I found plenty of YouTube videos showing how to use the many features in Navionics.
C > On 10/28/2022 8:55 AM Matt Wolford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > FWIW, I like Garmin and have for a long time, but I’m not happy with > everything it does (like buying and phasing out Nexus instruments). > > > For the type of sailing I do, Navionics works fine. By way of example, I > was in a race that crossed Lake Erie recently. The crossing was mostly > downwind, and I was able to stand behind the wheel and keep an eye on whether > I was on course using the red line that projects out. It literally allows > you to see exactly where you’re heading all the time (as opposed to cross > track error, which tells you how far off the rhumb line you are). When we > approached Long Point, the updated Navionics chart showed me that the profile > of the end of the peninsula had changed since June, which helped us round the > point without running aground. After rounding the point, we headed for a > buoy eight miles away, and again I could put that red line on the buoy and > know my course to the mark precisely. This is how I typically use Navionics > – as I said, for me it works great. If I were sailing from New York to > Bermuda or something, I’d probably want more sophisticated navigation > equipment. > > > Also, although the basic Navionics functionality described above is easy, > other functions are not intuitive. I’ve received phone calls from a number > of fellow boaters over the years asking “how do I work this thing.” There is > no Navionics for Dummies manual that I’m aware of. It should come with a > manual. > > > My two cents. > > > Matt > > C&C 42 Custom > > > From: Doug via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2022 5:03 PM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com>; Doug <svrebeccal...@gmail.com> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Navionics > > > I have Navionics on both of my android phones and on my chart plotters. I > have found here in mexico that the charts on the plotter aren't as accurate > as on the androids. You would think that for $250 for the plotter Navionics > charts they would be more accurate than the $21 phone charts. > > Just voicing my displeasure in Navionics. Which BTW is owned by Garmin. > > > > > Doug Mountjoy > > sv Rebecca Leah > > C & C Landfall 39 > > Port Orchard Yacht Club > > +1 253-208-1412 WhatsApp&phone > > +52 669-267-4740 phone > > >
