Author : Francis

Since 2009 independent IT trainer and consultant for boating. Translator of many navigation applications on iOS and MacOS. Professional in boating for over 30 years ago, I provide training for applications and consulting and assistance for the integration of mobile devices (tablets, smartphones) on pleasure boats.

Sargassum, North Atlantic Calamity

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In this period of great departures to the southern islands before joining the West Indies, It seems useful to me to relaunch this article that went unnoticed in the middle of summer.

Sargassum (Sargassum) are brown algae that grow in the Sargasso Sea, off Florida and the Bahamas, from which they get their name. Some floating species then drift in a long belt that sometimes extends thousands of kilometers on the surface of the sea according to ocean currents and winds.. Many browsers have accidentally rubbed shoulders with it. Read more …

Iridium GO! exec® adopts the Certus®100 service [Update]

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The latest device Iridium GO! Exec® (What a funny name !) is available since March. It represents the first standalone device produced by Iridium to adopt the Certus®100 (¹) service, up to 88 Kbps download, 22 Kbps upload.

This big brother of the Iridium GO!® appeared in 2014 provides download speeds 40 times faster, but at costs clearly related to. Read more …

Iridium Certus 100, a step towards yachting ? [Update]

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 Since the operational commissioning of the constellation Iridium NEXT (¹), the Iridium company has started to offer its new range of services called " Certus®". These services are based on the considerably increased technological capabilities of the new satellites., which allowed, among others, Iridium to be approved as a second satellite communications provider for the GMDSS maritime security service (²), whose competitor Inmarsat had held a monopoly for 1979.

Certus®, in addition to demonstrating that American businessmen are also literate. (³), is a range available in six bandwith levels starting from 22 Kb/s up to 704 Kb/s, and up to 1408 Kb/s in the near future.

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For eco-responsible yachting. Part 2 – Nav&Co

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Boaters and water sports enthusiasts now have two applications to help them better understand and protect the increasingly fragile marine environment.. Nav&Co is an initiative 100% public composed of SHOM, of the OFB (French Office for Biodiversity), of the Secretary of State for the Sea and the DGAMPA, with co-financing from the European Union. DONIA (*) is a private initiative of the company Andromeda Oceanology which received support from the Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency. If DONIA is dedicated mainly to the western Mediterranean basin, Nav&Co currently covers all metropolitan France, Corsica and Guadeloupe. Read more …

For eco-responsible yachting. Part 1 – DONIA

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Boaters and water sports enthusiasts now have two applications to help them better understand and protect the increasingly fragile marine environment.. DONIA is a private initiative of the company Andromeda Oceanology which received support from the Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency. Nav&Co (*) is an initiative 100% public composed of SHOM, of the OFB (French Office for Biodiversity), of the Secretary of State for the Sea and the DGAMPA, with co-financing from the European Union. If DONIA is dedicated mainly to the western Mediterranean basin, Nav&Co currently covers all metropolitan France, Corsica and Guadeloupe. Read more …

TZ iBoat V.3.0 launches its charting revolution

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Nobeltec, Inc., subsidiary of MaxSea International, is a leading developer of PC marine navigation software and a supplier of electronic nautical navigation charts. This company is the official developer of TZ iBoat on Apple Store. After several weeks of beta-testing, version 3.0 has just gone online.

A revolution is taking place in the world of maritime cartography... Never seen before ! » TimeZero announcement.

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