TWL: Re: PC chartplotter programs
I vote for CAPN. I have it wired to a Garmin GPSMap162 (bought before I got
CAPN) and an Autohelm ST7000 autopilot. The GPS did require a software
upgrade from Garmin's website to allow routes to be uploaded from CAPN. The
1990 vintage autopilot also required a software upgrade for $35 plus freight
from Raymarine's shop in New Hampshire. My impression is that CAPN is
designed by mariners whereas some others seem to be designed by computer
people; I prefer the former. And, if it's good enough for the Naval Academy,
it's good enough for me.
Capt. Gary Corn and Capt. Gail Eades
"Captains On Call"
Custom Tailored Training For Boaters
(941)518-3445, g3evolution@aol.com
I vote for CAPN. My impression is that CAPN
is designed by mariners whereas some others seem to be designed by computer
people; I prefer the former. And, if it's good enough for the Naval
Academy, it's good enough for me.
Capt. Gary Corn and Capt. Gail Eades
REPLY
You are absolutely correct. Dennis Mills is a boater first and foremost.
He has mastered all the courses offered by the US Power Squadrons, holds a commercial Captain's ticket and has many miles of water under the keel.
The two guys who started Nobeltec are also boaters but they came from Microsoft and their thinking was already contaminated by "computer think" before they
got involved in yachting as a week-end activity.
The other companies were created by business people looking for a means to make money by cashing in on a new technology trend.
CAPN
How do I know, because I have been researching and testing the stuff since 1994. I even have software that never made it to the market place.
Arild
Here's a story on responsiveness. I sent an e-mail to CAPN technical
support identifying a minor bug and suggesting that the default
calculations of time/speed/distance for routing be user defined rather
than calculated in knots. My argument was many of us routinely use the
ICW and even though it pains us to switch to statute miles, discretion
is the better part of valor.
Three days later Dennis said the fix had already been made to the bug
and he agreed to my recommendation and made knots or stature miles
optional as selected by preferences.
A day later, a new Mosaic CD arrived version 7.3.3
You don't get that kind of responsiveness out of Microsoft! Color me a
CAPN fan!
Regards....
Phil Rosch
M/V "Curmudgeon" Marine Trader 44 TC
Currently Moored in Spa Creek, Annapolis, MD.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from
the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover." - Mark Twain
Subject: TWL: Re: PC chartplotter programs
I vote for CAPN. I have it wired to a Garmin GPSMap162 (bought before I
got
CAPN) and an Autohelm ST7000 autopilot. The GPS did require a software
upgrade from Garmin's website to allow routes to be uploaded from CAPN.
The
1990 vintage autopilot also required a software upgrade for $35 plus
freight
from Raymarine's shop in New Hampshire. My impression is that CAPN is
designed by mariners whereas some others seem to be designed by computer
people; I prefer the former. And, if it's good enough for the Naval
Academy,
it's good enough for me.
Capt. Gary Corn and Capt. Gail Eades
"Captains On Call"
Custom Tailored Training For Boaters
(941)518-3445, g3evolution@aol.com
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