Jon - Thanks for that upgrade. I'll check it out.
I was going to upgrade to Win 10 after I sailed to La Paz, since I use the machine to navigate and didn't want to take any risks with software not working. But, I see the offer expires in 13 hours, so what the heck. I just did a full system backup yesterday, and if there's a problem I can quickly rebuild the current Win 8 system. Besides, I have two backup computers and an entirely different marine chartplotter and three separate GPS systems... Single handed sailors tend to be fussy about safety.
Wal On 7/27/2016 6:27 PM, Support wrote:
##- Please type your reply above this line -## [image: Jon Bilger] *Jon Bilger* (Support) Jul 28, 11:27 NZST Hi Wal, I understand the dilemma.... I have upgraded your account to the Standard for free - I hope this helps! I see you are on Windows 8.1 - I would recommend you upgrade to Windows 10 - it is free upgrade until the end of the month. The Offshore App works okay on Windows 8.1, but is optimised for Windows 10 Kind Regards, Jon Bilger [image: Wal] *Wal* Jul 28, 05:56 NZST This is a follow-up to your previous request #25052 <http://support.predictwind.com/hc/requests/25052> "Question on PredictWind.com" Thanks Jon - Yes, that answered my question. I'm not entirely pleased, because I will have to upgrade my account to get high resolution gribs that would be equivalent to what I get with the web interface. i navigate with Fugawi 4.5, which can load gribs and overlay them on the charts, and have many sources for gribs. But I've always enjoyed the PDF files that store the web displays, with color contours and high resolution. I'll probably just use the snipper tool to grab screen shots and merge them into a .jpg. While I've been a full time cruiser since 2009, I'm really just cruising around Pacific Mexico, and use cellular for internet access using the phone as a WiFi hotspot. On the mainland it's easy to get a good cellular connection within 10 miles of shore, and the only time I need a long term forecast is if I decide to head out a hundred miles and tack back. However, the crossing over to Baja takes a few days, and up into the Sea of Cortez you can go a week or more without internet access. Thus I like to cache a good long term forecast. Oh well, I'll keep working on it. Best regards, Wal This email is a service from Support. <http://www.predictwind.com/> <http://www.predictwind.com/iphone> <http://www.predictwind.com/android/> <http://www.predictwind.com/mobile-forecasts/> <http://www.predictwind.com/> [1VKYWW-LXZN]
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