Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints

[sam . c . salter]

I've used the iPad with iNavX in the Caribbean, Mexico, on the west coast, Catalina (off LA), Chesapeake all with no sim card. But you do need the more expensive one with GPS in - they are not all the same.  I've not used it "deep sea " as I have no intention of going off shore. Did it once - boring! But it would work fine. sam :-) From: Prime Interest Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 7:17 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Reply To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints I've used my iPad for navigation on the Great Lakes using iNavx on an iPad without a SIM card and thus no cell service. Not sure whether Navionics requires a cell/internet connection to update chart information but iNax loads the regional maps so can operate in a unconnected manner. Although I have location, AIS and boat instruments feeding the navigation application via a ShipModul Wifi multiplexer the iPads GPS works well enough by itself. ed Prime Interest 1982 C&C Landfall 38 Toronto, Canada On Jan 16, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Brad Crawford <bcrawf7...@comcast.net> wrote: Andrew, I have used my iPad most of the time as a chartplotter also, using Navionics, we also carry back up paper charts.  So far our long distance trips have been to the San Juan islands and Gulf Islands of British Columbia.  Just out of curiosity, how far off shore have you used your iPad as a navigational tool, and have you always had cell coverage. Brad C&C 36 Dora Pearl  Seattle Sent from my iPad On Jan 16, 2014, at 6:19 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: Since getting my iPad a couple of years ago, I haven't pulled out a paper chart once. As you say, It's a great tool. I have to admit that my sextant hasn't accompanied me on a passage since about 2007 or 50,000 miles ago. I carry spare GPSs, but in the back of my mind always is the possibility that the whole system may go down and then what do I do? Well, I'm pretty confident of my ability to keep a good DR and EP, and in my ability to stay out of trouble when approaching a shoreline if I'm not confident of my position (which is pretty much always). The bottom line is, I think that learning piloting--coastal navigation, etc--is a higher priority than learning to use a sextant. One little trick when approaching a shoreline without a position fix for some time is to steer to one side of where you want to go. That way when you see land, you know which way to turn to make your port. So if I want to get to Charleston, I may aim for Hilton Head and when I see land, or it starts getting shallow, I know to turn north in order to get to Charleston. If I aim straight for where I want to go, and miss, I'm not sure which direction to turn, the land being pretty featureless from offshore. This tip is courtesy of Chichester from when he was flying his Gypsy Moth biplane. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone  +401 965 5260 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com

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