Don't Go Sailing Without These Apps (& Dump the Chart Plotter?) | Video Podcast 049

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Do we really need chart plotters now there are so many apps available? We take a look at the apps we use on SY Esper, and discuss if we really need chart plotters these days...
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@SVRockChalk 3 месяца назад

Wood be great to have a list of the apps you are talking about.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Good point. You can find the apps mentioned in the podcast on our website: followtheboat.com/the-best-apps-for-sailing-could-save-your-life/ Cheers! Liz🙏

@marcomeister4181 3 месяца назад

@@followtheboat ❤

@londobali 3 месяца назад

@@followtheboat just see this now.. after posting my other comment.. 🙈

@lisajohnston3313 Месяц назад

Thanks. I wouldn’t have known where to find the visit. However, on Apple there are a few apps that answer to rainviewer … is there a longer more descriptive name? Thanks. :)

@chancevonfreund9145 3 месяца назад

I think I've learned more from your channel than any of the other sailing channels! Thanks Liz & Jamie. Cheers🍻

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Glad you find it useful 😃👍

@dougharris4526 2 месяца назад

Hi Crew, I'm a solo sailer and use and like Anchor Pro (Anchor lite is just the free version of Anchor Pro), along with the anchor watch on the AIS. The Anchor Pro is right beside my bunk and serves as yet another assist when I'm aiming for a good nights sleep. Yes wind will wake will but will a big tidal change. Helpful vid thanks

@peterstarkey1360 3 месяца назад

I like paper charts ..l remember back in 1989 sailing across the Indian ocean from Australia when the were having war games & the military were screwing around with the GPS satilites...out by 3° in that area....thank God for plotting you coarse on paper charts every hour & open ocean😊

@SirCharles12357 3 месяца назад

This a a great episode! I took notes!!

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Glad you found it useful 👍

@andyjamesable 3 месяца назад

What an excellent idea to list these as apps ..as a relatively new cruiser based in Langkawi I have been slowly garnering these apps from fellow sailors, so to have a whole podcast dedicated to the subject was excellent .. many thanks 🙏

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@williambunting803 3 месяца назад

By the way, that image you have of a boat on a rock did actually happen to Southerly in the Bay of Biscay when one of their twin rudders snagged on a rock and the tide went out leaving them high and dry, very much as your image. The rising tide lifted them off without too much damage.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

I've seen something similar off the east coast of the UK, but it was just mud banks. I think they were waiting for a spring tide 😁

@svthorasailing4868 3 месяца назад

Hey Gang how are you both.Technology and its gadgets have a special place in the safety and performance of the vessel.Knowing the vessels polars and plugging those stats into the weather routing programs practically guarantees the best possible performance and safety of sailors and vessels.

@Sam_Sung_White 3 месяца назад

I have two expensive chart plotters rarely used. My water resistant tablet is easier to make and change tracks and vastly more convenient. But it pays to have a couple of spares as they aren't nearly as robust as the plotters

@andyjamesable 3 месяца назад

Another reason to use the Victron app to monitor battery state and charge is that the Victron display unit, supplied by Victron fitted to my switch panel is minuscule, particularly difficult for us senior sailors .. and is very difficult to read !!!

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Yes, good point. That display is ridiculously small!

@JibeTalking 3 месяца назад

OMG, I found the mother load of apps, you guys rock... Best video I have seen to date on sources to use for sailing. GOOD ON YOU BOTH!

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Our pleasure!

@svthorasailing4868 3 месяца назад

The no foreign land app is a great idea,this is what I look for from sailing channels that is sadly lacking,cheers. Lizzy sweetheart you look like you’re absolutely melting,gorgeous also.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Yeah, it's well put together, well executed. Kudos to those guys.

@sailingcacique6343 3 месяца назад

great video, thanks for posting it. Fair winds.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Cheers 👍👍

@24hourtravellers 3 месяца назад

We are new sailors, only have a depth sounder, AIS n a waterproof handphone for apps, autopilot for Tiller and a wind vane we don't know how to use yet. We're coastal cruisers and prefer to maintain just what we have. For now anyways. Till we improve our sailing skills. Have paper charts but not used them yet.

@normanrubenis7283 3 месяца назад

Great video, thank you. There is an app called lightening, it also has a rain radar, very useful and you get a notification or nearby lightening strikes. Logo is a yellow sq with a black zig zag.

@lazzj4995 3 месяца назад

This was a fantastic discussion.

@captnron3530 3 месяца назад

For tracking our yacht while on land we use ais through marine traffic

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Works if you're by a base station. There aren't many round here!

@24hourtravellers 3 месяца назад

I just heard about Alpine Quest yesterday from a fellow cruiser who used it a lot in Indonesian waters. Thank you for covering it. ❤😊

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

We've been raving about it for years! We even did a video on its brother, all in one maps, ironically from just up the coast exactly five years ago. Alpine Quest is the one to go for though.

@MarkLawrenceKiefer 3 месяца назад

Active Captain has been useful for me in the Florida Keys, Bahama's, and BVI's. I don't know how good it is off of the well traveled path. Something to think about if you have chart plotters that are starting to go, if you are using NEMA 2000, I think Garmin makes a hub that you can plug a computer into and display your radar, wind, depth, just like a chart plotter. If your cockpit chart plotter needs to be replaced and you can put one of your other ones up there and then use the computer below decks.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Thanks for that, Mark, that's good to know. One of the problems with sailboats like ours is the open area of the cockpit and lack of room. Systems have to be waterproof and things like laptops have to stay down below.

@Andre-yu3qs 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Pleasure 😊

@martynlemarquand191 3 месяца назад

What a great episode; really enjoyed this one! As relatively new cruisers, the information was perfectly timed for us. We are upgrading our electronics and have a couple of questions that we hope you guys can help us with: Firstly, which model and size of B&G plotter do you have below decks? We are considering a stand - alone radar setup, purely for redundancy in case the plotter went awol. Would you consider this overkill? Our 43ft ketch is currently in southern Queensland and we hope to cruise the SW pacific area over the next few years. Please keep up the good work.

@katyhughes-brown4417 3 месяца назад

Really enjoyed your talk

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Thanks, Katy 👍

@user-sg6zt9vs1j 3 месяца назад

keep up the good work enjoy your real site

@roberth721 3 месяца назад

Hi Jamie and Liz, have you ever navigated completely old school, eg: paper charts, compass, sextant, lead line, clock? I watch a couple of channels who do both old and modern and it's impressive how close they get. If I ever get to sail I want to learn how.

@lynetteblackburn-leary8431 3 месяца назад

Love Noforeignland

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Yeah, it's great, isn't it? 👍👍

@Sailaboat 3 месяца назад

Who doesnt love the fact that navionics have doubled their annual subscription costs this year... And for what ? No changes.....

@Tantura_1948 3 месяца назад

Navonics was bought out by Garmin a couple of years ago, so it was obvious what their intentions were: to corner another part of the market to exploit even more than before....

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

I'd go as far to say they are a necessary evil. They get no love from me.

@kurtsasse1145 3 месяца назад

Thanks J&L! I dloaded a few of those to try. Also, which stargazing app is your favorite?

@stayfree6115 3 месяца назад

I'd be nice to have a list of aps in the order mentioned. I need to go back and write them down. Thank for the suggestions

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

See the pinned comment 😉

@mikeferguson2828 3 месяца назад

I have a new chart plotter however I am fitting a new raspberry pi with open Cpn and a mini pc with open cpn as I think this was my last chart plotter I will buy. Now that NMEA 2000 can WiFi talk to everything it really makes sense going forward

@steveward287 3 месяца назад

Being a luddite , I use chartplotter, AIS, paper and one app. thats solitaire

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

That's a great app for night watches, Steve 😉

@londobali 3 месяца назад

Another awesome podcast.. Suggestion: write down the list on the description.. Link not necessary but can be handy for some people.. EDIT: just see the pinned comment now.. Sorry.. Some more comments: - AlpineQuest = All-in-one Offline Map, apparently.. - EQ: i use: Volcanoes & Earthquakes, specific in Indonesia: Info BMKG

@jeromehebert3184 3 месяца назад

Technology is great when it works lol. but yea, it is great that there are so many to do so much that is useful to you.

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Frustrating when it doesn't work as intended though. I think that's when someone chimes in with "first world problems".

@millzee60 3 месяца назад

I use Anchor Alarm Pro. But ... I've had all sorts of issues with the GPS position suddenly being wildly out causing the alarm to go nuts. I've seen these GPS anomalies on both my iPhones, on my Raymarine E80 chart plotter (although it gets it's GPS from a Raystar(?) antenna which spits out NMEA0813 messages which positioned me in Plymouth town centre) and on a dedicated BadElf GPS receiver.

@WallyInAsia 3 месяца назад

Great video guys thank you but i couldnt find anchor lite (light)

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Ah, I'll get in contact with Ray and find out for you.

@WallyInAsia 3 месяца назад

@followtheboat no problem i think i will take your other advice and stay with the boat when its windy Awesome informative vidro

@johnh8423 3 месяца назад

It's also called Anchor Pro.

@captnron3530 3 месяца назад

To put it pluntly Apple wanted to make changes and control of the alpine app

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

Is that the case?

@captainsurfcast 3 месяца назад

Disagree @ 37:33 The chartplotter will go the way news print went since the 2000's. Embrace the change sailors. Starlink shows the way. 😎✌👌

@followtheboat 3 месяца назад

To my knowledge there are still no marinised devices that have the ruggedness or brightness of a chart plotter. Tablets and phones don't cut the mustard, especially in extreme weather conditions. To see a mobile device in bright daylight means keeping it permanently charged, which renders it un-seaworthy. I'm happy to be corrected on this though, it's been a while since I looked into this.