Useful sail apps to try out-as recommended by sailors

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A list of useful sail apps used by professional sailors to navigate over the oceans

During my last large sailing adventure, I informed the skipper about the essential sailing apps, which he used for navigation, ship tracking, weather and tides.

Stefan, the owner and skipper of the Lady of Avenel, is nearby with his tablet nearby. "Is that the future of sailing?" I asked him. "Don't worry about the future of sailing, this is here and now," he replied ironic.

Stefan says that the development of navigation apps has progressed so far that tablets (in addition to conventional systems) are now used by many sailors as primary navigation on board.

The following are 10 useful sail apps that he uses and recommends, together with several other apps that our readers have suggested.

useful sail apps

  1. navionic platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android price: $ 4.99-64.99 $ depending on the location. Best suitable for: navigation navionics is the most popular navigation app among crusaders, sailors, fishermen and divers. Reviews focus on the great presentation, the selection of available measurement tools and the possibility of creating and saving sonar maps.

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    1. shipping traffic platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android Price: $ 4.99 Ideal for: Ship tracking ship traffic shows positions of ships and yachts around the world almost in real time. It is connected to the largest network of AIS recipients and covers most of the important ports and shipping routes.

    2. Tide planner platforms: IOS price: $ 3.99-5.99 $ depending on the requirements for: tides fully functional tidal app, which provide partial dates, tables, tables, corners, moon/sun phases and rising/plastering times for over 8,000 ports worldwide. It is possible to download a "zoomable" offline world card, which shows the flow direction. No Android version is currently available.

    3. Tides Near Meplattforms: iPhone, iPad, Android Prize: Free Suitable for: Tide-Age more localized tidal app with a focus on over 5,500 tidal stations in the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and India. Not as extensive as Tides Planner above, but available for Android.

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      1. Ayetids platforms: IOS Prize: $ 7.99 Best for: Tidedie Perhaps the most comprehensive tidal app covers over 10,000 travel destinations worldwide. The easy -to -use user interface has proven to be popular with users because it contains the interactive tidal graphics. No Android version is currently available.

      2. Windfinder Problemforms: iPhone, iPad, Android Prize: $ 2.99 Best for: Weathereine Popular Weather App with a focus on wind and waves for over 40,000 locations worldwide that are based on data from over 20,000 weather stations. The Pro version is ad-free and includes high-resolution forecast models and cards.

      3. Windy platforms: iOS, Android price: $ 4.99-$ 29.99 depending on the requirements for: Weather A Popular Wind Putor App. The makers are proud that the app and the website are used by governments to predict hurricanes and storms. It is often used and recommended by a number of experts.

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        1. Transas Isailor platforms: iOS, Android price: $ 14.99 $ + in-app purchasing team Best for: Navigationisailor is an award-winning and easy-to-use sea and river navigation system that was developed for amateur seaside. Isailor is intended for use on boats and yachts and offers a clear presentation of navigation information and electronic maps as well as additional content.

        2. Boat Beacon platforms: iOS, Android price: $ 12.99 best for: Ship tracking-based localized ship tracking app, which keeps boats in mind nearby and draws attention to your location to avoid collisions. It uses AIS systems via the Internet, but does not require an external AIS receiver or transponder equipment.

        3. Knotenführ platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android price: $ 1.99-$ 2.99 $ best for: node-tinge simple reference app for learning over 100 knots. There is a free version if you believe that you do not need to know more than 100 nodes, but this contains advertising that makes the following of the tutorials more difficult.

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          reader suggestions

          Here are some other useful sail apps that our readers have proposed.

          • Active captain of Garmin
          • anker pro
          • B & G-app
          • heavenly navimatics
          • navily
          • digital yacht iais
          • Wind predict
          • sailgrib
          • Ray remote control

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