I believe this was held at CYCA on Tuesday 3rd Sept 2019.

Wow.
Grab a coffee and settle in. this is awesome.

crewloose said..
No problem. FWIW, everybody should be aware that OpenCPN has an S-63 'ENC' plugin.

Having two (or more) electronic devices onboard (at least 1 being battery/portable), and a (backup) portable solar-USB charger, is probably where we're headed.

Comments?

While I'm comfortable with electronic systems, the biggest fear I have is a fundamental dependency on electricity to view a chart. In quiet moments in a race I'll roleplay a complete loss of power, and dry run through a recovery process.
Currently, paper charts are my backup from a navigation aspect. Pulling out another electronic device with spare batteries as the backup?
That's a reality I haven't come to grips with yet. Spare AAA batteries doesn't help much with integrated lithium battery devices.

Also can anyone get a copy of the brochure that he mentions (and post a pic here), that lists chart software that uses the official AUSENC data?

shaggybaxter said..

2bish said..
Also can anyone get a copy of the brochure that he mentions (and post a pic here), that lists chart software that uses the official AUSENC data?

I can confirm Adrena is not one of them!
I tried yesterday.
Curses.

What plotter are you running Shaggy?

shaggybaxter said..

2bish said..

shaggybaxter said..

2bish said..
Also can anyone get a copy of the brochure that he mentions (and post a pic here), that lists chart software that uses the official AUSENC data?

I can confirm Adrena is not one of them!
I tried yesterday.
Curses.

What plotter are you running Shaggy?

Hi 2bish,
It's a PC running Adrena on Cmaps. Adrena is very similar to Expedition but each have slightly different strengths, I was expecting It could handle ENC but no.

I believe there's a plugin for OpenCPN that allows you to load ENC's. If you go down that rabbit hole, it would be interesting to hear about it. Indeed a step by step post would be awesome. I've looked at OpenCPN, got scared, and ran away :) The CYCT down here ran an info night on it a while back. I would have gone but I was out of town for work.

+1 good post. Point of interest was the mention of Apple compatible system (and no doubt android ) and the ability to be able to print the latest charts.
If they don't price the recreational boats out of the market it will be a good thing