Hi Everyone,
I'm planning a trip from
Portugal to
New Zealand at the end of 18 in the
boat I got built in northern
Malaysia in the late 80s.. I have a
Furuno Navnet, it kind of works but the
radar I have aloft doesnt talk to it so no
radar and then Im thinking OK, things have moved on a bit, get some new
gear.
Back in the day I had a set of pirated CM93
charts a
GPS mouse and a
laptop. Now I see there are plenty of sources for
charts out there, free to use. And
software too.
Have any of you any favourites on this? Like Sea Clear or
Open CPN? Id love to hear what works for you.
Also, if you go out and buy a nav system by
RayMarine or whatever, do these costly systems run free raster charts or do you have to buy the
RayMarine charts one piece at a time??
Grateful to any who take the time to respond.
Safe sailing
kit Thackeray