PC CHART-PLOTTERS
NOBELTEC VNS MAX PRO SYSTEM £282.95
C-MAP MAX PRO CHART
FOR EUROPE £339.95.
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his system uses C-Map
MAX Pro cartography, which
is vector-based and includes
satellite pictures and 3-D chart
views. There are no paper
instructions, but there is a
comprehensive 250-page PDF
manual on the disk. Once into
the program, you can appreciate
the benefits of the C-Map
vector cartography, which
enables seamless zooming and
panning. Chart updates are
available online for automatic
download and a full year of chart
corrections are included in the
purchase price.
If you’re planning a trip
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outside your normal cruising
ground you can rent a chart
pack for up to four months. offering a full-function radar on the
Toggling the F9 key switches
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PC, from a 2kW/20in radome at
between Navigation and £1,599.95, right up to 25kW/6ft 6in
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Plan modes. Tide and Route open array at £12,187.95.
functions are simple, but to be Then there’s the Sailing Plus
honest the route features were Pack (£243.95). This allows for total
good in almost all the products integration of sailing data via NMEA.
we tested. One feature we very The complete package includes the
much liked in the Nobeltec was WindVantage weather router, taking
the large number of dedicated inputs from weather forecasts and
icons – dozens of them. (1) the boat’s performance to plan and
The AIS display is quite clear. optimise routes.
Here, the Stolt Kestrel is passing Also included are Lay Lines and
our bow, making her way up the polar diagrams – though I find it
North Channel. (2) & (3) worrying when a machine tells me
We like the way projected that my boat can be sailed better
track of AIS targets curve, than the way I’m doing it. Until
though it can be misleading, I looked at that, I thought I was
as no vessel is going to keep managing pretty well.
turning forever unless its rudder
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There is also a Weather Plus Pack
has broken. (4) available, which enables live satellite
It’s disappointing, in software streaming of weather data.
this sophisticated, that the There’s more – look on the Nobeltec
dongle needs to be connected website for details.
at all times.
Where VNS MAX Pro really Summary
comes into its own is when you This is undeniably a good product with
look at the range of add-on excellent cartography and features that
packages available: justify the claims made in the brochure.
For a start, a whole range The only real drawback is the rather
of radar scanners is available high price. >>
ION PRO • NOBELTEC VNS MAX PRO • EURONAV SEAPRO 3000 • IMRAY
July 09 Sailing Today 53
ST147 Group
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