Do you have to pay an annual subscription to keep that feature working
every year?

Bill Coleman
Erie Pa

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 21:51 Neil Andersen via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> With Navionics that I use I can put in a final destination and have it
> plot a course using my boat configuration settings
>
> Neil Andersen, W3NEA
> Rock Hall, MD 21661
> 484-354-8800
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> *From:* Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2022 8:57:48 PM
> *To:* Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> *Cc:* Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net>
> *Subject:* Stus-List Re: Navionics
>
>
> I think I understand it now. The red line is always shown and infinite
> length, and it is based on boat heading adjusted by current - or more
> probably recent - set and drift. If your destination or the next turn is
> off the edge of the display, you zoom out to bring it onto the screen and
> steer to keep the boat moving to that desired point. And I presume you
> reduce detail, depth markers, etc. when you zoom out.
>
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> In the eastern NC area where I mostly sail, but also in Chesapeake Bay and
> along the ICW and coast going south, my target is usually in the 10 to 30
> NM range in front of me. With the plotter and IPad I usually scroll over to
> the target, tap the screen, and then select "Go To". That puts a line on
> the chart display from my starting point to the destination. Then I can
> scroll back (or press stop scrolling on the menu) to recenter on the boat
> and see the nearby detail (depths around here are frequently 10 feet or
> less, and the ICW has a lot of twists and turns), see the boat position and
> heading in relation to the course line on the chart, and make steering and
> trim adjustments accordingly.
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> I wonder if the displays would work the same on Active Captain, my IPad
> that I use on deliveries, or my laptop had I chosen the Navionics charts
> instead of Bluecharts when I bought my Garmin chart plotter?
>
>
>
> Rick Brass
>
> Washington, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> Sent: Oct 28, 2022 2:24 PM
> To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> Cc: <wolf...@erie.net>
> Subject: Stus-List Re: Navionics
>
>
>
> 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.
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