I have a RAM mount atop my Edson pedestal that holds an iPAD loaded with
Navionics. IPADs equipped for cell service come with GPS, even if you don’t
use the cell service. This setup serves my purposes well, although navigation
on Lake Erie is admittedly simpler than many of the venues where you folks sail.
Matt Wolford
C 42 Custom
From: Dean McNeill via CnC-List
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2023 11:50 PM
To: Stus-List
Cc: Dean McNeill
Subject: Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options?
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 34
Halifax, Nova Scotia
On Oct 22, 2023, at 11:18 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List mailto: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
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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 mailto: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
Halifax, Nova Scotia
On Oct 22, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List
mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote:
I love my Aquamap
Joe Della Barba
Coquina C 35 MK I
Kent Island MD USA
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Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM
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Cc: Andrew Burton mailto:a.burton.sai...@gmail.com>
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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 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
