I was very active on Active Captain (they sent me a free hat), and Garmin managed to lose my identity. I just never went back.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 11:54, Bill Coleman via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > I know some of us here had been members of Active Captain, it seems to > have fallen out of favour since Garmin acquired it. Guess Jeff Siegel was > more integral than they thought. But he did get quite a payday. > > Anyways, just noticed that Argo may be taking its place – > > > > Argo Navigation <https://www.argonav.io/>, the boating app for > destination routing and connecting with other boaters, announced that is > has reached 25,000 app users. > > The Argo app is free to use and has grown from more than 1,000 users a > year ago. > > “Our boating app community started with Chesapeake Bay area boaters in > 2019, but today we also have Argo users from New England to Florida and > throughout the Great Lakes and Canada regions,” Jeff Foulk, founder of Argo > Navigation, *said in a statement > <https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/cs_srgb/MTgxNjEzMTQ1NzY3MzU1NjUw/argo-boating-app-growth-2021.pdf>*. > “We rely on boater feedback to continually build upon Argo’s navigation > features and social functionality with new app releases that enable our > active boating community to realize our vision to *boat better together*.” > > > According to the company, the app is on pace to increase its community of > boaters across the U.S. and Canada to more than 50,000 by mid-summer. > > With the Argo app, boaters can autoroute or create a route based on a > boat’s draft, which makes navigation safer and easier. The app includes an > option to manually plot routes or navigate using the app’s NOAA ENC Chart. > > Argo’s Captain’s Log tracks planned or past voyages, favorite destinations > and more. Detailed listings in the app make it easy to find new > destinations, restaurants or marinas and users can access crowdsourced > boating info, navigation advice and destination reviews. > > Further, Argo users can drop pins on the map for real-time alerts to other > boaters about hazards, points of interest and more. > > Enhanced social features allow boaters to easily connect with Facebook > friends and other boaters and share places, voyages, photos and posts via > the app’s social feed, which the company said makes the app ideal for yacht > clubs and boating groups. > > Argo is available to download for free for phone or tablet on the App > Store or Google Play. > > > > Bill Coleman > > Entrada, Erie, PA > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
