Skandia Cowes Week 2008 - Waypoints

To help all you PC Plotter enthusiasts out there that are taking part in Cowes Week, we have prepared a waypoint file for you to use that contains all the marks that could be used. They are added with buoys of the correct colour or where the marks are existing buoys, a coloured circle has been added as the symbol.
You can download the zipped up .wpt file from the Cowes Week Link. Simply unzip the file and then load the file "CowesWeek2008.wpt" into your waypoints.

Have Fun

Full system onboard Round the World ‘Where To Next’ sailor's boat

Rob Clark's Round the World 'Where to Next" challenge has chosen a full PC Plotter system and hardware supplied by Technology Afloat (Sea Whisper ) for his boat Canasta. This includes a SW150 touchscreen display with heavy duty swing arm, SeaWhisper 2000 mini PC, PC Plotter 5000 v4 , the superb Comar AIS-2-USB receiver and starting off with Navionics 26XG chart. For more information on Rob Clark's unusual 'round the world' project, visit the W2N website

Hardware for PC Plotter

Technology afloat (Sea Whisper) can now supply a complete computer system for use on board that uses very low power (so ideal for sail boats), very quite, at a reasonable cost and pre installed with PC Plotter. The system can also be supplied with a GPS, the charts you require and an AIS receiver or transponder.
All you do is plug it in (12v or 24v supply) and you are ready to go with the easiest PC plotting program available. So now it is even easier to install a system and get sailing.

Weather File download changes

Raymarine have changed the location of their GRIB weather files and these details are stored in PC Plotter. These are stored in PC Plotter so that you can easily use a pull down list to choose the supplier and area of the world that you want to load weather information. Could not be simpler.
A new weather data file is now available from PC Plotter to implement the changes that Raymarine have made and all new PC Plotters purchased will include this updated information.

For existing users you can email support@pcplotter.com and get this update free of charge. Email and ask for the latest weather data file and the file will be emailed to you with instructions on where to save this file.

Happy Sailing from PC Plotter