I agree with Andrew that my IPad is almost indispensable when on the boat, even though it is only an IPad Air that is several years old. I often use it to figure out how far it is to a waypoint or a port, to determine a course that I can set up on the chart plotter at the helm for whomever is at the wheel or changing the autopilot, or to get information for a log entry while I am at the nav station.
And I use my Dell laptop to run the Active Captain Community while on the boat. The laptop connects to Internet by the mobile hotspot on my phone. The address for my Windows PC is https://activecaptain.garmin.com/en-US/. I put the laptop into airplane mode to turn off my home network, and could not get to the charts, but with the phone hotspot turned on it works just fine. I find it hard to think that Garmin would offer Navionics or Active Captain for IPhone or IPad, but not a version that will work with a Mac and Safari. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Oct 22, 2023 1:47 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options? Dean, I have to admit that I find my iPads almost indispensable. I recommend getting one. Make sure you get a cellular capable one—you don’t have to activate the cell service but you need to be cellular capable in order to get the GPS. Andy Andrew Burton26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 +401 965 5260 https://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ On Oct 22, 2023, at 12:23, Dean McNeill via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Thanks guys, I checked out both Active Captain and Aquamaps and they only run on iPhone or iPad. Really hoping to find something that works on a Mac laptop. Have found both OpenCPN and MacENC64 but nautical maps of NovaScotia Canada are either unavailable or crazy expensive. Perhaps I have to break down and buy an iPad and use either Navionics, ActiveCaptian or AquaMaps. Dean BarraWind C&C34 Halifax, Nova Scotia On Oct 22, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I love my Aquamap 😊 Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com (mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:51 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com (mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> Cc: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com (mailto:a.burton.sai...@gmail.com)> Subject: Stus-List Re: Mac Navigation options? I've become a fan of Aquamap, which has Active Captain and Waterway Guide info integrated with the charts, which themselves are very good. Andy Masquerade (Baltic 47) Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 7:37 PM Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com (mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> wrote: You might look into downloading Active Captain to your Mac, so long as the Mac has the ability to determine your position by some sort of connections to a GPS. I run the Active Captain Community app on my old IPad that is with me during deliveries, and also have it on my Dell laptop. (when on a boat the laptop gets position info through a link to my android phone) I have a Garmin chart plotter on Imzadi and have downloaded the Garmin G2 charts (which is a personal preference because they use the same color patterns and symbols as NOAA charts) to both of my other devices. It all works off-line; I can download new areas of the charts I have to the IPad if I will be in an area that is not already saved there because of somewhat limited memory on the IPad. The laptop has access to the entire North American chart set that came with my last chart plotter update. Garmin also owns Navionics, IIRC, and I seem to recall the choice of Navionics or Blue Chart charts is an option for the newer Garmin Chart plotters. You might call them and see if since you have the Navionics app and charts on your phone you can share it to the Active Captain Community app on your Mac. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: Dean McNeill via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com (mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:42 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com (mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com)> Cc: Dean McNeill <d...@deanmc.ca (mailto:d...@deanmc.ca)> Subject: Stus-List Mac Navigation options? I have an on-deck ChartPlotter at the helm and while I’m a fan of Navionics on an iPhone… it’s so small! I don’t have an iPad or tablet but I do have a great Mac laptop I don’t use — it would make a great on-board navigation station. What software and charts are good? Navionics on a laptop runs through the web so that’s not a viable option. I saw OpenCPN but I can’t seem to find any raster or vector charts for Eastern Canada. Anybody running anything good? Thanks, Dean — BarraWind 1980 C&C 34 Halifax NS Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. 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