At all times the sailors had the fear of the sea fall. Even with a trained crew, the operation of recovering a crew water fallen is risky, Already with the engine, even more with the sail. … Continue reading
20 th 2018
Francis
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Category Archives: Software
1 th 2018
Francis
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Weather4D – User Guides updated
Christmas comes soon, and Apple Books Store will close its doors for the holidays. Publishers are required to send their works according to a prescribed schedule. So I updated ahead textbooks users in French and English … Continue reading
28 November 2018
Francis
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Transas iSailor becomes Wärtsilä iSailor [Update]
It had to happen one day ! iSailor users will be disappointed… in May 2018, Transas was bought by the Finnish Wärtsilä Corporation Group, a world leader in intelligent technologies and solutions for markets Marine … Continue reading
9 November 2018
Francis
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Fugawi charts service is discontinued [Update]
It's official, on 30 November 2018, Johnson Outdoors Company, recent recipient of Fugawi (*), decided to stop its activities. After discontinuing the distribution of their PC navigation software in August 2017, to have … Continue reading
14 october 2018
Francis
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Reed's Almanac iPad application is discontinued
In February 2016 I wrote a laudatory article on this digital version of Reed's Nautical Almanac, a wealth of information on the coasts of western Europe. Alas, Bloomsbury editor, which bought Reed's editions a few years ago, … Continue reading
26 September 2018
Francis
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Navionics charts are no longer available for MacENC
Since the upgrade of Navionics Gold to Navionics Plus (¹), Navionics supply disappeared from Fugawi / Charts folder for MacENC. Thinking of a temporary disappearance, I finally asked the Fugawi support who confirmed (between the lines) the … Continue reading
30 August 2018
Francis
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TimeZero makes its (mini-r)evolution on iOS
After 3 years without major changes (¹), TimeZero (now under Nobeltec brand) comes on iPad with a new name and a new logo. Doesn't it remind you anything ? A sense of déjà vu ?
TimeZero becomes TZ iBoat. Intervals … Continue reading
17 th July 2018
Francis
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New for Weather4D
The last update of the three applications Weather4D (Lite, Routing, Routing & Navigation) several user-requested improvements in the display of meteograms. But what is less obvious is a big job on our maps in … Continue reading
7 May 2018
Francis
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iNavX 5.2 : AIS by Internet service becomes paying
With the latest release 5.2 of iNavX, AIS reception service by internet becomes charge. This service, provided by SiiTech society free from the origin of iNavX (¹), becomes a subscription service.
18 April 2018
Francis
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iWatchSat predicts passage of Iridium satellites
Disappeared when updating Weather4D Pro to Weather4D Routing (¹), Iridium satellites passage prediction comes back as a small standalone and free application : iWatchSat.
Presented with the same interface as Weather4D apps, … Continue reading