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
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
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
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. AndyAndrew Burton26 Beacon HillNewport, RI USA 02840+401 965
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
I love my Aquamap
Joe Della Barba
Coquina C 35 MK I
Kent Island MD USA
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Subject: Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options?
I've become a fan of Aquamap, which has
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