Thanks, Rick. The red line is not a route. The red line is always visible and shows your projected course an unlimited distance ahead. If I change course, the red line changes as well. It’s like an on-screen laser pointer. You point the boat in the general direction and adjust steering until the red line goes to where you want to go. That’s your course. Miss Connie from Romper Room could navigate a boat this way.
From: Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 12:47 PM To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> Subject: Stus-List Re: Navionics The functionality you like isn’t unique to Navionics, I think. The red line you refer to sounds like a route. When I set up a route on my Garmin chart plotter, IPAD, or Active Captain I get a black line on the chart to follow. I also have set up a heading setting that shows the current heading of the boat (as opposed to the previous course track) as a separate line, with the length of that line determined in the settings. IIRC, I have my heading line set up for 1 or 2 miles (you can also set it for time, I think.) I have this heading line on all the time. I like it because it shows my proximity to potential obstructions, ATNs, and lets me know if I have wandered off the shortest route, and it also gives me an idea of when I will get to a point on my desired route, and how far ahead the next corner is. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: Matt Wolford via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 8:56 AM To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: wolf...@erie.net <mailto:wolf...@erie.net> Subject: Stus-List Re: Navionics 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 <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2022 5:03 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com <mailto:mike.h...@impgroup.com> >; Doug <svrebeccal...@gmail.com <mailto: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
