Mike, a bit different tack...
I use a Suunto Ambit 2.0 watch that has a number of features you talk about. It has programmable display, where you can set up a number of parameters (GPS speed in kt., course, heading, distance travelled, waypoints, track (no map), ETA at the next waypoint etc.). I never tried to program it for sailing (other than having the SoG, timer and distance to waypoint displayed), but it can be done (and I bet that there are already numerous free apps available at the Suunto’s Movecount site). The most sophisticated application that I have on the phone is my skiing app, which shows the total vertical descent for the day, number of runs, last run max speed, last run vertical and last run time. The watch records your track (if you want to) and a number of parameters (speed, altitude etc. – all stuff that a GPS can collect). The current version is 3.0 (changed from Ant+ to Bluetooth for connecting to accessories); this does not mean much other than you can connect to an Apple phone wirelessly (over BT). I am not sure if this helps... Marek Ottawa, ON From: Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 08:55 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Hoyt, Mike Subject: Stus-List Question for Fred and others - Smart Watch apps & connectivity Hi All Smart watches have become increasingly popular and tend to slave themselves to a smart phone and also have wifi. I have always thought that it would be nice to have a great sailing app running on a smart phone stashed below with the watch as a repeater. Large digits showing GPS speed, Heading Bearing, distance to waypoint, etc… Also be nice to have a nice GPS app when hiking in the woods, etc .. that acts like a marine GPS or chartplotter showing tracks, distance travelled and the like. What I have been able to find so far is trying to be more like Google Maps or a car style GPS than like either of these. A final very nice option would be the ability to use the wifi capability of the boat’s instruments to set up the watch as a repeater for speed over water, wind speed, direction, depth etc …. Persistence has Raymarine i50/60 SDW instruments as well as a Raymarine A65 chartplotter all networked together. Watch is Samsung Galaxy watch (42mm), phone is Samsung S7 (Android). Also interested in Apple watch apps since there are likely more of them Thanks and looking forward to an interesting discussion Mike Persistence Halifax, NS
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