Navionics passage planning

[john williams]

Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere.
I currently use Navionics on my humminbird chart plotter and pay the yearly subscription, but use paper charts for passage planning etc. (Kent ,Essex - nothing major)
Where I want to get to is to be able to plan the route on a laptop running my Navionics account and then electronically transfer the route data ( waypoints etc ) to my chart plotter . Is this possible ? I’m a bit dense on this type of thing really - any advice greatly appreciated

 

[Refueler]

Yes you can feed one to other ...

But TBH - I use SD card with GTX files as I have various brand / charting programs that I use depending on reqt's .... its easier then to use GPS Utility and let that compile example Onwa route for my Garmin to SD card ... then load to Garmin Plotter .. I also use to transfer to my Lowrance (which if I recall is same as a Humingbird).

But that's ME .... I am sure someone will come along and give you the right way to do it direct.

 

[Daydream believer]

Get a Yeoman plotter. Decide on your route by looking at the chart that you have picked. Insert any waypoints that you decide on straight from the chart into the GPS/plotter

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere.
I currently use Navionics on my humminbird chart plotter and pay the yearly subscription, but use paper charts for passage planning etc. (Kent ,Essex - nothing major)
Where I want to get to is to be able to plan the route on a laptop running my Navionics account and then electronically transfer the route data ( waypoints etc ) to my chart plotter . Is this possible ? I’m a bit dense on this type of thing really - any advice greatly appreciated

To achieve this requires that both devices have an active Navionics subscription, and that the plotter supports it so that’s the place to start. Process in principle is to connect the two devices on the same network (which might be the plotter WiFi, or a separate WiFi network that allows devices to communicate, or Bluetooth). Also, Navionics doesn’t offer a subscription for Windows so you’ll need a tablet (Android or iPad).

So depending on whether your Hummingbird has a routes sync feature will determine whether you can actually achieve this. If it does, you'll then need to renew or buy a subscription for your tablet as well as the plotter.

 

[potentillaCO32]

Before garmin bought navionics out, they offered a pc version that you could passage plan on a large screen then download to tablet or other connected device.
As soon as garmin bought out navionics they withdrew that service. No idea why.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Before garmin bought navionics out, they offered a pc version that you could passage plan on a large screen then download to tablet or other connected device.
As soon as garmin bought out navionics they withdrew that service. No idea why.

That’s true but IIRC the web version didn’t support upward sync to a plotter. It’s a loss though, I used it a lot.

 

[Refueler]

Reading other posts ... I think GPS Utility and its capability to take most data files from most brands and modify to other brands is possibly easiest route - just transfer via sd card.

The Author of the program is very helpful if there's a conversion not listed ... I passed him the ONWA data files I had and he did a magic job of including ONWA into the listing.

 

[Bilgediver]

Yes you can feed one to other ...

But TBH - I use SD card with GTX files as I have various brand / charting programs that I use depending on reqt's .... its easier then to use GPS Utility and let that compile example Onwa route for my Garmin to SD card ... then load to Garmin Plotter .. I also use to transfer to my Lowrance (which if I recall is same as a Humingbird).

But that's ME .... I am sure someone will come along and give you the right way to do it direct.

It is difficult to keep up with what can and cannot be done as Garmin shifts the goal posts. Whar I have been doing to achieve this is that I do the planning and derive a route with way points etc on a tablet which is logged in to the same account email address as will be the second unit, When you open the Navionics on another unit that is logged into the same account the new route will appear in the menu. Not sure how this would work with a plotter

I have also derived a route in one device and shared with another person electronically. Would have to rattle the brain cells to remember how this was achieved. In fact the proposed route was sent to me electronically to check over in the first place. This was pre Garmin so may not still be possible.

 

[Daverw]

I think you have to careful with which function ps are possible using the apps and the plotter application, as the plotter is a chart running on the plotter manufacturers firmware and the app fully Garmin/ Navionics. We do plan on the app and then sync to our B&G plotter. This is not as seamless as it could be but it works, just have to relearn each session

 

[Alicatt]

It is difficult to keep up with what can and cannot be done as Garmin shifts the goal posts. Whar I have been doing to achieve this is that I do the planning and derive a route with way points etc on a tablet which is logged in to the same account email address as will be the second unit, When you open the Navionics on another unit that is logged into the same account the new route will appear in the menu. Not sure how this would work with a plotter

I have also derived a route in one device and shared with another person electronically. Would have to rattle the brain cells to remember how this was achieved. In fact the proposed route was sent to me electronically to check over in the first place. This was pre Garmin so may not still be possible.

In this regard I am liking the Simrad plotter that came with my boat, much more flexible than the Garmin and it's proprietary and illogical method of getting data from Active Captain to the plotter. At least the Simrad will sync over the boat's WiFi hub without having to log into the fixed IP of the plotter like Garmin requires.

The Navionics Boating app on the tablet will upload the route/track/waypoints to Garmin's cloud, then when you sync with Active Captain it downloads your route/waypoints/track to the plotter, just that it is a multi step

 

[Refueler]

GUYS ... please note - the only 'Garmin' bit is the Navionics package ... his plotter is a Hummingbird which if I am not mistaken is based on the Eagle / Lowrance ...... not a Garmin.

 

[M Hill]

I use Savy Navvy for a few reasons but the main one being the web app version, I use this to plan routes then use my phone app and Active Captain to export a route.
It works well.

 

[Refueler]

I use Savy Navvy for a few reasons but the main one being the web app version, I use this to plan routes then use my phone app and Active Captain to export a route.
It works well.

Humingbird will not connect with Active Captain ...

OP has navionics .... but his plotter is a Hummingbird ... which means forget about Garmin

 

[DangerousPirate]

Before garmin bought navionics out, they offered a pc version that you could passage plan on a large screen then download to tablet or other connected device.
As soon as garmin bought out navionics they withdrew that service. No idea why.

It's the modern trend of buying into a well established company, then change everything around and sell the ruins in the next 5-10 years to someone else.

Anyway, try Orca. That looks like a good alternative to navionics (I am still cross)

 

[Sticky Fingers]

…. try Orca. That looks like a good alternative to navionics (I am still cross)

That I can guarantee will not sync with the OPs plotter running Navionics….

 

[Refueler]

That I can guarantee will not sync with the OPs plotter running Navionics….

Seems some others have lost touch with OP's original request ....

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Seems some others have lost touch with OP's original request ....

Yup. Still, bit of thread drift never hurt!

 

[Koeketiene]

It's the modern trend of buying into a well established company, then change everything around and sell the ruins in the next 5-10 years to someone else.

Anyway, try Orca. That looks like a good alternative to navionics (I am still cross)

Also considering moving to Orca once my current Navionics subscription expires.

Seriously pissed off by the Garmin/Navionics withdrawal of the web-based route planning feature.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Also considering moving to Orca once my current Navionics subscription expires.

Seriously pissed off by the Garmin/Navionics withdrawal of the web-based route planning feature.

Orca needs a proprietary gateway device to get it to talk to anything. Orca Core. And you’ll need a new MFD. Orca Display. If you didn’t like Garmin having you over a barrel I can’t see why you’d jump to Orca, you’ll be locked into them instead.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

I use Savy Navvy for a few reasons but the main one being the web app version, I use this to plan routes then use my phone app and Active Captain to export a route.
It works well.

Savy Navy chart package, at least on the WCofS is very poor excluding fish farms, restricted areas and devoid of notes, in all areas that I have checked, large ones that have been there for decades. Also they show beacons that have long been removed. It is strange because they are applying updates e.g. large ship mooring buoys added to bays. I can't trust their charts.