Dave, I got lat and long off the electronic charts on my iPad and typed them in to iRegatta. Be aware that many apps are converting to decimals instead of hours/minutes and seconds, so you may need to convert decimals back to the old system in order to do the input. Don't know if there is a better way.
Joel On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:05 AM, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Joel- Thanks for the report. One thing you can clarify for me. What > do you use for maps? It seems to use online access to Google maps, but > that does not show marks, buoys or much of anything on the water. Is there > a way to access NOAA raster or vector charts? Dave > > On Apr 28, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > David, > > Used iRegatta for 16 hours. Ran a USB cable up the hatch along the cabin > top to keep it charged. I had the iphone in a RockMount with a baggie over > it. We sailed through thunderstorms and rain. The baggie was essential. > A waterproof pouch has been ordered. > > It seems to show the course as true, not magnetic, so there was an 11 > degree discrepancy between it and the plotter. When giving someone a > heading we needed to be clear which heading it was. I did not have it > receiving wind over wifi, so it did not show shifts. > > It was great being able to look forward, not down to see heading speed and > VMG, and made it possible for the crew to alert the helmsman if he was off > course. It is very different steering a heading without landmarks or at > night, so we all really liked it. The numbers were large enough to be seen > from the cockpit with the phone about under the vang, but a 7 inch tablet > would be a luxury. > > Short answer: I will not race without it or the equivalent! > > Joel > > > > > David Knecht > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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