On Apr 13, 4:04?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Got a chance to play with some really neat nav/weather/routing
software this afternoon - MaxSea Professional.

I really wish I had a boat big enough to justify this program.

I'd go into details, but there was so much "stuff" like overlays,
WEFAX, sat detail, nav screens - it was really amazing.

Cruisers might want to look into this PC based system.

Lots of people use PC nav systems and like them very much.
I'm still unsold on the suitability of most PC hardware for marine
applications.
I guess that's what makes a horse race.

For $5000 you can buy an excellent radar and chartplotter. With the
$5000 software package you still need a radar antenna, gps receiver,
etc etc.
If the $500 "basic" setup is competitive with Nobeltec or Coastal
Navigator this company probably has a viable business plan. To spend
$5k, there would really have to be some special stuff in the upgrades.