Thanks guys, I checked out both Active Captain and Aquamaps and they only run on iPhone or iPad. Really hoping to find something that works on a Mac laptop. Have found both OpenCPN and MacENC64 but nautical maps of NovaScotia Canada are either unavailable or crazy expensive.
Perhaps I have to break down and buy an iPad and use either Navionics, ActiveCaptian or AquaMaps. Dean BarraWind C&C34 Halifax, Nova Scotia > On Oct 22, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I love my Aquamap 😊 > > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > Kent Island MD USA > > > > From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Cc: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com > <mailto:a.burton.sai...@gmail.com>> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options? > > I've become a fan of Aquamap, which has Active Captain and Waterway Guide > info integrated with the charts, which themselves are very good. > Andy > Masquerade (Baltic 47) > > Andrew Burton > 26 Beacon Hill > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > > phone +401 965 5260 > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 7:37 PM Rick Brass via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> You might look into downloading Active Captain to your Mac, so long as the >> Mac has the ability to determine your position by some sort of connections >> to a GPS. >> >> I run the Active Captain Community app on my old IPad that is with me during >> deliveries, and also have it on my Dell laptop. (when on a boat the laptop >> gets position info through a link to my android phone) >> >> I have a Garmin chart plotter on Imzadi and have downloaded the Garmin G2 >> charts (which is a personal preference because they use the same color >> patterns and symbols as NOAA charts) to both of my other devices. It all >> works off-line; I can download new areas of the charts I have to the IPad if >> I will be in an area that is not already saved there because of somewhat >> limited memory on the IPad. The laptop has access to the entire North >> American chart set that came with my last chart plotter update. >> >> Garmin also owns Navionics, IIRC, and I seem to recall the choice of >> Navionics or Blue Chart charts is an option for the newer Garmin Chart >> plotters. You might call them and see if since you have the Navionics app >> and charts on your phone you can share it to the Active Captain Community >> app on your Mac. >> >> Rick Brass >> Washington, NC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dean McNeill via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>] >> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:42 PM >> To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> >> Cc: Dean McNeill <d...@deanmc.ca <mailto:d...@deanmc.ca>> >> Subject: Stus-List Mac Navigation options? >> >> I have an on-deck ChartPlotter at the helm and while I’m a fan of Navionics >> on an iPhone… it’s so small! >> >> I don’t have an iPad or tablet but I do have a great Mac laptop I don’t use >> — it would make a great on-board navigation station. What software and >> charts are good? Navionics on a laptop runs through the web so that’s not a >> viable option. I saw OpenCPN but I can’t seem to find any raster or vector >> charts for Eastern Canada. >> >> Anybody running anything good? >> >> Thanks, Dean >> >> — >> BarraWind >> 1980 C&C 34 >> Halifax NS >> Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and >> help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks for your help. >> Stu >> Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and >> help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks for your help. >> Stu > Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help > me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > Thanks for your help. > Stu
Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
