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Articles in the month of December 2009

The price of software : MaxSea answer

23 December 2009
by Francis.
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Following my previous post and the many comments it has provoked on the forum Sail The World, MaxSea answer was not made to wait, coming from Anthony : (Read more…)

About alignments and sextant

22 December 2009
by Francis.
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This holiday season, during which we will gladly return for a few days to traditions, inspires me to rethink the traditions of an activity that is dear to us : navigation.
Not one of our illustrious predecessors, royal marine, discoverers of distant lands, privateers, pirates or honest merchants, no. I want to mention one that concerns us for over half a century : yachting. Especially to the attention of our friends who are sailors born in 70-80, who discovered the navigation from the years 90, period of the emergence of GPS on board our yachts.
I, who is constantly adding a website and a blog on the intricacies of computing onboard, all these tools that bring us our position a few meters, the weather in eight days, the depth of water under the keel, the time that it will tack to take advantage of favorable wind shift, and how much additional information is available in three mouse clicks, I never forget how I learned to navigate.

This holiday season, during which we will gladly return for a few days to traditions, inspires me to rethink the traditions of an activity that is dear to us : navigation.

Not one of our illustrious predecessors, royal marine, discoverers of distant lands, privateers, pirates or honest merchants, no. I want to mention one that concerns us for over half a century : yachting. Especially to the attention of our friends who are sailors born in 1970-80, who discovered the navigation from the years 1990, period of the emergence of GPS on board our yachts. (Read more…)

The price of nautical application (continue)

15 December 2009
by Francis.
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Since my topic 15 th October about it, Salon Nautique de Paris has made some changes in the fee schedules of software for Windows. So I updated some prices in this previous article.

But this is not just why I write this addendum. Especially for you to share a discovery that will perhaps not good news for French buyers (and European) about MaxSea Time Zero. (Read more…)

Connect your iPhone to your Mac via WiFi

11 December 2009
by Francis.
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In the video tutorial iNavX n°2 – The advanced, I explain how to connect via WiFi iNavX on iPhone and MacENC on a Mac via the TCP/IP protocol.

Previously, for Mac beginners, or those still not well versed in network settings for OS X, here is the method – very easy – to create onboard your wonderful ship, a private wireless network linking your Mac and your iPhone. (Read more…)

Navimail², Weather receipt of the 3rd millennium

8 December 2009
by Francis.
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Launched at the beginning of the year 2008, After a period of several months of testing open to all, Software Navimail² was presented at the opening of the Salon Nautique de Paris 2009 Weather on the stand of France in his new version 2.1.0. As I announced in RSS Website, the 22 November, This version has a refreshed interface and two new features that will complete to convince the most skeptical.

After a year of relationship-mail, I finally, the Boat Show, meet Patrick Le Lay, le « pope » Software, engineer / developer how passionate and sympathetic, who has finished sending me the ultimate tips for using her jewel. I leave you here three of the main novelties. I do it again soon (end of January) le thevideo tutorial Navimail ² site with the new version, and of course the new features. (Read more…)