Boat specs needed
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If planning a journey by local small craft to long distance sailing then specs of the boat and ground clearance to account for spring tides.
Checking local tide info is fine but grounding is more a risk.
Shore depth indications for area designated only.
Buying other shipping charts in apps is not what we need.
No anchor alarms or other savvy navy stuff.
Just the favourite local area of interest or work.
Wind alerts are OK for my needs but being out in a small craft with a 50 mile range and 100 miles there and back... Local Depth and sand bars or rock scare locations and other hazards on route like divers or canoeing groups.
Wind allows us to sail but other info is needed to assist small craft.
Doing a point A to point B calculate distance but not route -
@Beckybear1
Windy is not a nautical chart app. So it’s obvious that you need to get the right charts, paper or electronic, to plan a trip at sea. To ensure particularly that you have enough water depth under your keel.
Windy provides the weather forecasts. By using the Distance&planning feature you can plot your route, select the Boat option and get the weather forecasts along your path.For example, one of my sailing trips several years ago...
In Windy plugins you will find a sophisticated tool, the Passage Planner plugin, that plots the best route according to expected weather conditions predicted by the models available in Windy. It is designed primarily for sailboats.
However, this plugin does not provide water depth data; it is not intended for navigation in the immediate vicinity of the coast.
