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Member Forums => Bavaria Yacht Help! => Topic started by: ANTREVELL on March 29 2021, 19:56
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Bavaria Cruiser 33 2014
Thinking of using my Ipad for back up navigation . Garmin 4008 on the boat . Would appreciate comments as to programme . Would lean towards Navionics if no advice available .
Thinking this year to visit River Dart as our annual holiday is it worthwhile . Somebody said you have to pay to lay on your own anchor .
Regard Tony
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Dont know about the nav question , but the Dart is very good. Ok they do charge to anchor but not a lot. alongside mooring is available on the Dartmouth side and there are marinas, but anchoring in the middle off the town gets my vote. Geoff
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For navigation software you’ll have to go a long way to beat Navionics on both cost and ease of use grounds. Remember that an iPad has to have a sim for it to have gps capability (wifi only iPads don’t have gps). That said I use a wifi iPad for route planning and checking but rely on the fixed plotter for actual navigation. Backup navigator is the same app (and same subscription) running on an iPhone.
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Rampage is correct that only sim card ipads have a built-in gps chip. However, all is not lost if you have a non-sim iPad. I have a quark-a027 which acts as an external gps to a non-sim iPad. It also sends all the boat nmea/seatalk plus AIS data to the iPad or any apple or android phone via WiFi. A further alternative is a Bluetooth gps such as a Garmin glo. I have heard, but cant confirm, that the interns gps in a simmed iPad is quite power hungry, so battery life increases with an external gps, either Bluetooth or WiFi.
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I use Wärtsilä iSailor which is old Transas iSailor.
As most cargo ships use Transas it is professional navigation software.
But please check if they have your area of sailing first.