Navionics Boating sur Android [Update]

How to do something new with something old ? Navionics knows it ! After publishing geographic areas including a navigation application, here is now an application, but without cartography. These Italians are too strong !

Navionics Boating completes, since January 2014, la collection d’applications Marine (smartphone) and Marine HD (tablets). Also available in standard version for smartphones and HD for tablets (7″ and +), Navionics Boating has version number 3.0.0 while the others have the number 2.9.8. Navionics précise, on the dedicated page from its website, that Navionics “Boating” does not replace Navionics “Marine” which will continue to be kept up to date. However, it is permissible to ask for how long, because this new application has a very unpleasant surprise in store. Read more …

The GRIB race will take place

It’s an interesting match-racing game that’s emerging on Android in the field of marine weather applications.. Indeed, since Olivier Bouyssou ported his software to Android Weather4D, the friendly Henri Laurent, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Nautic, has worked hard to bring new features and improvements to its application SailGrib/WR. In this “digital regatta” he thus marks a formidable opponent, although it has not yet carried the advanced functions of the iOS version to Android. This tactic, which aims to maintain a lead by placing yourself resolutely in front of your opponent, is often used by the best sailors.. Read more …

SailGrib WR weather and routing on Android

SailGrib WRAfter the publication of my previous article on navigation applications, Henri Laurent contacted me to correct the omission of his SailGrib WR application, unfortunately slipped through the meshes of my first research. SailGrib and SailGrib WR have been on Google Play since the beginning 2013.

These two applications are based on queries and the display of GRIB files, the WR version adds a routing module. Read more …