Marine Apps, v4

Marine Apps
Club Nautique Seminar Series
February 13, 2014
Joe Brandt
Club Nautique Instructor
1
Joe Brandt
Contact information:
• joebrandt90@gmail.com
2
Marine Apps
• The focus will be “marine apps” of various types for
sail and powerboats.
• Practical Sailor reviews
• This will be a group effort; a discussion
– What you like and don’t like
• Disclaimer: These are certainly not all marine apps.
• See http://www.i-marineapps.blogspot.com/
– The presenter just discovered this site. Looks very
interesting.
3
Marine Apps
• Rating system for this presentation:
– PS ↑ - recommended by Practical Sailor
– PS ↓- not recommended by Practical Sailor
– PS →- a so-so recommendation by Practical Sailor
– CNM – recommended by a Club Nautique
member
– JB – recommended by the presenter
4
Outline















Power of a mobile device/caring
Document/Manual storage
Navigation
Weather
Wind
Tides and Currents
References
Anchor Watch
Knots
Instrument Display
AIS
Simulators
Education/Training
The Future of Marine apps
How to keep up
5
Lots of Applications
•
•
•
•
Over 900,000 apps for the Apple devices
About 850,000 apps for the Andriod
Most of these applications run on ALL mobile devices
A year ago there were half this number
6
The “Compute Power” of Mobile
Devices
– In 1985 The Cray 2 supercomputer had eight
processors and could do 1.65 billion floating
point calculations per second. The iPhone and
iPad have the same computer power as the Cray
2.
– The Cray 2 cost about $10 million and required a
very large room for all of the storage disks and
peripheral equipment.
– You can buy an iPhone for about $100 and hold it
in your hand.
7
How to Take Care of Your Mobile
Device
• Not waterproof
• Not crushproof
• Lots of options for water and crush
protection
– A water proof iPhone is coming soon
8
Pelican Case
9
Document/Book Access
• PDF readers ( iBooks, Good Reader, others)
•
- Notability: can make notations on PDF files
•
- equipment manuals
•
- schematic diagrams of boat systems
•
- sailing/boating references
•
- Coast Pilots
•
- Light lists
•
- Chart #1
• Airline Pilots and NFL Playbooks
You can store enough books to fit on a book shelf
1,700 feet long on an iPhone
10
Electronic Navigational Aids
Chartplotters
Sources
 Navionics
 iNavx
Navimatics
MotionX
Nobeltec TZ
BlueChart (Garmin)
 Bloosee (Limited)
iSailor
 Skipper
……
……
11
Chartplotter Apps
 Bloosee (Limited)
 BlueChart (Garmin) - PS ↑
 Earth NC – PS ↓
 eSeaChart - PS↑
 No longer supported
 FlyToMap GPS HD – PS ↓
 GeoGarage GPS – PS ↓
 iNavx – PS ↑↑↑ CNM ↑ (best user interface)
 Use Aye Tides for tide and current information
 iSailGPS - PS↑ (good low cost chartplotter)
 iSailor - PS↑
 more
12
Chartplotter Apps, cont.
 Jeppesen Plan 2 GPS - PS ↓
 Marine Imray -Iolare - PS↓
 Memory Map - PS ↓
 MotionX - PS ↓
 Navimatics
 Navionics - PS↑ JB ↑CNM ↑ (best vector
chartplotter)
 Nobeltec TZ - PS ↓
 Seanavus - CNM ↑
 Simple Charts - PS↑
 Skipper
13
Electronic Navigational Aids
Chartplotters
Pros
 Low cost (software)
 Updates free
 GPS built into “cell chip”
 Portable
 Can be used for other functions
 Easy to use
Cons
 Not water proof
 waterproofing available
 Vulnerable to lightening
 Protection possible
 Backup system needed
 No radar
 Bearings and courses are in True!
14
Navionics
Vector Charts
Won’t let you do a heads up orientation
15
iNavX
Raster chart
16
Chartplotter
Functions (Things you can do)
• Find out where you are
• Use the cursor to select more detailed information:
– Tide and Current (Today and the next couple of days)
– Aids to navigation characteristics
– Marinas
– Obstructions
– Lots more
• Measure the distance and bearing between two points
• Establish waypoints
– Current boat position
– Use the cursor
– Enter exact Lat/Long
17
Chartplotter
Functions (Things you can do)
•
•
•
•
•
Navigate to a specific point or waypoint
Build and follow a route (manage routes)
Monitor where you are going
Record where you have been (Tracks)
Manage and edit routes and tracks
18
Chartplotter
Things to remember
• After you lay out your route, check for:
– Shallow water
– Obstructions in the water
– Buoys
• Don’t make a buoy your way point; offset the weight
point from the buoy
– Bridge and cable heights
19
Practical Sailor Summary
• Should not use mobile devices as your
primary navigation tool
• Useful for a back up system
• Have paper charts as a backup as well
20
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
You can find Tide information at
several locations on the chart
21
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
Move the cursor over the “T”. In
this case tap the “?”
22
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
Tide information will
be displayed. You
can move the
display to the right
to get more data.
23
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
Touch the date to
select another date.
24
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
Touch “Details” to get
tabular data.
25
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
You can scroll down
for more data.
26
Chartplotter
Functions: Tide Information
It will only display out
a couple of days.
27
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
You can find Current information at
several locations on the chart
28
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
Put the cursor over the “C” and tap the
“?”
29
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
Current information
will be displayed.
You can move the
display to the right
to get more data.
30
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
Touch the date to
select another date.
31
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
Touch “Details” to get
tabular data.
32
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
You can scroll down
for more data.
33
Chartplotter
Functions: Current Information
It will only display out
a couple of days.
34
Chartplotter
Functions: Aids to Navigation
You can obtain detailed information
about ALL aids to navigation
35
Chartplotter
Functions: Aids to Navigation
Put the cursor over the aid to navigation
that you are interested in and tap the
“?”
36
Chartplotter
Functions: Aids to Navigation
Detailed information
about that ATON will
be displayed. Tap
the first entry to get
the characteristics.
37
Chartplotter
Functions: Aids to Navigation
38
Celestial Navigation
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
ezAlmanac - $24.99
Celestial by Navimatics - $19.99 - PS ↑↑
iMariner Celestial Navigation - $24.99
ezSights - $24.99
StarPilot - $24.99
Navigator HD - $19.99
Star Gazer – not a celestial navigation app
but very good for identifying constellations
and stars - CNM↑
39
Weather
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Buoy Data – CNM ↑
Buoyweather (subscription) - JB ↑
iGrib - PS↑
Marine Cast
Marine Now
Maritime Weather Gennie - PS↑
NOAA Buoy
NOAA Now
NOAA Radar Pro
more
40
Weather, cont.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Marine Weather - CNM ↑
Pocket Grib - PS↑
Radar
RadarsScope
Weather Bug - PS↑
Weatherflow - PS↑
Weathertrack - PS↑ (expensive $19.99)
Windandtides (NOAA) - JB ↑
41
Weather
Windandtides
42
Weather
Windandtides
43
Boating Weather HD
Weather
44
Weather
Radar
45
Weather
Radar Scope
46
Weather
NOAA Radar Pro
47
Wind
• Predictwind
• Sailflow
– The paid for version is better - CNM ↑ JB ↑
• Windalert
• Windfinder
• Windmeter
48
Wind
Sailflow
49
Tides and Currents
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
AyeTides XL - PS↑ JB ↑
BayCurrents
Buoy Data - CNM ↑
NOAA Buoy & Tide Data – PS→ (hard to use)
Tide Graph HD - PS↑ (cheap alternative to AyeTides)
Tideapp
TideTrac – PS↑ (real-time tides and current data)
The web site, www.sailorsenergy.com - CNM ↑
50
Tides and Currents
Ayetides XL
51
Tides and Currents
Ayetides XL
52
Tides and Currents
Tide Graph HD
53
Tides and Currents
Tide Graph HD
54
Tides and Currents
Tide Trac
55
Tides and Currents
Tide Trac
56
Anchor Watch
• Anchor Watch HD - PS ↑ (very basic)
• Drag Queen (smart phones only) - PS ↑
– Beware, it might download to your partners smartphone
• Anchor Alarm
• Anchor Alert
57
Anchor Watch
Anchor Watch HD
58
References
• BoatersRef (Boater’s Pocket Reference)
• Boat Owners Mechanical and Electrical Manual
(Nigel Calder) - PS ↑ JB ↑ ($45)
• Cruiser’s Nav (port entry info 51 countries) - PS ↑
• ChartSymbols (Like Chart #1)
• History of Sailing
• Marine Chart Symbols (easier than Chart #1 PDF) PS ↑
• Marine Rules & Signals - PS ↑
• more
59
References, cont.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Nautical Terms
Nautical Terms for the iPad - PS ↑
NavRules
Rules&Signals
RYA Handy Racing Rules - PS ↑
SeaMap US HD (simple NOAA chart viewer) - PS ↑
Signal Flag info - PS ↑
The presenter strongly recommend: The Oxford
Companion to Ships and the Sea (a book)
60
References
61
References
Chart Symbols
62
Knots
• Grog Knots (animated) - PS ↑ JB ↑ (worth the
money)
• Knot Guide
• Knot Guide HD - PS ↑
• Sailing Knots 4 iPad - PS ↑
63
Knots
Knot Guide
64
Instrument Display
•
•
•
•
•
iRegata – CNM ↑
Marine SailMaster HD – PS ↑
Marine Instrument Display – PS ↑
DMK Instruments (requires DMK hardware)
Manufacture Interface
– SIMRAD, Raymarine, Garmin, B&G
• Brookhouse “iMux” system
– Interfaces the iPad to the boat systems NMEA
multiplexer.
– Allows interfacing to knotmeters, depth
sounders, wind instruments, AIS receivers.
65
Instrument Display
66
Instrument Display
67
Instrument Display
68
Instrument Display
DMK Instruments
69
AIS
• Boat Beacon - CNM ↑
– AIS data displayed on the iPhone
• Fleetmon – PS ↑ (expensive $24.95)
• Marine Traffic - PS→ (relies on volunteers)
• Ship Finder
70
AIS
71
AIS
72
AIS
73
AIS
74
AIS
75
Simulators
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Absolute RC Boat Sim
Clever Sailing HD Lite
cWind
Points of Sail
SailSim XL - PS ↑
Sailtrim Upwind One
Sailing Tips
Tactical Sailing Tips
Top Sailor Sailing
76
Simulators
SailSim XL
77
Simulators
Pointrs of Sail
78
Simulators
Pointrs of Sail
79
Education/Training
•
•
•
•
•
NauticEd
Nautica Sailing School
Learn to Sail
HS Sailing
SailingQuiz
80
Marine Apps
What’s in Our Future?
81
Future
• Crowd sourcing
– Navionics
– eboatcards
– Kroocial
•
•
•
•
More Cloud apps
Animated ebooks
Thermal imaging
Wearable devices
82
Cloud Applications
83
Animated eBooks
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Text
Animation (NauticEd)
Video
Audio
Interaction
Dynamic testing and feedback
Interactive simulation
84
Close Quarters Maneuvering
Back and Fill Procedure
Immediately
before
Approach:
Completing the
The Turn:
the turn:
turn:
1. Parallel
to the
4. Into reverse
3.
intoside
neutral
7. Gohard
When
the turn
immediately
almost
2. is6-8
feet from
5. completed,
Watch the go
the hard side
sternforward
into
6. gear
Use the throttle
to keep theout
8. Straighten
stern
a constant
the
rudder
distance from
the hard side
Wind
Rudder
Rudder
Reverse
Forward
85
Thermal Imaging
FLIR One
Thanks, Dave Fritz
http://www.flir.com/flirone/
86
Thermal Imaging
FLIR One
87
Wearable Devices
88
How to keep up
•
•
•
•
•
•
Practical Sailor
NauticEd
Active Captain
Zite (information filters)
Southbound Yahoo group
Stay plugged into Club Nautique
89
Marine Apps
Questions?
90