Jolly useful - and free

It is very good when you just download it to your PC (without CD). You get 'updated' when you next log on.
Shame it doesn't go any further North than Lowestoft and Vlissingen.
(Then again, there's a rumour spread by some that there is nothing North of Lowestoft! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
 
It's not a rumour!..............








Though I gather the intrepid Mr. Rot is planning to test this, perhaps we will never hear from him again???


Lost with all hands and some of his feet? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I shall ignore the comment from Mr Wingdiver /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Downloaded, installed, and dumped
Thanks but no thanks, there is life beyond Lowestoft so another one coming forward with false claims I'm afraid, the rest of the info for the South East is available on my favourite East Coast Almanac so I'll stick to that.
 
I am somewhat surprised, being an IT strategy type of bod, that they have made it so uni-directional....

I have thought for a long time, that there is a significant market opportunity for someone to create a user driven content environment in the style of an almanac....

Instead, its just a download.... what a missed opportunity for end users to add useful info around good pubs, restaurants, reliable local engineers, cheap lift outs, anchoring info, etc etc....

If it was mine, and i'd invested that much effort into getting the content on-line, i'd be driving end users to the site by making it far more immersive, or in geek speak... sticky....

But there again, what do I know....
 
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No comment /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Quite agree though, I must admit I was tempted to keep it for the info available on continental ports alone but it would be so much better if it allowed user input. Might even have managed to get stuff from those of us not based in the Southern regions and therefore able to expand Northwards with little work on the part of the author. Worth thinking about I must admit
 
Isn't that making the same assumption that eBorders are doing? That every boat has on-line access at all times.
Having a stand alone package that can update itself when access is available is much more useful.
Says he who hasn't downloaded and reviewed the package! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Told ya that way be dragons! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I've got the East Coast Pilot book but for the kind of cruising we're doing for this year and next I was surprised how useful Wiley was. It gives me all the info that a local almanac does. The 2 year old Reeds can do for the other stuff for a couple more years. The pain will be copying out the info into the passage plan rather than just picking up a paper Almanac, but I like the auto update feature, so I guess it's swings and roundabouts. If I'd gone for the larger Standard Horizon I could have fed the PC info to it but quite frankly at 27 feet long how much network-interfaced-network stuff do I need? None I suspect.
 
Some info on Wileys is out of date or suspect. e.g suggesting that you can tie up at Southend to restock with provisions. Nothing but an emergency would make you go anywhere near the end of Southend Pier except to rendevous with the lifeboat.

It is a good effort but ECP is much more up-to-date and written from the experience of the authors.

As Morgana said - an opportunity for user input has been missed.
 
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