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MaxSea Racing / Cruising Navigational Software

MaxSea Marine Software is an easy-to-use advanced marine navigation system designed to provide today's mariner and navigator with the most efficient, timesaving, and safe course to any destination. MaxSea uses a proprietary algorithm (a mathematical step by step solution solving procedure) that makes use of weather and ocean condition forecasts as well as the vessel's specific POLARS (a target speed formula based on the sailing vessels design employing wind speed and apparent wind angles: see illustration) to clearly display the best route directly onto your electronic navigation chart. Free weather forecasts are obtained by email from MaxSea's Navcenter.com server.
MaxSea Navigational Software


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The email requests are generated by an intuitive interface called the MaxSea Chopper. The Chopper allows you to easily select any area in the world, choose from a list of popular weather models, specify the elements (such as currents, winds, waves, etc) and define a time period for your forecast. The data is efficiently returned in a compressed standard grib file and displayed graphically in color on your computers chart screen. MaxSea then uses this information to calculate routing in a series of waypoints to the final destination. The navigator can then print out these waypoints to be used as a guideline for planning optimum course strategy. The course can be further studied in more detail by instructing MaxSea to create a movie that will show the vessel and weather in concert along the optimum course and compare the results to the rhumb line.

MaxSea Commander Version 11.5

includes Weather Routing

Standard Features:
  • Seamless Electronic chart navigation & plotting.
  • Unlimited simultaneous user data layer access.
  • Multiple inputs (for GPS, wind sensor, nav. equipment, depth, knot meter etc).
  • Output to Autopilot.
  • Full network capabilities.
  • Worldwide tidal data (tidal height).
  • North American Tidal Stream Data (tidal current speed and direction).
  • Logbook Software Module.
  • Weather integrated software module.
  • U.S. Electronic Planning Charts.
  • Worldwide Electronic Planning Charts (Map Media CD300).
  • All available U.S. S57 Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC).
  • Compatibility w/Electronic Charts from C-Map, Maptech, Softchart, NDI, ARCS.


Software Performance Options:

Routing Module: Incorporates weather & polars for optimum routing.
Performance: Enables you to view and adjust your polars and introduces laylines into the windward equation.