Boater's Pocket Reference App Reviews

Not only terminology but plenty of technical and theoretical knowledge. All understood and known would make you an expert. Worth five stars with a maintenance program update!

I was impressioned by the graphics and details. I recomend for everyone!

This is better than 5 stars .Handy,quick to use and comprehensive. I would recommend to all boaters. More color and multihulls info would be nice but I know an update is coming Jerry

Amazing detail, wealth of useful information. EVerything you need to know from anchoring to fixing electricl systems. As a new boat owner this app has been an amazing value. Get this and the "Marine: [your location]" app for navigation

No place to provide feedback in app that I can find. Re: ROPE... There is one on a boat... The bell rope.

I must have purchased over a hundred apps over the years. This is the first time I felt it necessary to follow up and post a positive review. So much content that covers Canada and USA. Its loaded with information and a great reference. Its a hidden gem! Thanks for putting all this great information together.

One of the best references for serious boat owners and instructors

Excellent reference book. I have given copies to all my boating friends and keep one copy at home and one on the boat. Good reading.

Great read and full of essential as well as advanced concepts. I have recommended this app to all my boating friends. A must have app for the boater!!

Searchable, well organized, to the point and clear. Oh, and constantly updated? Nice!

Worked fine for 10 minutes then continues to crash.

This ties up a number of references all in one. Well worth it...

Knowledge gets a boat safely along its passage from departure to destination. After a lifetime in recreational power and sail boating, Ive come to respect the importance of two phrases I learned as a young man. A Coast Guard bosun on our Great Lakes icebreaker used to say, "you cant never know enough about the sea". A crewman on a Pacific fishing trawler told me one day during a galley break that his Newfoundland grandfather used to say, "you dont takes what you wants from the sea, you sneaks up on it and wiggles it away". As the dedicated author says, this is only a brief introduction to the world of maritime knowledge, and a brief reminder for those who have taken proper courses, but it is a handy and very complete reference that found a place on my iPad very quickly. It is well-written in plain language, adheres to sound principles, and amazingly complete. Hundreds of pages cover dozens of topics. The navigation section is very thoughtfully written. I plan to right the author with only a few suggestions. There are dozens of handy calculators. Although very US-centric with a slight nod to Canada, the basic principles in this book apply to boating and sailing worldwide. There is a lot of information on marine maintenance, so its all here including the galley sink. Some of the information on computer navigation is already a little dated, but the principles in that section are still valid. The books wealth of knowledge is easy to navigate using clever lists and use of the devices memory. I have never rated an app 5 stars, but was tempted to do so here. I held off because ideally a staff could be dedicated, if resources allowed, to keeping technical details completely current, and because of the North American focus.

Great for a refresher.

Great app. Lots of important information here. Anyone using a mobile device for boating should really get this. Just reading different pages in the app, Ive learned many new things and realized that there are some things Ive forgotten or misunderstood when learning them the first time. Get this app!!!

Most inclusive reference app Ive downloaded.

This is a vastly comprehensive reference source of the various areas of nautical knowledge. The physical book is always close at hand in the pilot house of my boat. And now to have it all in my pocket on my iPhone is a leap forward in convenience. The calculators integrated in the text make it even more useful than the printed book. Indexing and bookmarking are well executed and helpful for retrieving information you need from the abundant material in this app. Applause for the developer.

Great reference volume on general boating principles. Easy to navigate and use

Ive use this app for a long time and I am happier than ever with the latest version. It is just so useful!

I have used this book for years in the hard copy form and would have given the author five stars then. With this new addition ,well it just gets better and better .This volume should be in every boaters ditty bag. Thanks!