Monday, January 24, 2011

Android apps for Sailing/Racing

If you have an Android smartphone, these are the sailing/racing apps I use and recommend:
  • Beer Can Racer
    Tactical racing app, much like a held-held GPS but with racing specific features. Excellent, but still a work in progress.
  • EarthNC
    Display of NOAA raster marine charts. Excellent, but still a work in progress.
  • Marine Traffic
    Displays real-time data for (mostly commercial) vessels with AIS. Excellent, but still a work in progress, try the mobile website as well.
  • Tide Prediction
    Best of the (mostly mediocre) tide apps for Android.
Also useful (when you have a data connection) are these mobile websites:
So which Android smartphone do I use?
Nexus S, pure Android, best smartphone for my needs.