[Rhodes22-list] using a tablet for navigation

[Graham Stewart]

It seems like having a bimini helps. I tried hanging the tablet on the cross bar of the pop top by placing it in a zip lock pag and hanging it with hand spring clamps. It worked to some degree but the plastic bag reflected more light and reduced its visibility. I might try to make a box for it with clear glass and a hook to hang it on the cross bar. That keeps it sheltered in the cabin but centrally located. I will post the results if I come up with a solution. Thanks to all for their advice.

Graham Stewart
Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
Kingston Ontario


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From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 4:47 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] using a tablet for navigation

When we had the Rhodes, we were mostly paper chart people with a 
handheld GPS for confirmation. Had Navionics been available, we probably 
would have used it for cruise and course planning, entering unfamiliar 
harbors etc. I think we could have seen it in the shade of the bimini 
but would have mostly kept it in the cabin. As I write this, it occurs 
to me that we could have mounted it on a RAM mount that swung into view 
in the companionway.

Now that we've gone over to the dark side and become powerboaters, 
Navionics on a Samsung tablet is our GPS and chartplotter. We find it 
amazingly accurate and the addition of the Active Captain data is 
helpful. I believe my initial purchase was $49 but then it was $25 a 
year for a couple of years to keep the subscription. The last two years 
it has been $15 a year. When we did the ICW from Oriental, NC to Rock 
Hall MD, when we first bought the powerboat, this was our primary 
navigation.

Mary Lou
ex Rhodes 22
Now Rosborough RF-246  Tara

On 10/10/2020 4:06 PM, Peter Nyberg wrote:
> Like Tom said, my iPad is usually on the galley counter, where it is in the shade most of the time.  For times when I want to be able to see it while manning the tiller, like when coming into an unfamiliar harbor, I use components I bought from Ram Mount (https://www.rammount.com) to attach the iPad to the underside of the bimini.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>
>> This year I began to play around with using an older tablet (Samsung ST-520) with various navigational programs. While this technology is fascinating and attractive I find it almost useless for the simple reason that in daylight conditions the screen is virtually unreadable.
>>
>> I would be interested to know what do others might do to address this problem?
>>
>> Graham Stewart
>> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
>> Kingston Ontario
>>
>>
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