[Rhodes22-list] using a tablet for navigation

[Tom Van Heule]

I thought a modern (2018+) device were water-resistant enough for being
onboard.... But they don't float!

On Sat, Oct 10, 2020, 8:24 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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