Penguin Boltholes Great guide to anchorages on the West Coast of Scotland.
FREE CHARTPLOTTER SOFTWARE
OpenCPN - an Open Source free software navigation system
Under development but apparently fully usable. Features of the most recent version, 1.3.0, include CM93 vector charts, AIS support and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. Highly recommended.
SAILING LOGBOOK
A useful sailing logbook we have used for the last six years. Print both sides back to back and cut to A5 size. We use ours with a cut-down 2-ring binder. Navigation log on one side, narrative on the reverse.
Please note that I have had to remove the download of WXTide32 v. 2.6 following the threat of legal action by the UKHO thought police. This is the latest version, which does not include the UKHO 'copyrighted' harmonic constants. It does however include 44 new UK stations and major new features such as support for World Vector Shoreline maps and binary TCD harmonic constituent files.
JTides is an advanced, accurate, easy-to-use tide and current prediction program.
JTides predicts tides and currents using a large database of US and worldwide locations. It graphs its predictions in many useful ways. In comparison tests, JTides' predictions are in good to excellent agreement with a sampling of published and on-line tide tables. Please note - you will also need the latest java runtime engine to run this program - visit the program's home pagefor details.
GPS Utility
An easy-to-use application that provides management and manipulation of GPS information. You can use it to transfer data to/from a GPS receiver and store the data in PC files in one of several text formats. Now with improved Google Earth file interchange facility (*.kml) and support for MaxSea files (*.ptf and *.wpt).
