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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 -Original Message- From: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Oct 22, 2023 1:47 PM To: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Andrew Burton mailto: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 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 From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM To: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Andrew Burton 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 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
Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options?
I really like my iPad. It runs both SeaIQ and AquaMap and lives in a mount on the chart table. I also have a PC that runs OpenCPN, but it draws a lot more power than the iPad does. I tend to leave it off under sail to save on power. Mine is an older one with no GPS, so it relies on the data from my AIS receiver, which sends NMEA data to a WiFi access point that then broadcasts the data to the iPad. I can also do the same from the PC if need be. I used to love OpenCPN with RNC charts. I am not so thrilled now they are going away, the ENC display works but Navionics or AquaMap does it better. I actually would probably have Navionics except their implementation of AIS targeting info is decades behind everyone else. Speaking of AIS, watching it online through Marine Traffic is NOT THE SAME as receiving it directly on your boat. There is an unknown and variable time lag involved plus plenty of areas where Marine Traffic does not get data from for one reason or another. I know this, I have a shore station that feeds them data and sometimes things happen to it like my wife unplugging it to plug in the vacuum, the cable going out, etc. etc. Joe Della Barba Coquina C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA 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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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 > 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 > Sent: Oct 22, 2023 1:47 PM > To: Stus-List > Cc: Andrew Burton > 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 > 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 > wrote: > I love my Aquamap > > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina C 35 MK I > Kent Island MD USA > > > > From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM > To: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Cc: Andrew Burton <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 > 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
Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options?
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 Sent: Oct 22, 2023 1:47 PM To: Stus-List Cc: Andrew Burton 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 oneyou dont have to activate the cell service but you need to be cellular capable in order to get the GPS. Andy Andrew Burton26 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 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 CC34 Halifax, Nova Scotia On Oct 22, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List wrote: I love my Aquamap Joe Della Barba Coquina CC 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM To: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> Cc: Andrew Burton 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 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 mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> Cc: Dean McNeill mailto:d...@deanmc.ca)> Subject: Stus-List Mac Navigation options? I have an on-deck ChartPlotter at the helm and while Im a fan of Navionics on an iPhone its so small! I dont have an iPad or tablet but I do have a great Mac laptop I dont 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 thats not a viable option. I saw OpenCPN but I cant seem to find any raster or vector charts for Eastern Canada. Anybody running anything good? Thanks, Dean BarraWind 1980 CC 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: htt
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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 34R, Annapolis On 10/22/2023 1:46 PM EDT Andrew Burton via CnC-List 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 > > 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 > > > wrote: > > > > > > I love my Aquamap > > > > > > > > > Joe Della Barba > > > Coquina C 35 MK I > > > Kent Island MD USA > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List > > mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM > > > To: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > > Cc: Andrew Burton > > 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 > > > 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
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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 5260https://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/On Oct 22, 2023, at 12:23, Dean McNeill via CnC-List 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 BarraWindCHalifax, Nova ScotiaOn Oct 22, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List wrote:I love my Aquamap Joe Della BarbaCoquina C 35 MK IKent Island MD USA From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PMTo: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>Cc: Andrew Burton <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.AndyMasquerade (Baltic 47) Andrew Burton26 Beacon HillNewport, RIUSA 02840http://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> 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 BrassWashington, NC-Original Message-From: Dean McNeill via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:42 PMTo: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>Cc: Dean McNeill <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—BarraWind1980 C 34Halifax NSPlease 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/stumurrayThanks for your help.StuPlease 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/stumurrayThanks for your help.StuPlease 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/stumurrayThanks for your help.StuPlease 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/stumurrayThanks for your help.StuPlease 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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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 > wrote: > > I love my Aquamap > > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina C 35 MK I > Kent Island MD USA > > > > From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM > To: Stus-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Cc: Andrew Burton <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 > 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 mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> >> Cc: Dean McNeill 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 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
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I love my Aquamap Joe Della Barba Coquina C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM To: Stus-List Cc: Andrew Burton 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 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 mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Dean McNeill 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 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
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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> 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] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:42 PM > To: Stus-List > Cc: Dean McNeill > 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 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
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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] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:42 PM To: Stus-List Cc: Dean McNeill 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 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
