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eSail4VR 1.11 available on platforms [Update]

Posted on29 January 20231 February 2023

In gestation and intensive testing for several months, the news version 1.11 is available on all platforms (¹). A large number of new items on the menu, dont le « Mode Expert », a new routing engine, support for the “boost” effect well known to specialists. The improvements mainly concern the user interface to respond to the numerous requests and feedback from users. Let's see the details below…

[Update 29/01/2022] Fixes have been made to resolve crashes on certain platforms. See the latest versions on eSail4VR page.

eSail4VR for Virtual Regatta is available on all four stores

Posted on26 October 202227 November 20242 comments

Cross-platform application eSail4VR dedicated to routing for Virtual Regatta, about I wrote a few days ago (¹), is available for download from online stores Mac App Store (macOS), App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Google Play (Android), Windows Store. Just in time for the Rum Route !

To find out everything in one click about this revolutionary application, It's on its website to add to your favorites. The application also has its page FaceBook, and his FaceBook Users Group. Read more …

eSail4VR The multiplatform revolution

Posted on16 October 202227 January 2025

In a few days the new application for Virtual Regatta will be released eSail4VR. Developed jointly by Olivier Bouyssou (Weather4D) and Henri Laurent (SailGrib), currently in intensive beta testing, the application will be available for the legendary race : the Rum Route. The real revolution lies in the fact that it works on all media ! Read more …

Weather4D 100% compatible with NKE

Posted on2 August 202231 January 2024

Sailors my friends who love regattas and offshore racing, if you are provided with excellent French instrumentation OF (¹), enjoy ! With the last version 2.0.81 Weather4D Routage & Navigation now supports full transfer of performance data to the NKE Topline bus. Non-Weather4D users please refrain… Read more …

Weather4D with Mac M1

Posted on26 October 202131 January 20247 comments

We've been talking about it since 2020 in the Facebook group of Weather4D users, the messaging app Weather4D Routage & Navigation (¹) now works on Mac with ARM processors : Mac M1 and later, from the system macOS 11.x (“Big Sur” et seq.). Simply connect the Mac to a GPS receiver or NMEA gateway via Wi-Fi to receive the position and navigation data of the instruments. Read more …

Navygatio : Weather4D's 5th dimension [Update]

Posted on22 May 202121 May 202515 comments

Navygatio – Web Home Page

Weather4D Routage & Navigation brings a major novelty : The Service Navygatio (¹), a web interface which will allow to record the navigations on a server as time goes by, add photos, to share own page with relatives, compare tracks, Analyze performance, and much more to come. A real " Cloud at the unique service of Weather4D Routage & Navigation users with iOS and SailGrib WR with Android. Read more …

MacENC is back

Posted on24 December 20208 January 20242 comments

MacENCx64 is now the name of the MacENC application which has just been published by its new developer NavStation.

MacENC has been completely adapted and recompiled into 64 bits for recent MacOS systems and new processors, which explains the new name. I continue to ensure the French translation. But be careful : to date Navionics cartography is no longer available. So there is no charting yet for the coasts of Europe, except ENC S-57 and S-63 available from Chartworld (see the page Digital charting). Read more …

Navigation Mac tutorials on your iPad [Update]

Posted on17 February 202018 February 20208 comments

A growing number of boaters now uses an iPad at sea. But offshore, when no network connection is available, and therefore no more internet access, how to access the various help or technical instructions concerning the tools used ?

The answer lies in building a library of files in PDF format that can be easily stored in the application Apple Books, for free, very fortunately. Read more …

MacENC and GPSNavX disappear forever [Update]

Posted on19 th 20193 November 20208 comments

Since 30 th 2018 (*), I already had information regarding discontinuation by NAVX Studio LLC of the development of two historical applications created by Richard Ray : GPSNavX and MacENC. The buyers of these applications and iNavX had clearly announced focuse only to the development of iNavX, on iOS and Android. It is likely that applications on Mac were no longer profitable, especially with the loss of Navionics maps for MacENC. Read more …

Navionics charts are no longer available for MacENC [Update]

Posted on26 th 20186 th 202412 comments

[Update 30 th 2018] Warning : MacENC application is no longer supported by its developers. It no longer reads raster charts and Navionics charts are no longer available. Application is discontinued to date.

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) permanent deletion : Read more …