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Sounds like you're using them. Truth is, I haven't penciled a bearing, drawn a course/speed line, in years.
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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..