February 9, 2009 09:32
Thanks for the info, Scot. I've been aboard Jaga in Port Townsend and we've met informally at Port Townsend Foundry where we had extensive hardware castings done. We also have a 38 foot double ender, but Buehler not Atkin.
I haven't given up on the Mac, but at least I don't feel quite so much that I am missing something.
Much of the marine marketing is quite lame. Chartworld a case in point. Maybe because I've been a journalist, magazine editor and owner of an ad agency that I'm hyper critical, but I don't see any reason to make it difficult for a customer to get the info they need to make a decision.
Navionics site is very awkward. You can't easily tell what the differences are between the various metals designations. It appears to be a combination of things both size and detail. But never clearly spelled out. And the coverage list is vague. They have set up a barrier to success.
Compare that with the C-Map site the shows in a very long list every chart included on each area package.
My eyes are crossed looking at companies such as Softcharts that I'm sure serve some limited market somewhere somehow, but sure did waste my time claiming to be what they aren't.
Much of this is because we live in an era of change to digital and the tides and currents of business (pun intended) haven't worked themselves out.
Anyway, I still need to get a Windows system up for other things just not available on the Mac.
donal
I haven't given up on the Mac, but at least I don't feel quite so much that I am missing something.
Much of the marine marketing is quite lame. Chartworld a case in point. Maybe because I've been a journalist, magazine editor and owner of an ad agency that I'm hyper critical, but I don't see any reason to make it difficult for a customer to get the info they need to make a decision.
Navionics site is very awkward. You can't easily tell what the differences are between the various metals designations. It appears to be a combination of things both size and detail. But never clearly spelled out. And the coverage list is vague. They have set up a barrier to success.
Compare that with the C-Map site the shows in a very long list every chart included on each area package.
My eyes are crossed looking at companies such as Softcharts that I'm sure serve some limited market somewhere somehow, but sure did waste my time claiming to be what they aren't.
Much of this is because we live in an era of change to digital and the tides and currents of business (pun intended) haven't worked themselves out.
Anyway, I still need to get a Windows system up for other things just not available on the Mac.
donal