Handheld Electronics
WeatherBug, AyeTides XL, and Fleetmon Vessel Tracking and Shipfinder
Useful and Fun Nautical Apps for iPad
PS tests apps for weather, tides and currents, knot-tying, and pirate fun.
In the February and March 2012 issues, we looked at navigation software that allows sailors to use the Apple iPad as a functional chartplotting device. With more than 140,000 apps available, there are hundreds more apps suitable for onboard use. Testers tried out more than 400 weather apps, knot-tying apps, several just-for-fun apps—like Trip Lingo Pirate Edition—and apps for document storage. This report covers more than two dozen of our most used and favorite sailing-related iPad apps.
More Handheld Electronics
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PS Sea-trials the iPad and Nav Apps
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USCG Safety Alert Concerning DSC-equipped VHFs
— Most of today’s fixed VHF marine radios come equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability, and many... -
Chandlery: August 2011
Subscribers Only — Practical Sailor Chandlery: August 2011. This month reviews a tiller, tool toter, and smart-phones. -
Chandlery: June 2011
Subscribers Only — Although the ease and convenience of electronic chartplotters has ensured their place aboard most every vessel these... -
Marine Electronics: Build an Inexpensive Wireless Network
Subscribers Only — Practical Sailor contributor and bluewater cruiser Joe Minick details the benefits of an onboard Wi-Fi computer... -
Icom GM1600 Handheld VHF Test
Subscribers Only — Although the Icom GM1600 marine VHF handheld radio is not meant for use as a recreational marine VHF, Practical... -
Chandlery: Practical Sailor Holiday Gift Ideas 2010
Subscribers Only — Every November, Practical Sailor editors celebrate the impending holiday season by reviewing gift ideas for the... -
Marine Electronics: Practical Sailor Tests Portable Depth Sounders
Subscribers Only — Ordinarily Practical Sailor is loathe to apply a $100 battery-operated solution to a problem easily solved with a... -
Marine Electronics: AIS Gets Ocean Tested Near Dardanelles Strait
Subscribers Only — Joe and Lee Minick added an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver to the nav station of their Mason 43,... -
ebook — Survival Electronics
