Howardplant
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I have bought a used boat with Axiom equipment, the Navionics subscription has expired, platinum plus, is there much point in subscription, last updated last year? Thank you on advance
Navionics subscription
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dunedin
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Depends where you sail - some places sandbanks move.
In Scotland is generally pay for an update, update just before the year expires - rhen wait a year before restarting the cycle. Halves the cost.
In Scotland is generally pay for an update, update just before the year expires - rhen wait a year before restarting the cycle. Halves the cost.
wonkywinch
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It took the chart people (Navionics and C Map) over a year to add Lentune Island as they all rely on official sources. I doubt they keep up with moving sandbanks, the local HM does that by moving the buoys (eg Bembridge approach).
Irish Rover
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The navionics chart subscription on my Axiom is more than 5 years out of date but functionality like autorouting still works. I use it in conjunction with a mobile navionics subscription on a tablet and I can transfer routes etc from the tablet to the Axiom. When boating in unfamiliar areas I run the tablet side by side with the Axiom. I'm in the Aegean and the most likely updates are fish farms being moved or established.
Refueler
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I have a 2023 sd card in my Garmin 92sv .... and a current subscription to tablet Boating ... so I use one to check other ... so far - nothing has shown that I need to renew the 92sv plotter card.
If I did - I would buy an expired card of eBay for about 50 quid anyway .. which would have the latest update before expiry ..
Greg2
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Pricing structure for renewing the subscription on our Axiom led me to conclude that it does not represent good value (to put it politely) so I don’t renew annually. I think I am currently two years out and may renew next year if we go cruising in unfamiliar waters. I have the Navionics app on phone and iPad to cross reference and for local cruising I rely upon locally produced charts published online that cover river entrances with shifting sands.
Refueler
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I am stuck with appreciating that charting is not a cheap matter and navionics for a plotter is of a price premium. But all similar chart packages are of such pricing ...
But given the average yotties needs - I think such is questionable since the introduction of the subscription tablet version of Boating.
Lets compare :
SD card for my garmin 92sv ... Baltic Sea, full coverage but excl Denmark : $349.99 incl one year updates then annual subscription after .. ($249.99 for Nav+)
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/794871/pn/010-D1875-20/
Tablet Navionics at $49.99 annual subscription :
Navionics Boating App | Baltic Sea - Marine Charts
Its a no-brainer IMHO ... the tablet version wins hands down ... with the expired card in plotter - using the updated tablet version to create your route etc.
