Navionics Question

[Robski97]

So I'm told u can sync ur chartplotter to ur phone / ipad Navionics app .

My heads about to explode.

Anyone ever done this ?

Would be cool to have routes on both devices .

Rob

 

[MancaveII]

Yes, you have to have "chart sync" turned on under your settings on the chart plotter.

You need to have WiFi turned on the chart plotter and you attach to THAT WiFi network.

It's a little bit of a learning curve but worth it.

OR (no chart sync but a cool feature)

I have a Raymarine e7D - I just use the Raymarine Viewer app to display whatever the device is showing. I assume many other manufactures have a similar feature to remote display the chart plotter on a tablet or phone.

OR

Use the Raymarine Remote app to remotely control the chart plotter. I did it just to see how it works but honestly not that useful on a smaller boat like mine.

The chart sync feature with Navionics app is really worth learning.

 

[JVM225]

So I'm told u can sync ur chartplotter to ur phone / ipad Navionics app .

My heads about to explode.

Anyone ever done this ?

Would be cool to have routes on both devices .

Rob

Which Navionics card do you have. My new to me boat has 2 Raymarine C125 MFD's and I want to get the Navionics card so I can take advantage of the dock to dock route guidance.
I had that capability on my old boat with my Garmin set up and I really liked it.

 

[bmac]

Which Navionics card do you have. My new to me boat has 2 Raymarine C125 MFD's and I want to get the Navionics card so I can take advantage of the dock to dock route guidance.
I had that capability on my old boat with my Garmin set up and I really liked it.

JVM

I have two new Raymarine eS127's with Navionics platinum card. So far I have been unimpressed with the dock to dock guidance. On more than a few of the routes that the units developed for me I did not feel I could safely follow them. For the most part these were on the south shore of Long Island. I aslo tried to develop dock to dock routes automatically for routes I frequently travel and the units would not give me auto routing. All in all a disappointment, but that's wasn't a primary feature I was looking for anyway.

 

[BigBoysToys]

I find that it odd that the dock to dock routing is bad. I would have expected it to work similar to the navionics routing on the iPad. What a disappointment.


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[Havana Shamrock]

I didn't think the "C" series had that capabilities. I had a Garmin 72** and it would not auto route in the Great South Bay. Garmin claimed it was due to the shallow depths.

 

[bmac]

I didn't think the "C" series had that capabilities. I had a Garmin 72** and it would not auto route in the Great South Bay. Garmin claimed it was due to the shallow depths.

The new C series has it. You are probably right about the GSB depths. It worked fine for BI, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

 

[JVM225]

These are the newer c series from 2014 that run Lighthouse II. The latest software update gives you dock to dock with Navionics.

 

[JVM225]

I didn't think the "C" series had that capabilities. I had a Garmin 72** and it would not auto route in the Great South Bay. Garmin claimed it was due to the shallow depths.

The Garmin on my old boat wouldn't auto route to or from my dock because of charted shallow markings but I used to start or end an auto route from a buoy outside my canal and it always worked from there.
I rarely followed the auto route completely because some of the tracks made me nervous but they were pretty close when used as a guide and really made distances and eta's easy to get quickly.

 

[JVM225]

JVM

I have two new Raymarine eS127's with Navionics platinum card. So far I have been unimpressed with the dock to dock guidance. On more than a few of the routes that the units developed for me I did not feel I could safely follow them. For the most part these were on the south shore of Long Island. I aslo tried to develop dock to dock routes automatically for routes I frequently travel and the units would not give me auto routing. All in all a disappointment, but that's wasn't a primary feature I was looking for anyway.

Thanks! Did you get a regional card or entire US. I like the idea of the satellite view with the platinum card but I think the regional one for this area may be a bit small. Not sure if it's worth twice the price of the + card if I decide to get the whole US.

 

[bmac]

Thanks! Did you get a regional card or entire US. I like the idea of the satellite view with the platinum card but I think the regional one for this area may be a bit small. Not sure if it's worth twice the price of the + card if I decide to get the whole US.

I bought the regional card. It covers LI, NY Harbor north to Maine. I would have liked for it to extend down to AC NJ or to FLA, but my units came preloaded with the Lighthouse US charts so I can revert to them, though I'm not a fan of their data and chart representation.

 

[Converse48]

I too have been underwhelmed by the auto-routing on the e Series. Seems to have not much rhyme nor reason to it; sometimes putting in way more points than needed and sometimes making some risky decisions. I will play with it as a starting point, but almost always over-ride it. And besides "leave me alone, I'm building today's route" gets me through my first cup of coffee in peace!

 

[JVM225]

These have the Lighthouse Charts too but oddly enough there isn't any auto routing with them. You need Navionics for that.
I wish the regional Platinum went as far as Cape May because we want to make trips down to southern Jersey. Our long range travel plans would mean we'd need Block Island to Cape May including the Hudson up to around Albany. I'm thinking I may forego the satellite overlay and just get the + for US and Canada. It doesn't make sense to spend 399 for the platinum to get the kind of coverage I'm looking for. Especially after having all of that on the Garmin on my old boat for less than half the price.

 

[rcmafgny]

I had the same experience with the Garmin. It would not route if less the 6ft of water at any point along the route.
Worked ok in open water

 

[Havana Shamrock]

I had the same experience with the Garmin. It would not route if less the 6ft of water at any point along the route.
Worked ok in open water

Thats why the south shore should be closed!!!! It's for kayaks!!!!
join us on the North Shore where 18' is low tide at our dock!!

 

[ttmott]

I can't comment on the Navionics but:
The Garmin 7612xsv MFD on my boat integrates with the Ipad and Iphone via WiFi.
Just about anything that can be done on the MFD can be also done on the portable devices
About the only thing that can't be done from the Ipad is change throttle settings and forward-neutral-reverse which are not part of the NMEA2000 network.
Everything that is integrated into the MFD (radar, autopilot, sounders, audio, video, GPS, etc) including all of the NMEA2000 devices are available to monitor and control from the portable device.
The charts, plotting, routing, autoguidance, waypoints, and all other navigation features on the MFD are also available on the Ipad.
I believe there is also a Windows app that can be used for a laptop.

 

[Converse48]

The Raymarine e Series also mirrors the MFD display and most functionality (except autopilot controls) to iOS devices. I set it all up and then realized that I prefer to spend my time underway, ya know, at the helm. So although it is cool to see and be able to do all the stuff from the MFD on my iPad, I can't really see a use case where it would make any practical sense. Maybe I'm missing something!

 

[JVM225]

Thats why the south shore should be closed!!!! It's for kayaks!!!!
join us on the North Shore where 18' is low tide at our dock!!

That's very tempting. It would also be nice to have some different destinations for overnight trips too. I live about 7 miles north of my dock (15-20 minutes drive) on the south shore and own the property it's on so it doesn't make much sense for me to pay marina fees up there.
The closest spot from my house would be up in either Oyster Bay or Huntington. Although not that many more miles in the other direction, it would take a whole lot more time with traffic north of the expressway. Either place would be at least a 40 minute drive. That extra back and forth time long term would drive me nuts.
It might be fun to do for a month or so though. I've often thought that it would be nice to find someone with a similar situation on the North Shore that wants to swap slips for a month. They could come down here and enjoy the beaches for the month and we could go up there for a change of scenery.

 

[rcmafgny]

We live 3 miles from Cold Spring Harbour and boated for many years there [smaller boat, and like the south shore better [except for the shallows!] in two years probably move the boat to Patchogue / Blue Point and have some new local waters to explore.

Thats why the south shore should be closed!!!! It's for kayaks!!!!
join us on the North Shore where 18' is low tide at our dock!!

 

[JVM225]

We live 3 miles from Cold Spring Harbour and boated for many years there [smaller boat, and like the south shore better [except for the shallows!] in two years probably move the boat to Patchogue / Blue Point and have some new local waters to explore.

The coves and beaches on the south shore are nice. During boating season its kind of like living in a waterfront vacation spot. The shallow water is a problem though and the navigable channels can get crazy crowded on weekends and holidays.
It must be nice to not have to keep one eye on the depthfinder at all times though. You learn quickly to go very slow in shaky areas.
When it comes time to talk about shallow water there are 3 kinds of boaters down here in the sandbox:
1. Those who have run aground.
2. Those who lie and claim they have never run aground.
3. Those who own boats that never leave the dock.