Cheap Tablet Chartplotter | Sailing Kittiwake - Extra

Fabulous and informative

I like short videos that give usable information.

Interesting, how are you using gps? Through Bluetooth, wired or built in?
Also what samsung tablet is it?

I love your videos guys, very entertaining and informative.
I was sad to see you guys not stopping at my home port of Ribadesella in Asturias , very happening town with a marina and safe up the river port, maybe in another time.
Here I'm in Dallas Texas. Watching your videos

What's the problem to my Opencpn version? When i open the system it will force close the whole version.

Can you show in a step by step Video how you download a map, how you add it to Android, how you addit it? There are so many Vids on Windows but none on Androidapp.

Has anyone tried out the DIGINAV chartplotter on PC? I have read good feedback about.

Do you happen to know if Android is preferrable to say a windows tablet ?

What charts are you using? O-Charts ?

Hi Ryan, you mentioned you have a backup gps, is it like a garmin gpsmap 60csx?

As youve sailed in tidal areas, how do you plot a course to steer on a tablet to take into consideration tides? Sadly I'm old school paper charts and trying to move on to navionics

Great video, is it possible to add AIS overlay?? Possibly from a VHS radio with AIS function,
Thanks

What about Almanacs? When in tidal areas are you chancing your trips just with highs and lows or have you got digital Almanacs.

Where did you get your uk and spanish opencpn charts. Visitmyhabour?

I find android can freeze or crash sometimes. I would have navionics as a backup on tablet. But i am planning on having a low power laptop with opencpn on it as opencpn can also record all nmea data and replay it as well as weather routing and polar file creation.

Love your videos. Very informative.. Thanx ❤

Loving the videos guys, keep up the good work. I do a lot of motor yacht deliveries (I'm an engineer) for large British motor yacht manufacturers. I see all manner of different systems used by skippers. Mainly on tablets. By far the best system I've used is Isailor. It uses the Transas charts which is commercial grade acuracy and the charts update free for life. Useful features are X track course plotting so if your tacking up wind you can have little guide lines shown on the chart to keep to. The other plus is if you have it on a cellular tablet and within data signal range it will give you AIS feed via the Internet.

Enjoy your videos and would really like to see how you provision on a budget, store food with your limited refrigeration and and how you go about preparing and cooking meals

Thanks diffrent and intresting, when you look at the cost of a sat nav compared to chart plotter (I know waterproof, waypoints, charts ect..) they are expensive but hey the word marine does that. Looking forward to your next update happy crusing.

I use navionics with an external Bluetooth GPS. Works fine! In the begginning i was thinking o using OPENCPN because it has the ability to connect to an AIS. Where did you find charts for Portugal to OpenCPN?

Great info, and for me, very timely. I am debating on purchasing a boat that has its original electronics package from 1988. Learning about Open CPN is incredibly helpful. Thank you!!

we use similar system - only difference is that we use a laptop+portable gps antenna. Open CPn on it - works just fine.

iPads have to be the cellular model as others do not have built in GPS and would need a iOS compatible bluetooth GPS.
I use transas isailor app on iPad and also on android tablet. Its very good and has been 100% reliable also charts are updated free regularly. Once you have the app you can use it on my iPhone as well which is great especially at anchor as the anchor drag alarm will definitely get you attention, and having it on the phone as well gives a good back up if you need to recharge the iPad. I alternate between the two on a longish trip. Will check out the open cpn cheers.

Useful video and comments. Can you comment on the battery life while you have the tablet in navigation mode.

I have an old iPad with a GPS puck as my backup. Tablets are fine, so long as you have charts and a back up of some kind, which you stated that you have, so great! The trick to avoiding the overheat shutdown, is to not let the sun hit the glass display directly. My iPad runs just fine in 95F degree temps down in the cabin, but will shut down in 65F degrees out in the cockpit if the sun is beating directly on the display. Cobble up a little sun hood for it.

Hi, I am in the final stages of building a boat and will be following in your wake soon (hopefully:) What map are you using and does it show depth contours? I downloaded Open CPN a while back but all the raster charts I looked at did not show the depth of water...

I'm curious as since a heavenly twins is a small yacht how are you finding it and if you could would you upsize?

Hi just wondering how you maintain connectivity to the gps satellites without wifi or cell signal? Or does the gps still pick up the gps? Warren

My Samsung S7 Active has an IP68 rating. But when I do my boat build I am going to add radar/sonar/AIS and will probably buy a fairly pricey setup to make sure it is integrated. Course that plan is 5 years out, so who knows what will be available by then.

On Sabreon we have a Garmin bottom end chart plotter. An iPad with Navionics. We also use old GPS unit, Garmin, iPad, 3 x phones for lat/long for our paper back ups. We also have a portal power bank which we keep charged, just in case boat electrics fail, meaning we can still use our iPad if coastal for about 3 days of constant use, or the phones for weeks if used purely for GPS fixes. We are looking to get a hand held GPS again as a back up. I've been trying to get the hang of OpenCPN but cannot seem to locate 'free' UK charts?

Hi, Does the tablet have GPS?

I can't see how the marine manufacturers can warrant the super high prices for their 10" touchscreen plotters anymore. £1000-£1500 at least. An equivelant tablet is less than £200. Surely adding a waterproof enclosure doesn't cost the difference. Another 'marine' rip off.

I use Navionics on my smartphone most of the time. Have it on my iPad as backup as well as a couple of old fashioned GPSs as backup. The app has frozen on the phone before - coming into an unfamiliar anchorage which was a bit, erm, annoying! I think perhaps because the phone has lots of other apps and a fullish memory. But I keep the iPad very clean. I'm keen to put OpenCPN on my laptop too. Can't have too many backups. Thanks for the video.

Falmouth is where Usain Bolt is from... Yes random lol

only Chart plotter???? waited a week for this.