Rick, Technically Navionics will “work" on a Mac laptop but only through a web browser which means it has to be connected to internet all the time. And they don’t allow downloading of the charts offline to the Laptop (only a mobile device). So looks like my only real option is to spring for a tablet and download the maps to it.
Dean C&C 34 Halifax, Nova Scotia > On Oct 22, 2023, at 11:18 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I agree with Andrew that my IPad is almost indispensable when on the boat, > even though it is only an IPad Air that is several years old. I often use it > to figure out how far it is to a waypoint or a port, to determine a course > that I can set up on the chart plotter at the helm for whomever is at the > wheel or changing the autopilot, or to get information for a log entry while > I am at the nav station. > > And I use my Dell laptop to run the Active Captain Community while on the > boat. The laptop connects to Internet by the mobile hotspot on my phone. The > address for my Windows PC is https://activecaptain.garmin.com/en-US/. I put > the laptop into airplane mode to turn off my home network, and could not get > to the charts, but with the phone hotspot turned on it works just fine. > > I find it hard to think that Garmin would offer Navionics or Active Captain > for IPhone or IPad, but not a version that will work with a Mac and Safari. > > Rick Brass > Washington, NC > -----Original Message----- > From: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Oct 22, 2023 1:47 PM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options? > > > 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. 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