Andy, we are jealous! I also have a Ray e7 and an iPad. I've also installed a small form factor PC and monitor running OpenCPN. I have a GPS dongle for it and will attempt to integrate it into the rest of my instruments.
In a thunderstorm I throw the iPad, handheld VHF and phone in the microwave. Then I forget where I left it. Joel On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:15 PM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > At the moment I am 164.3 miles NNW of Jost van Dyke, 6 days out of Ft > Lauderdale, FL delivering a boat. Naviguessing with my iPad. I run > navionics and iNavX on my this one. > On my own boat I have a new Raymarine e7D that broadcasts wifi and an old > iPad is my repeater at my nav table. It works a treat. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > > On Feb 28, 2017, at 21:54, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > But the irony is that you are all swearing off tablets just to turn and > place your faith in other "purpose built" electronic devices. > > Professional made chart plotters are subject to electrical failures, > software errors, user error (vespes wind), and lack of chart updates. > Compasses can be affected by geo-magnetic anomalies or nearby ferrous > metals. Fundamentally, safe navigation requires proper seamanship > including a vigilant watch and redundant instruments. Understanding the > limitations of both is just as critical and that is where tablets get > risky. It IS almost too easy to become enamored by their capabilities and > then overestimate their reliability. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Feb 28, 2017 10:48 AM, "Frederick G Street via CnC-List" < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I used Nobeltec TZ on my iPad Mini (along with a Bad Elf BluetoothGPS >> receiver) for the Annapolis to Bermuda Race a few years back; it was nice >> for its portability. But even with the Mini in a splash-proof Lifeproof >> case, I wouldn’t want to rely on it as the primary source for navigation. >> Stuff happens; batteries get low at the wrong time, things get dropped >> overboard or stepped on, and so on. Having a dedicated, purpose-built >> device connected to the boat and its batteries still seems to me like the >> best option. Having backups to that is also a good idea, one that the iPad >> fills well. >> >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >> >> On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> “ >> They may be nice for backup” +1 on that. >> >> As Bill says, plenty of people swear by them, but I am afraid that there >> is a lot of tablet (Apple) bigotry in that (I hope I am not starting a >> Holly War here). Even the cost argument is not really true. A basic GPSMAP >> 76 (one can have it for about $150) is probably better. >> >> But it all depends what you use it for and what you need it for. On an >> easy Sunday cruise it would probably work fine (and you would have plenty >> of interesting information available). >> >> Marek >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you >> wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >> >> _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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