OpenCPN Part 2 - Basic Planning & Navigation

[@FlyNineVictor]

Hey David, I have to say that your presentation of open CPN is by far the best I've seen yet! Thanks for doing it.

[@olivierteisseiremusic]

We couldn't imagine a better & clearer explanation. Thank you very much.

[@NELLIE3588]

Absolutely the best explanation for using Open CPN; you have the personality to relate to viewers sans being overly aggressive...I like that. Waiting for your next video on plug- ins. Cheers. The Mossback Sailor.

[@dougmarder]

Looking forward to part 3. Any thought to documenting your OpenCPN "best practices"?

[@OutChasingStars]

I'm trying to sprinkle some of my 'best practices' throughout these videos (hence my harping on properly naming routes and waypoints! 😆) but I may do a favorite tips and tricks type video when I've reached the end of the OpenCPN series.

[@TimothyCarswell]

Looking forward to the Plugin video! Thanks for this tutorial!!

[@tahliahere2362]

Thank you 👏 Very nicely presented and easy for those of us who have very little experience using it to follow. Well done

[@Cptnbond]

Excellent episode. You really inspired us with an excellent presentation and well-thought-out topics to cover. Just about the right length also. I am trying it on my Raspberry PI 4, and these parts from you have helped me enormously to get started. Thanks, David, and Cheers.

[@OutChasingStars]

So glad you're finding these helpful! I'd be curious to know how things go with the Pi.

[@maxalexandrefigueroahernan4944]

It's an amazing explanation but I've got a doubt. Can I change longitude and latitude from the route page? I mean make correction on degrees.

[@alexfuller818]

Great video. Is it possible to export a route or waypoint to a plotter with wireless capability, without using an SD, I.e. wirelessly using wifi or blue tooth ?

[@sparkeyjones6261]

Thank you, this series is really interesting. I don't have my boat yet, but have a GPS receiver and OpenCPN on my desktop at home for practice. lol

[@eskokoskenranta6280]

Amazing thing, I was wondering, can I use in my tablet, because there are these right/left clicks on the mouse ? Thanks E

[@Vetlar]

Wow! Part two! Just saw the first one. Thank you!

[@hansstoop5381]

Thank you very much! This is some knowledge you are displaying here. You've got yourself another subscriber.

[@OutChasingStars]

Thanks! This knowledge has been hard earned over the years so I'm happy to pass it forward!

[@timschlueter1861]

I noticed that you went over land while creating your route. Opencpn doesn't appear to automatically navigate you around it. Is that correct? I've been trying Savvy Navvy which does that. Nice feature.

[@elysiumsailing]

As always, great information! Thanks again David.

[@billsea494]

Great video, what charts of the Bahamas are you using during the demonstration?

[@levittryan]

Hi, will you do a video on transferring routes to a garmin, or similar chartplotter/AP?

[@sarahkohlmd984]

Your explanations are so clear Please,please create video about plugins

[@sailinglacasablanca]

Great stuff David!

[@guidocritien2301]

Hi David. First of all a big well done for your videos. I have a garmin chartplotter and use Navionics charts. How can i use these charts on openCPN program. Thank you

[@peterh.3008]

Amazing Video... is there a way to download the OPEN CPN YOUR TABLET OR PHONE? and use the GPS on the device as supplementary to the GPS puck? Thank You!

[@mccainmcmurray4202]

Super helpful. Thanks!

[@howtodave1725]

I run trot lines at night in old and lost river in a mud boat (pro-drive) in Baytown TX. I know I will make the same run several times in a season. So before the season starts I will go out in the daytime and drive as close to the bank as I feel would be safe in the worst conditions and save that track. Then I make another run on the deep side of the river making sure not to have any solid object between this new line and the bank line I made early and save this track. Now all I got to do is at night is keep my route between the two safety runs I have saved.

[@playb4work447]

Very useful information.

[@psystealth]

great features, thanks

[@johnreyjuntilla25]

Thanks so much for this video sir. i learned so much from you. i just have one question i am using windows 11 laptop is it need to buy a portable gps to enable the track or activating the route? i tried to activate but it is not moving even we are underway. thanks for your response soon. more power and God Bless.

[@kwassner]

I registered for a code, no code delivered to me email. System recognizes my details, Any ideas?

[@svamour4574]

Thank you, David. Well done. Question: Can other sailing vessels share their way points? Or a database that can be searched?

[@OutChasingStars]

Absolutely! As long as the other vessel is sharing way points that are in a GPX format, you can import them into OpenCPN. They would need to save the waypoint file to a USB drive or something (even email!) that you can use to get on your computer. As for a searchable database, I'm not quite sure what you mean. Other vessels can export multiple waypoints, and you can import multiple waypoints at once into OpenCPN. The only real searching functionality I've come across in OpenCPN is that 'filter' tool in the waypoint manager. That's why I always try to use the same naming convention for my waypoints so it's much easier to search them.

[@traumagas123]

Love It ........THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!! Could you Do one On Navonics Also ? Your Straight and too the Point with what We need to Know.......Thanks Again.......Blowin 40 here in the Keys today

[@OutChasingStars]

Are you interested in Navionics on our Raymarine Chartplotter or the Navionics app? Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@charleschedra4808]

Thank you.

[@tomsdfralic]

is it possible to make parallel lines from routes?

[@ChrisMarcani]

I really enjoyed your OpenCPN videos, you said you had plans for additional videos on OpenCPN? Do you still plan on making them? I for one would like to see more advanced features, tips and tricks if you are inclined. I know the subject matter is not going to get millions of views but they are greatly appreciated by us that are interested. Thank You

[@OutChasingStars]

Thanks! We’re really glad you enjoy these types of videos. Our motivation isn’t really to get millions of views, but more to share the knowledge we’ve learned throughout our journeys. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to do more of these videos in the future, but free time is limited at the moment as we’re working on our refit, making videos of the refit and have a few other big projects in the works as well.

[@maddog0870]

How about using GRIB files on OpenCPN.

[@cncarstens]

Thanks for these videos David, A question probably for the first video... or maybe I missed it. How do you find maps for places not shown in the catalog? for example St Martin, Grenada or the Pacific?

[@OutChasingStars]

There is a website (o-charts.org/) where you can buy charts for large parts of the world. But the easy availability of charts is one drawback of OpenCPN for sure.

[@gobbledegookydokey]

Check also BBN Marine OS for raspberry pi4. Many free and opensource boat software packages preinstalled.

[@DelawareBeachComber]

Good video - thanks! Have you, or anyone, done a video on connecting a Digita YActht NMEA Wifi server to Open PCN ? I'm trying to do that now -

[@willyum1208]

please continue your Open CPN playlist, maybe review how to install some plugins.

[@muslimbhai9631]

Hello dear can u plz make more video how to connect ships gps to this and also how to connect ais to this

[@robertkviberg]

Thanks! part 3 ?

[@OutChasingStars]

Working on a few more OpenCPN ideas!

[@Adrian-uq9mq]

tried open cpn but all the UK maps wanted money so uninstalled it, it's simple for me just to stick to my normal chartplotter