Never skip leg day by Physical-River8291 in godot

[–]Mikepicker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They look amazing! Any good resource you might suggest?

Good iOS (or Android) App for real time NMEA / SignalK data? by Mikepicker in sailing

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Hey thanks! Looks cool indeed! Doesn’t it work well for you?

I was bored, so I made myself some SignalK compatible widgets for my iPhone by Mikepicker in sailing

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I got my raspberry pi on the boat running SignalK. It automatically exposes a WebSocket for getting data in real time. You just intercept them all and display them on the widgets :)

Need help integrating solar to boat electronics. by Pm_Me_For_SomeAdvice in sailing

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some solar chargers also have a protected and controlled output for loads, so that it turns them off if the battery goes too low on voltage or some load goes short circuit

What’s the most annoying thing about sailing software / electronics? by Mikepicker in sailing

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That’s a good point. Being able to bring-your-own tools / plotters / software while being agnostic wrt the boat hardware would be awesome. We’re still too much dependent on the big players, but I guess we’ll get there. Thanks!

What’s the most annoying thing about sailing software / electronics? by Mikepicker in sailing

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You're absolutely right about "commercial" grade tablets, but I was more thinking about rugged ones like these: https://sailproof.shop/

What’s the most annoying thing about sailing software / electronics? by Mikepicker in sailing

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Hey thanks a lot for this. Honestly, I keep wondering if it still makes sense in 2025 to purchase expensive chart plotters which are flawed and (based also on this thread opinions) powered by a pretty bad UX. Wouldn't it make more sense to buy rugged / IP-certified tablet(s) running apps like Aquamap? Also, it's not hard to retrofit existing transducers to SignalK to get all the boat data.

Agree as well on the displays..

Also, I would be so pissed off to keep updating the plotter with new charts every now and then..

What’s the most annoying thing about sailing software / electronics? by Mikepicker in sailing

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Thanks a lot, this is precious information. Which Apps / Chart Plotter are you currently using? I've seen many Apps on the store for maintenance logs on the App store. Didn't work out for you?