iPhone Apps

[Rocksteadee]

Got one of those new all singing all dancing makes the tea for you EyeFone thingy

What boaty related Apps are any good????

 

[lustyd]

I don't find any of the apps useful - even Navionics. I do, however, have links to the relevant Met office pages and BBC tides in a folder on the phone.

 

[Oatcake]

Got one of those new all singing all dancing makes the tea for you EyeFone thingy

What boaty related Apps are any good????

WX Charts EU is a good app for getting 5 day synoptics.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Navionics is good. Chartplotter for peanuts.

TidesPlanner gives tide times and heights for just about anywhere that gets them.

Pocket Grib does what it says.

New (and for Cruising Association members only) Captain's Mate, loads all info in the CA database for your nearest ports on to your phone, and lets you browse and amend.

 

[lustyd]

Navionics is good. Chartplotter for peanuts.

TidesPlanner gives tide times and heights for just about anywhere that gets them.

Pocket Grib does what it says.

New (and for Cruising Association members only) Captain's Mate, loads all info in the CA database for your nearest ports on to your phone, and lets you browse and amend.

Didn't say navionics wasn't good, it definitely is. I just don't find it useful because on a small boat I don't want the iPhone out in the cockpit and on a large boat I'll have a plotter so I never actually use it.

 

[fireball]

You can get waterproof cases for £10ish ... makes it a bit more usable in the wet !

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Didn't say navionics wasn't good, it definitely is. I just don't find it useful because on a small boat I don't want the iPhone out in the cockpit and on a large boat I'll have a plotter so I never actually use it.

Interesting. I have an iPhone 4 and a largish boat. I use my phone for all sorts of things in the cockpit.

I phone people
I send text
I browse forums
I do email
I take photographs
I read magazines on Zinio
I check the weather on Aeroweather, Windfinder, SWIS, Windguru and Boatie
I passage plan and check tides on Navionics
I look up AIS targets on Shipfinder
I plan the next ports walking adventure on Memory Map
I sometimes refer to Admiralty Charts on Memory Map
I play music
I edit the photos we take as we go along on iPhoto
I look up stuff as all the boats equipment manual are stored on it.

Some of these things you can do on a plotter, some you can't. Some are location dependant.

 

[john_morris_uk]

I can only relate the ones I have on my phone:

1. Navionics (I use it for all sorts of things. Today I was using it in my office to check some passage distances)

2. Boatie tide and all sorts of data.

3. SF AIS is fun for seeing what ships are where when you have a wifi connection.

 

[sam_uk]

I suggest your next purchase is one of these
http://www.krusellcases.com/uk/p_krusell_product.aspx?i=218949

Then I like this (on Android but I presume it's the same)
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/windguru/id300395940?mt=8

Thanks

Sam

 

[Blueboatman]

Navionics gives tides which is useful. The European one gives Uk tides but no navigable chart.

Shipfinder AIS is quite fun ( but not a proper standalone AIS, for £3, funnily enough..)

Page link to some of the foreign weather sources-I have meteo marine for France and Irishweatheronline

Sailing Almanac.com as a back up to Navionics tidal info...

One of the stargazing apps if you are out at night perhaps..I use Star Walk

Couple of those angry, inward looking, sea hating yachting apps or home pages...( joking)

Atomicweb for opening/loading more than one page at once as a desktop would...

There are loads out there. But mentioning Apple phones seems to be regarded as a faux pas by some ( you may even have noticed)

 

[prv]

I use the Imray Tides Planner. You buy each year's tides separately within the app, but it offers a couple of years ahead (currently to end of 2013). It does various countries too.

Pete

 

[Oatcake]

Didn't say navionics wasn't good, it definitely is. I just don't find it useful because on a small boat I don't want the iPhone out in the cockpit and on a large boat I'll have a plotter so I never actually use it.

I have the IMray charts on my phone, and I mainly only ever use it for passage planning and preparation when I'm away from the boat, say at work. It's great having all those charts on my phone, daydreaming whilst looking at them.

 

[l'escargot]

I like World Tides - makes secondary port calculations a doddle

 

[Rocksteadee]

Cheers guys...got a few useful ones to look up