Maritime navigation?

BE

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Mar 22, 2006, 4:17:14 PM3/22/06

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I have a colleague who has a 30' sail boat. He has a new laptop which he'd
like to use for this and was asking me about maritime navigation software.
I told him he would need a mouse gps, the laptop and software, I'm just not
sure what's available or what's generally used?

He sails locally coastal off NY, NJ area.

Thanks...

Dennis Pogson

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Mar 23, 2006, 4:26:44 AM3/23/06

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That just about covers the hardware. Tell him to go to www.oziexplorer.com
and download for free the best marine navigation software in the world. Oh,
and he will need a cable to link his GPS to his laptop, not difficult to
find in NY, NJ I would have thought.

Dennis.

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Mar 23, 2006, 4:58:02 AM3/23/06

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:17:14 -0500, BE wrote:

>maritime navigation software.

>I'm just not
>sure what's available or what's generally used?

Check out SeaClear;
http://www.sping.com/seaclear/index.htm

It is made by a Swedish guy, in english. Free, and very good.

I have used OziExplorer too but I find it quite annoying.

Lars
Stockholm

Dennis Pogson

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Mar 23, 2006, 8:48:00 AM3/23/06

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It does require a little patience to master all the many functions, but I
find it much better than Seaclear and other "free" applications.

Jack Erbes

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Mar 23, 2006, 9:35:03 AM3/23/06

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BE wrote:

Seaclear II is a good (arguably the best IMHO) freeware for marine
navigation.

http://www.sping.com/seaclear/

If I were going to buy a marine navigation package I take a look at the
trial versions of Coastal Navigator, Fugawi, Ozi Explorer, The Capn, and
The First Mate.

And here is where he can download the free NOAA Raster Navigation Charts
(RNC):

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/download.htm

Free for the downloading marine charting, is this a great country or what?

Jack

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Mar 23, 2006, 12:17:18 PM3/23/06

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John Navas lists The Capn on his sailing page.
http://sail.navas.us/

You might check locally. If there are maps available for OziExplorer, that
would work pretty cheaply, but as far as I know, the scanning of desired
maps would be an annoying hobby, if someone else hasn't already scanned
them.

ExpertGPS will auto-fetch maps of the area from Terraserver, but the maps
only extend a few feet offshore. Nautical maps could be scanned and
calibrated just like OziExplorer.

What about a better GPS that could be standalone, maybe downloaded from a
shore based PC? It could be used out on deck, instead of needing to be
inside at a PC. For use inside, an external antenna is available, but
might not be needed.

http://www.tvnav.com/76csx.htm General purpose, $500
http://www.tvnav.com/376c.htm More serious nautical, $800.
http://www.garmin.com/cartography/ontheWater/ (Available from tvnav)

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Jacquelin Hardy

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Mar 24, 2006, 9:13:45 AM3/24/06

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He can have a look at CoastalExplorer from RosePointNav

http://rosepointnav.com/CoastalExplorer/default.htm
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