I use a laptop with free OpenCPN at home for planning cruises. It has a full library of NOAA raster charts identical to paper. I have a GNSS puck plugged into computer which gives me foreign satellite systems as well as US GPS. It is remarkable at $19.95. I also have a small Daisy AIS receiver attached $69. On my IPhone I have PlantoNav with cmap charts. Works well. On my Android I have OpenCPN. It can receive WiFi input for AIS and down load grib charts if in internet range. OpenCPN does not run on IPad. At the helm of the boat I have a Garmin 74 series chart plotter. Under $500. It’s 7 inches and readable under all conditions. I have a daisy two channel AIS receiver attached that works beautifully. $89. It’s has its own rail mounted antenna and picks up boats up to 15 miles away. Garmin Vector charts. My mast top vhf antenna doubles as a 2 meter ham antenna. If I had unlimited budget I’d get a multi function display and nmea 2000 network for all devices including radar. I currently have a dedicated Raytheon radar non digital. Never use it. Jerry
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2018, at 5:47 PM, John Conklin via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Wow, that’s a lot to take in for sure! > I have Raymarine C90W on Halcyon,see a lot of those out there, however my > Center Console has a small Simrad Go7 that came with the boat Talk about > simple ! very user friendly 3-4 years old so they bout give em away ! 😊 > > John Conklin > > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Della Barba, Joe > via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 8:47:40 AM > To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' > Cc: Della Barba, Joe > Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] inexpensive chartplotter > > Is this for helm mounting or at the chart table? > I have an old Standard-Horizon CP180 at the helm, a laptop running OpenCPN at > the chart table, iNav-X running on an old iPad I can carry around, plus > Navionics on my phone. > Here is my rundown: > Computer with OpenCPN – Absolutely blows everything else away. Large > beautiful display, easy to use, and free! (software) The drawbacks are high > power consumption, not visible from the helm, and not as rugged as marine > hardware. > CP180 – This is right at the helm. Daylight readable display, low power > consumption, and waterproof are all to the good plus I can watch it and steer > at the same time. The drawbacks are mainly that you have to buy the chart > cartridge and the screen is tiny compared to a 15” laptop display. The AIS > target display is not nearly as nice as OpenCPN. > iPad – I got a free old iPad from a family member who upgraded. I hooked up a > wifi gateway to my NMEA bus and the iPad picks up the GPS and AIS info. > Navionics does not do AIS, so I had to go with iNavX. Mixed feelings about > this one. The display is much bigger than a phone, which is nice. iNavX is > IMHO a crude and klugey app compared to Navionics, but it does get the data > for AIS target display. The iPad is not able to get wet nor is it very good > in sunlight. > iPhone – I love my Navionics app. It does not do AIS (dang!), but it is an > excellent nav program. I wouldn’t want to rely on my phone, it is not > waterproof and full time GPS use runs the battery down, but most of us have a > smart phones anyway, I can’t see any reason NOT to have a nav program and you > have it with you on other boats. > > For buying new, there are a fair number of small/medium sized plotters > available from Garmin, Lowrance, Raymarine, Sitex, etc. My advice would be > try them in the store and zoom in on a tricky area you would need the plotter > for. My “torture test” is Kent Narrows. Some of the plotters were terrible > zoomed in and some were good. Also note the “free” charts included are one > thing and then you may be able to buy better charts with more detail. If you > plan on a network of devices, now this is an entirely different deal because > everything needs to work together. > Joe > Coquina > C&C 35 MK I > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Chris > Graham via CnC-List > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 8:13 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Chris Graham > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List inexpensive chartplotter > > So I'm a bit torn over what to do here, the boat has a mount for an iPad and > the past owner use the iPad with Navigation apps and I am tempted to go that > route, but I know that iPads have their drawbacks with visibility due to > glare, limited functions and are not designed to withstand the harsh elements > of the marine environment. > > I really don't need much so I am probably leaning toward the ipad due to > cost, but if I were to consider a small dependable unit what suggestions > might you have for me? There are too many choices to scroll through on the > internet and it leaves me more confused than when I first started the search. > What models have you had success with? > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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