Need to understand how to convert raw cable into USB connection however (most modern laptops no longer have serial in, and I don't want to mess around with a Serial to USB emulator anyway - hated doing that with the old keppel compass / WTP2 on the TP52 - it was way too unstable). I'm hoping we can copy the multiplexer's wiring that we had into the B&G processor, to provide NMEA in and out to the laptop. Total cost: approx £1250 + a few peripherals. We can get online for WX updates, by simply plugging in an iPhone and using it as a hotspot.Subscription to a tidal grib provider - Tidetech? + SHOM files and Winning Tides.Subscription to weather grib provider - Predictwind is £70 pounds for three months and gives you 8km resolution - is this enough?.C Maps, NT+ is suitable for Expedition (I think they are about £118 for a set, such as "Solent & Isle of Wight").iPad (in waterproof tough case) - £250, linked to the laptop with Splashtop or VNC ( ) - a few pounds from the App store.Router (cost negligable as we'll probably have one lying around somewhere) + inverter to power it and the laptop.Laptop (Windows 7 or 8, must be wireless enabled) running Expedition ( ) - Laptop may be available from the boat owner, software costs £785.We've decided to go with Expedition - cleaner interface will assist the owner with getting the courses into it pre-start. Hi Nick - many thanks for your input here. Laptop below with screen on deck is the most sensible option, yes there is some wireless latency, but 2-3 seconds is too much, sounds like a problem with the multiplexer, I would look at a wireless access point or router rather than a multiplexer. Great for professional racing, but an old user interface and some "quirks" make it a difficult software for the average user to get into.Īll have demo downloads, so best this to do is try them. Time plots and wind trend are annoying at best.Įxpedition - Best looking software with a fully developed Windows 7 feel, good user interface and features to keep most users happy, from VOR to round the can sailors.ĭeckman - Still the most powerful software, as the user can write his own. Below is the summary I have posted beforeĪdrena - Most complete offshore software, with features to keep VOR and IMOCA teams happy, however, not the neatest user interface, and lacks some of Deckmans inshore features like the Whatif? screen and polar splits at cursor. Its the best supported and with the cleanest user interface of all the software available. Its hard to look beyond Expedition for what you need. Thanks in advance for your help, and if there is another forum answering my questions, I'd be happy for the steer. Back in my day, most of us were using Deckman / Sailmath - but it must have moved on a long way since then! So - who won, is it all expedition now? The internet is full of options - but I'm interested to know what's being used on the 52s and so on. We're doing mainly inshore W/Ls and a couple of offshores, so main things we're wanting are If so - what are people using these days? Adrena, Deckman for Windows, Max Sea, Expedition ? We're thinking a laptop at chart table, with an iPad as a slave screen. ![]() ![]() We want a mobile screen on deck - perhaps Panasonic (we have access to one) or iPad. We do have a multiplexer (for wireless sending of NMEA) on board, but found there was a delay of about 2-3 secs, which wasn't much good for starts (may have been our setup at fault however). I've been out of the scene for a few years and am hoping for some advice we're trying to decide what's the best tactical nav option for a UK based King 40 with H3000 instruments.
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