() ![]() ![]() When the boat supports an N2K connection via wifi, the app will then fully integrate wind, depth, position, AIS, rudder, etc. My workflow is to do all the planning on the laptop, including marking up the charts with any relevant information from the LNMs, then pushing all those routes and chart annotations to the other devices via AirDrop. They all pull NOAA charts directly, and I can download the updates as soon as NOAA makes them available each week. Personally I run SEAiq on my phone, tablet, and laptop. Proprietary chart cards for your plotter will not be cheap, and Navionics on your phone is cheap in part because they aren't going to let you use it on the plotter. Whether such a beast actually exists is a different question. Since it sounds like you're in the US, your best option is to find a plotter that can load S-57 format charts and download the charts directly from NOAA. Navionics is going to do it and I'll use a different app for anchor alarmĬhart providers are essentially where the music industry as in the 1980s. I'm sure there are fancy things that only open CPN could do, things I probably don't need. I got the LTE one and using the LTE business tablet plan from T-Mobile for $10 I have always on unlimited internet on it. The stylus works when wet at the whole thing is just a beats and absolutely perfect as a mounted plotter. I think everybody else already knew that, I was just a little late.Īlso buy new Galaxy tab active4 is awesome. Anyway if you're looking to use something on an Android device, this is what I would recommend. I guess that's a difference between being a PC port or not. ![]() The interface is way better, way simpler, I can't believe it's doing all the same things as open CPN for the most part with so far fewer buttons. I paid for it, It's only 20 bucks a year for this entire continent and if it expires I still get to keep it so that's not too bad, that's what I paid for the Canadian map so whatever. So I tried navionics (the boating app, stupid name). In the end though, The Android port is kind of buggy. In the end I needed a Canadian chart and Canadian charts are closed source for some reason, so I had to pay 20 bucks and use a plugin, which was honestly a little tricky to figure out although I got it. I learned the whole thing, which wasn't easy, I downloaded different charts and so on. So as far as tablet-based solutions go, I tried this. Is there any free or inexpensive solution here? It seems like raymarine used to have free "lighthouse" charts based on NOAA and then they started charging $150 a year for it.Īlso, I can't find the renewal cost for navionics chart card subscriptions listed anywhere. I will not do it.Įdit: I may be mistaken, perhaps it is navionics that is selling the cards for the plotters, to support loading their own charts. Ideally I'd like to buy a solution that doesn't require a bullshit subscription for literally nothing, just to unlock a base feature that it aleady has. Can anyway weigh in on if this is correct? I hope I am mistaken. Truly, I can't deal with it, emotionally. Proprietary shit like that make my eyes bleed. At least, that's the vibe I'm getting from the RayMarine fine print. You might have to buy a "chart card" which is basically a product activation hardware key that expires after a year. What is really blowing my mind is it seems like some of the plotters might require an active subscription to their OWN service before they even let you do that. Seems like most of them have wifi and the go-to solution is to load charts from navionics on your phone onto the plotter. I'm trying to understand how to load charts and how much that will cost. Sailing Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions Volvo Ocean Race - "Around the world sailboat race, held every three years" SPEV - "return this planet to a more pristine state of healthy, livable deliciousness by building and piloting Solar Power Electric Vehicles" Oceans - "The Sea is Us, and to defile the Sea is to defile ourselves."īoat Building - "Everything Boat Building" SailboatCruising - "Do you have the dream to sell it all and move aboard a sailboat to cruise the world?" *― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows * *“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Sailing Videos - /r/ Sailing's Favorite Video Channels The Rules - The "Rules" of /r/ sailing are here ![]()
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