Coastal sailing chartplotting
Starting to gear up my new to me coastal sailboat and would like to put a smaller chartplotter on it. Been many years since I bought one and it looks like things have changed a whole lot.
Would love to hear the pros and cons of say OpenCPN vs Raymarine/Garmin/Simrad/B&G.
I'd like to avoid anything that would require a subscription. Really only need charts. Tidal current/tide table would be nice. Do not need weather/AIS/radar.
Smaller boat so don't need a big screen.
If you use OpenCPN what hardware do you use?
Thanks in advance
Posted Jul 11, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC
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