Rick, I got your E-boat cards request yesterday. Thanks.
Similar to you my phone and my wife's phone both have MX Mariner (Android) with all the AC POIs. It is frustrating to me that our phones have so many powerful features that would be awesome on a chartplotter but will be replaced with a newer model in 1 to 2 years due to obsolescence. I think most people are resistant to replace just a chartplotter on a boat even just once every 10 years. Let alone replacing all of the components simply to maintain the entire suite of features. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 11:31 PM Rick Brass via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Josh, I rely on AC for up to date hazard, shoaling, and nav aid data as > well. (BTW, I sent a message to your Eboatcard just the other day.) > > > > I delivered a boat early last summer that had a nice Raymarine plotter > aboard, and the chart data included AC hazards notifications. The problem > being that the data was somewhat dated, since the last Raymarine chart data > was something like January 2015. Ditto the Garmin plotter on my own boat, > where the Bluechart data was last updated in June 2014. > > > > I carry an IPad with nav software when I am aboard a boat other than my > own. (Actually I carry it on my own boat but principally for access to the > Internet and email.) The software on the IPad is called Skipper, and the AC > data gets updated automatically about once a month, provided there is a > Wi-Fi connection available for a data download. Skipper also checks for > NOAA chart updates whenever the program is started and there is a Wi-Fi > connection, and updates the chart data stored in the IPad. > > > > There are a couple of rough edges to the Skipper app, and some things I > don’t like about using the IPad for a chart plotter. But, darn, it is nice > to always have up to date charts and hazard warnings wherever I go. > > > > Rick Brass > > Washington, NC > > > > > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh > Muckley via CnC-List > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 12, 2016 6:04 PM > *To:* C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> > > > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Raymarine e-Series Chartplotters/MFDs > > > > AC is particularly helpful with destination planning but the part I miss > on my chartplotter is the anchorages and hazards which include shoaling and > Nav-aid errors. Additionally, with active captain integrated into the > chartplotter I would be more likely to update those pieces of information. > As it stands I can mark the hazards with waypoints but then have to > transfer that info later...Which never happens. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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