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• What will I do with all the free space in my chart drawer, now that I have an Ipad?
  • iPad all - Garmin Bluechart
    • I was just reading a review by Ben Ellison on Bluechart.
  • Here are the ones we use for navigation
    • Hard to keep up
      • ISS Spotter is something you might like.
        • That sounds like fun
    • That one looks good too. Thanks Dan.
  • Well, maybe not....
    • It's funny to hear the CG these days say, "Do you have a cell phone?"
      • Tom, keep larnin' on thet fancy stuff so's when I get some you kin tell me how...
        • We're all somebody's luddite, Westie.
      • Paper charts
        • Updating Charts
    • Maybe I'm old fashioned....
      • Also old fashoned
      • A handheld GPS is a good investment
      • Me 3
        • I'm with you Luddites
          • Beautiful work. Pixels or pencils, you have the eye.
            • Tom, How'd you get that deck to levitate like that?
            • Have you tried Google Sketch Up.
              • I haven't, I'm a 3D luddite.
                • Read Google's Terms of Service
          • I'll see your paper charts, and raise you my Signal Flags...
            • You win, Jon.
              • Very nice design. I have one flag. I did build those dormers, Paul.
            • Jon, where you find space for all the...
              • Not a day goes by, without my asking myself several times...
                • You'll find the space. Every season, I'm taking more off the boat.
                • Going Paperless...
        • Sextant
      • Hand held GPS, which got me across the gulf of Mexico twice and all through the Bahamas, paper charts
        • Sounds like you're using them. Truth is, I haven't penciled a bearing, drawn a course/speed line, in years.
          • I've read that the military isn't using paper anymore
            • Cruise ships still use paper...
            • I'll bet the skipper of the Navy minesweeper GUARDIAN wishes they'd been using paper back in January...
              • only as good as the local charts they copy
                • Not in this case...
                  • One of the worlds biggest lies?
            • Paper Charts
              • I've heard the local CG isn't using them anymore.
                • Maptech
                  • I used a pencil, but I rarely did any chart work on it.
          • Almost took up drafting mid life. Wanted to draw on my past experiences but the details were too sketchy..