I finally fixed enough things on the boat to make it seaworthy, and took it up to Two Way Boat Yard for a much needed bottom job last Monday. Last summer I had purchased the DVD from freenavcharts.com after multiple unsuccessful attempts to download the NOAA free charts. I've never been on the water since then to check them out. I also downloaded the SeaClear (http://www.sping.com/seaclear/) navigation software and installed it on the laptop. I connected my Garmin GPS-72 and it just worked.
Amazing, but it all works quite well. It has none of the fancy 3D stuff that some more advanced solutions (hardware and software) have but quite affordable. Incidentally I have a copy of the NavReference DVD also. It has a lot of interesting stuff including Bowditch, all 882 pages. It's a great reference if you have a computer on board. Regards, Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
