March 31, 2010 07:50
Active Captain, so what IS this other nav product you refer to???
And, since we're only days away from release of the ipad, any updated announcements from Navionics?
I've revisited the idea of an iPad, and it seems to me, even without GPS, it is still an amazingly inexpensive backup for paper charts and a lot more user friendly in the cockpit than a large, unwieldy, paper chart. An ipad plus several Navionics portfolios, for, say, the South Pacific and New Zealand, are a LOT cheaper than the equivalent color paper charts. Paper (originals) would cost pushing 2 grand, while the iPad plus the equivalent Navionics charts would be well under a grand. Am I missing something (other than trusting electronics on a boat, and some local requirements to have paper charts)?
And, since we're only days away from release of the ipad, any updated announcements from Navionics?
I've revisited the idea of an iPad, and it seems to me, even without GPS, it is still an amazingly inexpensive backup for paper charts and a lot more user friendly in the cockpit than a large, unwieldy, paper chart. An ipad plus several Navionics portfolios, for, say, the South Pacific and New Zealand, are a LOT cheaper than the equivalent color paper charts. Paper (originals) would cost pushing 2 grand, while the iPad plus the equivalent Navionics charts would be well under a grand. Am I missing something (other than trusting electronics on a boat, and some local requirements to have paper charts)?