navigation

I am planning to install a chartplotter... --> Should I get 9" or 12" for my E34? Opinions would be very much appreciated. Making decision pretty fast here to avoid tariffs... Detail: Plotter will be a 9" or 12" Raymarine Axiom 2 Pro (9s or 12s). I want the Pro so I have physical buttons for...

Not sure what to do with 20 Pounds of Paper Navigation Charts.:confused: My Father has been collecting Navigation Charts since the mid 1960's through the mid 1990's. Dad did some extensive cruising in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia & Alaska, so there are quite a few of those areas...

Has anyone attempted to transfer waypoints and routes from Fugawi PC S/W to Raymarine C Series Chartplotter and been successful? I can't seem to make it happen even using GPSBabel to translate.

Anyone have any experience with this online navigation course? http://www.boatsafe.com/navigation/index.htm I would like to get some basic instruction in coastal navigation and $70 seems like a fair price. (Other suggestions also welcome.)

So I have never had anything nice to say about Vista and now I am finding out that Maptech Offshore Navigator software will not install with 64 bit vista. Can any of you tech gurus comment on this? I just bought a new laptop with 64 bit vista installed and was really hoping to use it on the...

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List"...

I'm going up to do some work on our "new" E29 in about a month. The PO said that the lights on the mast did not work so we will be re-wiring the mast and replacing light fixtures. I know that we need a Steaming light for use under power. I keep seeing a reference to spreader lights. Could...

I am contemplating a laptop purchase pretty soon. It will be both a desktop replacement and a cruising portable. I am thinking about a Mac laptop, in addition to the more familiar (to me) Dell or other manufacturer PC platform. In addition to marine navigation of course we'll need to do wireless...

hello All, I put this topic here as it didn't seem to fit elsewhere..... My wife and I are currently "discussing" the relative merits of GPS vs traditional navigation. This occurs as our chartplotter is not working correctly and I would simply like to replace it or remove it. I don't trust...

I was doing some surfing on the web and found 2 references to the Merrimac River inlet in MA being the 2nd most dangerous inlet in the US. I know the area can be difficult to negotiate at times but does anyone have any pointers for sailboats for this inlet? The only things I have read are...

I saw Gareth mention that he switched over to a laptop, so I was curious as to what others are using/have used for Nav. software. I plan on getting Nobeltec for the upcoming season, but I am open to ideas.