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