New Here & Charts????

[Devon-Kris]

Hey guys

Just joined up the forum after lurking around on it for a while
I have a -- ft boat with A 30HP Mariner, Docked in torquay harbour. The Boat is very light and fiberglass, i think?

Also very fast aswell

So, i wanted to ask, does anyone know of any software which i can download onto Windows XP and view Sea charts on? Like if i put it on my laptop, i could take my laptop on boat and view charts etc etc?? Or print them off?


Thanks Guys

Kris xx

 

[Kawasaki]

Welcome
Have a look at
www.digiboat.com
That's a start
Lot's will follow no doubt.

Lurk (cos you seem good that)!
At paper charts too
It's good to have some knowledge (maybe you already have , sorry!) of those too

 

[hlb]

Dont mess about, get some proper paper charts and maybe a chart plotter to.

 

[timbartlett]

Hey guys

Just joined up the forum after lurking around on it for a while
I have a -- ft boat with A 30HP Mariner, Docked in torquay harbour. The Boat is very light and fiberglass, i think?

Also very fast aswell

So, i wanted to ask, does anyone know of any software which i can download onto Windows XP and view Sea charts on? Like if i put it on my laptop, i could take my laptop on boat and view charts etc etc?? Or print them off?


Thanks Guys

Kris xx

I hate to sound negative, but it sounds as though you might be relatively new to boating as well as to the forum, and your boat is quite small. Sorry if I'm misjudging you.

But if I'm anywhere near right, you would be doing yourself no favours by trying to navigate on a PC -- particularly if you are hoping to save money by printing your own charts.

It would be much better, cheaper, and more reliable to invest in an Imray chart of your area, or an Admiralty "Small Craft Folio". And if you haven't already done so, get some training.

One way that your PC really can help you in a big way is by getting weather forecasts and tidal predictions.

Good Luck!

 

[Kawasaki]

Dont mess about, get some proper paper charts and maybe a chart plotter to.

So you do look at em!

I noticed the Garmin on the deck the other day
I had a quiet snigger

Thinking to myself
'That's hlb's passage plans lying there'

Then I noticed a Chart with the top of Anglesey prominent by the chart table (that's the lower steering position folks, never or hardly used, in fact I think the helm is seized thereabouts) then I thought.
'I wonder how He works it all out when departure time is never before 11.00 hours,?
Bloody amazing

 

[Renegade_Master]

cant help thinking the puter might get a bit wet in a small open boat, oh and would need a gps signal I guess

 

[PaulGooch]

Hey guys

Just joined up the forum after lurking around on it for a while
I have a -- ft boat with A 30HP Mariner, Docked in torquay harbour. The Boat is very light and fiberglass, i think?

Also very fast aswell

So, i wanted to ask, does anyone know of any software which i can download onto Windows XP and view Sea charts on? Like if i put it on my laptop, i could take my laptop on boat and view charts etc etc?? Or print them off?


Thanks Guys

Kris xx

As others have said, do yourself a huge favour and fit a chart plotter and get proper charts. Either the aforementioned admiralty leisure portfolio or a chart of your local area, if you're not going too far.

Take a look at a Standard Horizon CP180i. Waterproof, built in antenna and simple to use. Perfect for a small boat, but don't forget it will also need a chart card. Not expensive, and your laptop will need a GPS, chart software, cartography and will die at the sight of some salty water. It's also not the easiest system to setup, especially for a newcomer.

Without wanting to sound rude or negative, as others have said, you do sound new to boating. That being the case, welcome to the World of boating. Great fun when it goes something like right, a nightmare when it goes tits up. Take great care, ask lots of questions and stay safe. Of course, if you are new to boating, you won't have a clue how to stay safe So, back to asking lots of questions, join a local club, or take one of the RYA courses. I'd also suggest booking an RNLI sea safety check, details here >> http://www.rnli.org.uk/what_we_do/sea_and_beach_safety/sea_safety/sea_check <<

It's free (although i'm sure a donation would be welcome) and there is no pass or fail. Basically an experienced guy from the RNLI comes and takes a look at your boat and your safety great and advises accordingly.

 

[hlb]

So you do look at em!

I noticed the Garmin on the deck the other day
I had a quiet snigger

Thinking to myself
'That's hlb's passage plans lying there'

Then I noticed a Chart with the top of Anglesey prominent by the chart table (that's the lower steering position folks, never or hardly used, in fact I think the helm is seized thereabouts) then I thought.
'I wonder how He works it all out when departure time is never before 11.00 hours,?
Bloody amazing

Easy, as answered to Julies thread here abouts. I can go if the gate light is on green. On red I cant. Neither the map, or the Garmin will help if some pillock has moved the buoys about, but the little Garmin tells me which way I went last time. It tells me where the tide is now,when is high and low tide, which way the tide is going and where the boats going at what speed..

It also tells me where you used it to find the sneaky way into Conwy, so it acts as a spy as well.

Try keeping up with that lot on paper, at a speed that might alter anywhere between 14 knots and 24 knots without much warning.

Paper charts are still good, because it's like having a 52"" telly, so you get the bigger picture.

If going a long way M Farter goes on Rathion and goes there all by herself. I'll have to teach you about that bit. It's in PB level 9.

PB 9.2, Charts get soggy at upper helm. PB 9.3 Little Garmins get knicked if left outside.

PB 10.32. You need to know about Laughatune and Longatune. You can then discover the West Indies rather than America. Where as Mucky F disovers all sorts of places, she has never been before.

She managed to find Wales From Devon, how stupid is that, there is no accounting for wimmin.

My Ex wife had the best answer, when asked on the Day Kipper course.

What are the dangers to look out for on a journey from Deal to Dover.

Keep off the brown bits and on the blue, then you should be OK.

Can you arue with that.

 

[Ripster]

All good advice - get some training, get a small GPS chart plotter and local card, buy your local charts and always have a VHF radio with you. Oh...and dont forget to have fun! I only started this boaty lark 5 years ago so dont think questions are daft, we all have to learn. The only daft question is the one you don't ask!!

 

[Kawasaki]

Easy

If going a long way M Farter goes on Rathion and goes there all by herself. I'll have to teach you about that bit. It's in PB level 9.

D

 

[kcrane]

does anyone know of any software which i can download onto Windows XP and view Sea charts on? Like if i put it on my laptop, i could take my laptop on boat and view charts etc etc?? Or print them off?

http://www.memory-map.co.uk/maps_uk_atsea.htm

 

[hlb]

MF. PB level 9. MF ran out of chart paper in Cornwall. But still navigates well with Laughatuneand longitune. You can still navigate well. Find latitune on big paper thingy. then on laughalot thingy.. You can be a bit out. But Garmin sorts it a bit better. If completley ****. looks out the window.