Digital Yacht – producer of next generation navigation, communication and entertainment systems – tested our App and published a nice article about the connection between the App, their AIS products and GPS data.
We don’t want to withhold the article from you and hope you enjoy reading it.

NV Charts & Digital Yacht AIS

„For decades, NV Charts have been creating nautical charts for the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Kattegat, Skagerak and the Norwegian south coast.  Chart coverage now extends to the UK, European Atlantic Coast, E Coast USA, Caribbean and Mediterranean.  With a keen eye on detail and precise local knowledge, every nautical chart is designed from the best available data. In many cases, their own detailed survey data supplements official hydrographic office charts.  NV Charts are also easy to read have have a nice colour palette and font/symbol schema.  Their charts are available in paper and digital format – and if you purchase a paper chart, it comes with a free app download too.  That’s great – traditional navigation meets the iPad!

The electronic version is now compatible with Digital Yacht AIS products and NMEA to wireless interfaces.  This means the boat’s AIS, instrument and GPS data can be overlaid onto the detailed charts turning your device (iPad or tablet) into a full function electronic chart system with routing, real time tracking and AIS overlays.  We took an iPad for a test with NV and the Digital Yacht AIT3000 and iAISTX Class B transponder.  You’ll see in the screen shot below the bright, easy to use colour scheme and icons for navigation marks.  Your current position from the boat’s GPS (which is much better than the battery thirsty internal GPS on some tablets) shows as a bold, red triangle with a heading vector.  Using the boat’s system means you don’t need an expensive GPS/Cellular enabled iPad and of course, no connection to the internet is required.

Just enable AIS and targets display automatically.  You’ll see the target just to the east of South Haven Point with a heading predictor showing a potential collision point.  Click on the target and more information is displayed in the data window – also calculating CPA (closest point of approach) and TCPA (time to CPA), range and bearing.

Charts can be configured for head up and north up presentation and waypoints and routes can be created in seconds.  There’s also a neat logbook function which can have pictures attached.  The screen shot below also shows targets with name data attached – great to initiate a VHF call to a potential collision target or boating buddy

This is all good stuff – and a real reason to use an iPad for all your boats navigation tasks.  Not only do Digital Yacht wireless nav solutions offer great value for money but you can now have a choice of multiple apps with multiple chart types turning your iPad into a true multi chart system.  For UK waters, iPad apps now offer compatability with C-Map, UKHO/Admiralty, Navionics, S57 Vector ECDIS style, Imray and now NV.  Easy to use, sophisticated and low costs apps for next generation navigation.“

Click here for further information of Digital Yacht.

April – Ships are launched, final work is done and the season can begin. This is how we know spring in the nautic industry.

This year everything is different and we work under different conditions. Nevertheless, we are trying to look positively into the season 2020, which also marks our 40th anniversary.
Many of you have been with us for decades and in recent days we have received an incredible amount of positive feedback from our customers. We are very grateful for this and would like to give you something back:

During the entire Easter weekend you can order all of our nautical charts free of shipping costs from our online shop.

We have adapted very well to the changed working conditions and our office will remain manned for you. We are available as usual and can process and ship your orders regularly.

In times like these, solidarity is especially important and we wish to return to normal as soon as possible, just like you.

Until then we are looking forward to your orders, wish you a happy Easter and hope you stay safe!
Your NV Team

Racing the Minitransat is an incredible adventure, but also very demanding in terms of
navigation… Only GPS coordinates and paper charts are allowed!

In my confined living space, surfing at +15 knots along the coast or across the ocean, I need to get a fast and clear sight of my position. nv charts became my real advantage, their well dimensioned book-like format allows me to store and deploy them fast and at ease in the roughest conditions.
Moreover, they combine general overviews and detailed zoom in the same document
which makes them very simple to interpret and manipulate.

Navigation just went from a certain apprehension to a real pleasure and interest.

Get your nv charts for the Atlantic here: https://eu.nvcharts.com/en/charts/atlantic-ocean

Find out more about Felix at: http://navasail.com/