July 8, 2009 06:39
Surprised you haven't had a response yet. I can't speak directly on your Navionics charts but I'm assuming the setup is similar to Cmap, where you need a special card reader to use them on a PC. Unfortunately there are not Mac drivers for these external card readers so the only way to use them is by running windows on the Mac, either with Bootcamp, Fusion, or Parallels.
As for using your Mac with the Raymarine stuff, an easy way is through a Shipmodule multiplexor, which can read the Raymarine seatalk and convert it to NMEA. The multiplexor connects to your Mac either via Bluetooth, USB, or Serial depending on the model. I have the Bluetooth version on my boat with Raymarine instruments and it works quite well. If you use Serial be sure to use a Keystone serial/usb device as most others seem to have problems on the Mac.
Good luck!
Scot
As for using your Mac with the Raymarine stuff, an easy way is through a Shipmodule multiplexor, which can read the Raymarine seatalk and convert it to NMEA. The multiplexor connects to your Mac either via Bluetooth, USB, or Serial depending on the model. I have the Bluetooth version on my boat with Raymarine instruments and it works quite well. If you use Serial be sure to use a Keystone serial/usb device as most others seem to have problems on the Mac.
Good luck!
Scot