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