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 …
Author : Francis
From 2009 independent IT trainer and consultant for boating. Translator of several navigation apps on iOS and MacOS. Professional in boating for over 30 years old, I provide training for applications and consulting and assistance for the integration of mobile devices (tablets, smartphones) on board pleasure boats.
Inflation does not spare pleasure
Everything increases ! March, the 5 Apple has made the decision of an general increase of its App Store pricing list about next to 20%. This therefore concerns applications and certain in-app purchases, like services provided by the developers themselves, including cartography. This does not appear to affect in-app purchases via auto-renewing subscription, like the “Navionics Plus” option in Boating, in example. Read more …
Marine Guide Météo-France 2022 [Update]
March, the October Marine Guide 2022 for recreational boating from Météo-France has been updated. All the detailed information and ways to take the weather forecast at sea, from the coast to the open sea. All VHF frequencies and times, SSB, NavTex, radio. Read more …
Weather4D Manuals Update
Updated Weather4D Routing & Navigation in French and in English.
- Replacement of video « Downloading GRIB files with Iridium GO! ”
- Addition a video “Requesting GRIB files via Saildocs
- Lite User Guides FR V.1.4 / IN V.1.5
- Manual RoutingUser Guides V.1.8 EN/FR
- Manual Routing & Navigation V.2.10 EN/FR
MiniPlex-3 new firmware 3.14.0
Since the firmware release 3.6.0, Several updates have been released, until the latest one 3.14.0. It is to be implemented with the latest version of the utility MPX-Config 3.10.0, only available for PC/Windows. Both is to download from ShipModul website, section Downloads. Here is a summary of the main new features… Read more …
Updating IMRAY maps at Geogarage
Update September IMRAY card catalog (Europe, Mediterranean, Caribbean) by Geogarage.
Available for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR.
Updating ENC maps Spain and Croatia at Geogarage
Updated "rasterized" ENC maps Spain (IHM) and Croatia (HHI) at Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR
Update Weather4D Routing & Navigation
Updated 2.0 Weather4D Routing & Navigation in French and in English.
- Addition of paragraph NKE Interface in the chapter Performance Features.
- Adding importing weather files in GRIB2 format.
Weather4D 100% compatible with NKE
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 …
GRIB2 weather files in Weather4D
With the version Routing & Navigation 2.0.81, Weather4D supports weather files in GRIB2 format by external download. For example, the very high resolution model ICON-D2 (¹) of German Weather Service (DWD) for Northern Europe can be opened in the app. Read more …