I've always been a PC and android guy. I find my android S22 has such a great screen, I run Navionics. I got a clamp from Amazon meant to hold the phone to bicycle handlbars and it holds the cell phone to the pedestal guard to navigate. Navionics has a free one week trial, $25/year. Price just rose to $50/year but I think it's worth it. I'm still learning how to use it but I love how it plans routes automatically, once you enter your boat's draft, speed, etc. It includes tide, weather, current and other info also. I use free aaps; "Marinetraffic.com" to see AIS targets, and "Igetwind" for weather forecasting at mutilple locations by the hour, out to ten days. Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R, Annapolis On 10/22/2023 1:46 PM EDT Andrew Burton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> > > Dean, I have to admit that I find my iPads almost indispensable. I recommend > getting one. Make sure you get a cellular capable one—you don’t have to > activate the cell service but you need to be cellular capable in order to get > the GPS. > Andy > > Andrew Burton > 26 Beacon Hill > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > +401 965 5260 > https://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > > > > > > On Oct 22, 2023, at 12:23, Dean McNeill via CnC-List > > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > 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 >
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