Thanks Dave for the Sea Clear thoughts. I'd not heard of them. I've been
running The Cap'n since about 1999, in fact the version I have is "The
Cap'n95". It has proven terribly unstable on my new laptop, running XP
Pro. I didn't really feel like shelling out the kind of money needed for
a new Cap'n and I have BSB/KAP charts from the Bahamas to the Western
extremes of Lake Superior so it was nice to find something that is happy
with this format.

I loaded it last night and dragged my laptop with me on my morning boat
ride to work. I works like a charm! The only thing I can see that it
doesn't have is tides and currents; being as I sail on the Great Lakes
this is no drawback

Thanks
Marty

Marty wrote:
Thanks Dave for the Sea Clear thoughts. I'd not heard of them. I've
been running The Cap'n since about 1999, in fact the version I have
is "The Cap'n95". It has proven terribly unstable on my new laptop,
running XP Pro. I didn't really feel like shelling out the kind of
money needed for a new Cap'n and I have BSB/KAP charts from the
Bahamas to the Western extremes of Lake Superior so it was nice to
find something that is happy with this format.

I loaded it last night and dragged my laptop with me on my morning
boat ride to work. I works like a charm! The only thing I can see
that it doesn't have is tides and currents; being as I sail on the
Great Lakes this is no drawback

Thanks
Marty

Nobody must have told him about Ozieplorer.

Ah well, lets keep it to ourselves!


Dennis.

Dennis Pogson wrote:


Nobody must have told him about Ozieplorer.

Ah well, lets keep it to ourselves!

Dennis, I have used OziExplorer, I don't know what Ozieplorer is.
OziExplorer is 95 bucks, Sea Clear is free.

Cheers
Marty

On Mar 12, 10:26 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Dennis Pogson wrote:

Nobody must have told him about Ozieplorer.

Ah well, lets keep it to ourselves!

Dennis, I have used OziExplorer, I don't know what Ozieplorer is.
OziExplorer is 95 bucks, Sea Clear is free.


Another option is the free download "Chart Navigator" from MapTech.

DSK

wrote:
On Mar 12, 10:26 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Dennis Pogson wrote:

Nobody must have told him about Ozieplorer.
Ah well, lets keep it to ourselves!
Dennis, I have used OziExplorer, I don't know what Ozieplorer is.
OziExplorer is 95 bucks, Sea Clear is free.


Another option is the free download "Chart Navigator" from MapTech.


Thanks Doug, I'll have a look at it.

Cheers
Marty

Another option is the free download "Chart Navigator" from MapTech.

Martin Baxter wrote:
Thanks Doug, I'll have a look at it.


It may not have GPS input among it's "working features." I had an
older version on another computer that was rather cranky. The new
version won't work with the GPS hockey puck I have, which I attributed
to 1- cheapo off-brand GPS and 2- my lack of computer expertise. It
does have what look like functioning menu options for GPS input.

DSK

wrote:
Another option is the free download "Chart Navigator" from MapTech.

Martin Baxter wrote:
Thanks Doug, I'll have a look at it.


It may not have GPS input among it's "working features." I had an
older version on another computer that was rather cranky. The new
version won't work with the GPS hockey puck I have, which I attributed
to 1- cheapo off-brand GPS and 2- my lack of computer expertise. It
does have what look like functioning menu options for GPS input.

It certainly doesn't recognize my puck either, Sea Clear does, so I'll
probably stick with Sea Clear.

Cheers
Marty

(About MapTech's free version of "Chart Navigator")
It may not have GPS input among it's "working features." .... It
does have what look like functioning menu options for GPS input.

Marty wrote:
It certainly doesn't recognize my puck either, Sea Clear does, so I'll
probably stick with Sea Clear.


Ah, OK. I apologize for the bum steer but I appreciate the time you
spent on it. So it wasn't just my lack of computer skills after all!

DSK