New Gear
The latest new products on the market
Imray Navigator App
From the publisher of the well-established
Imray paper charts comes the new Imray
Navigator app. Using the same chart data,
only in raster digital format, the app’s
operating system is straightforward and
intuitive. It can either use a tablet or
smartphone’s GPS/location services or
import GPS data from an external source
via Bluetooth or TCP/IP.
If you also purchase the Boat Instruments
app (£6.99) it allows the Navigator to use
wireless NMEA data, including AIS, to bring
up a series of easy-to-read instrument
displays, although you will also need a
wireless NMEA server like Digital Yacht’s
WLN10 (£149) connected to your boat’s
instrument system.
At the bottom of the screen are fi ve
function icons:
QSettings – brings up a menu of simple
on or off choices, including chart detail,
positions, destinations, waypoints and
routes, range and bearings, and other
common preferences.
QMove To – allows you to move the
cursor to your own vessel or a waypoint.
Q Charts – brings up a chart portfolio that
Navisafe headlamp
The new Navisafe headlamp offers
numerous useful onboard functions,
including a red light to preserve night
vision, a white fl oodlight powerful
enough to light up the whole sail, an
ultra-powerful distance light shining up
to 70m, plus tilt function for exact and
comfortable beam positioning. It weighs
only 68g including the single AA battery.
The headlamp is IPX6 classifi ed and
withstands heavy splashing and rain.
Battery life is around 20 hours in
7-lumen red LED mode, 8 hours in white
110-lumen distance mode, and 50
hours in white fl ashing light mode.
Price: £48.79
Qwww.c-quip.comallows you to create new or edit existing
items. Navigation data, including BRG,
DTW, SOG and COG, appear at the top of
the display, and there is an analogue
steering compass, which, when tapped,
moves over the chart and enlarges.
QLocation – tapping the
arrow switches on/off
location services.
You can double-tap the
screen to zoom in, pinch
it open or closed, or pan
by swiping. Tapping on
any mark brings up its
co-ordinates. Holding
your fi nger on it allows
you to move the mark,
making simple work of
editing. Tapping a tidal
diamond brings up a tidal
data page including a
curve with a movable
time cursor. Tapping a
camera icon brings up
an aerial photograph.
Prices: Navigator app free; Boat
Instruments app £6.99; charts from £46.99
per area (£140.97 for whole UK & Ireland)
Qwww.imray.comyou can swipe through and tap. The
charts are stored in the app, so no
Internet connection is required once
downloaded and they continue to work
(albeit without updates) even if your
annual subscription expires.
Q Navigation – selects between routes,
waypoints, tracks and other marks, andWind and temp
Skywatch created the Windoo anemometer
device – the tiny cylinder that you plug into
the top of an iPhone. It has now brought out
a more serious looking pair of wind and
weather devices (still both handheld). Eole
(wind) and Meteos (wind and temperature)
anemometers have a 54mm horizontal
impeller to measure the wind from any
direction. These waterproof devices
fl oat and require 2x AA batteries. The
Meteos (pictured) displays instant,
maximum and average windspeeds
and temperatures with a really useful
wind chill calculator as well. The Eole
offers windspeed only. Price: from £50.99.
Qwww.meridianzero.co.uk