I put a micro SD on my phone, loaded with those free Coast guard raster charts. Android version of OpenCPN is really nice. I find myself using that more often than the garmin chart plotter. Gps works pretty good. I’ve been making a point to see how far off I am from various buoys as go past them. It’s pretty accurate. Even my kids Tablet Galaxy Tab 2 has a version of openCPN, with its own Micro SD card and charts. He is 8 and navigates using his own device. I would trust either of them in an emergency. Obviously you always want redundancy.
Course planning is difficult without a mouse. I have a 12V PC for that, with external GPS via serial port, running windows version of OpenCPN. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 1:42 PM To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' Cc: Della Barba, Joe Subject: Re: Stus-List Open CPN I cannot say enough good about it. If it were possible to buy daylight waterproof displays for less than a commercial chart plotter costs Raytheon, B&G, Sitex, etc. would all be unable to sell any plotters. The real downsides are the current demands of a PC and relative fragility of the hardware. I use an ancient IBM ThinkPad as my nav PC. It can run on straight 12 volts if need be (I have an 18 volt adapter that charges it and runs it) and is NEVER connected to any network EVER. It has nothing on it but OpenCPN and PSK-31 software for the SSB. Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Fred Hazzard via CnC-List Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 1:32 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Fred Hazzard Subject: Stus-List Open CPN I am looking for what others think about the open CPN navigation program. Fred Hazzard S/V Fury C&C 44 Portland, Or
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