“ They may be nice for backup” +1 on that. As Bill says, plenty of people swear by them, but I am afraid that there is a lot of tablet (Apple) bigotry in that (I hope I am not starting a Holly War here). Even the cost argument is not really true. A basic GPSMAP 76 (one can have it for about $150) is probably better.
But it all depends what you use it for and what you need it for. On an easy Sunday cruise it would probably work fine (and you would have plenty of interesting information available). Marek From: BillBinaList via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 06:07 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: BillBinaList Subject: Stus-List Tablets for navigation They may be nice for backup, but they really are not nearly as reliable as a well designed dedicated marine plotter, compass and AIS. Wifi wouldn't matter to a compass app, or a charting app, but I'm thinking the fool was relying on a land based AIS app to spot ships. I've heard people in forums recommend using one of these apps, but they have no idea that it is not nearly the same thing as directly received AIS information. The land based apps tend to have delayed information, or intermittent information, as well as often not reporting all ships in the area. Wrong or incomplete information is not necessarily better than no information. It may lead you directly into trouble. https://www.cnet.com/news/boat-captain-uses-ipad-as-compass-crashes-uk/#ftag=CAD590a51e Bill Bina
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