I am a much better sailor with a chartplotter or tablet with some kind of charts because knowing where I am going and what to expect and bringing up tides real quick on that unit is a big plus.
I can plan my trips way in advance knowing the tides and any bad area’s a heads up.
I see so many sailors run aground or in trouble by just using eye sight or depending on some one
to let me know what is a head and with some type of charts either app or chartplotter gives me time to be ready for what ever is ahead.
I cruise with a lot of sailors in our club and some times newbie first timer here in SW Florida has a lot of shallow water and so helping them with heads up off my tablet at a meeting is a big
help keeping more sailors from running into trouble and so easy with a tablet rather than dragging out paper charts.
More and more sailors are getting tablets rather than a chartplotter,but I like having both back up at the helm.
I usually have both my old Ray C-80 and my always updated Navionics.
Nick
I can plan my trips way in advance knowing the tides and any bad area’s a heads up.
I see so many sailors run aground or in trouble by just using eye sight or depending on some one
to let me know what is a head and with some type of charts either app or chartplotter gives me time to be ready for what ever is ahead.
I cruise with a lot of sailors in our club and some times newbie first timer here in SW Florida has a lot of shallow water and so helping them with heads up off my tablet at a meeting is a big
help keeping more sailors from running into trouble and so easy with a tablet rather than dragging out paper charts.
More and more sailors are getting tablets rather than a chartplotter,but I like having both back up at the helm.
I usually have both my old Ray C-80 and my always updated Navionics.
Nick