Passage planning program?

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[Damwas]

Is there any program for passage planning, with maps of the world, and tools to plan passages?

Thanks

[Ballast]

I don't think you have those programs for free. You could use the electronic chart cataloque of the British Admiralty to collect all the charts you need.

http://catalogue.ukho.gov.uk/home.asp

For making waypoints including bearings and distances, and ocean track planning (great circle, rhumb line and/or composite track) you could use CNAV.  You can also use CNAV for astronomical navigation, tide calculations and such.

http://www.hydro.nl/pgs/en/software_en.htm

[aussieseafarer]

Try Visual Passage Planner 2 from www.digiwave.com
It uses the US Weather Routing Charts.

Rgds Aussieseafarer.

[Ballast]

This should be the link Aussieseafarer  

www.digwave.com

At our company the programme SPOS is used. It's updated twice a day with new weather information by email. If necessary SPOS adjust the planned ocean track if the weather ahead exceeds the pre-selected parameters. The user can set up maxium windforce and direction, maximum waveheight etc.

www.spos.nl

[aussieseafarer]

Hi Ballast,
 Yep U are right, I didnt have my glasses on, and was reading from the fine print on the programs help page plus I upgraded to one finger typing a few years ago!
Rgds Aussie seafarer