T&T: Charts for Bahamas on Coastal Explorer

[Chuck and Susan]

> Tom, You will want to use ONLY Explorer Charts in the
> Bahamas. We have not used it outside the US at this time
> since it does not support charts in areas we have visited
> like the Western Caribbean. Check with the folks at CE on
> the Explorer Charts. Good luck. Chuck
> 
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> 
> --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Tom Lawler
> <mvemilygrace at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Tom Lawler <mvemilygrace at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: T&T: Charts for Bahamas on Coastal
> Explorer
> > To: "T&,T list"
> <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>,
> sea_trek_2000 at yahoo.com
> > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 8:24 AM
> > Chuck and Susan,
> > 
> > What electronic charts do you use with Coastal
> Explorer
> > outside the US?  We
> > are leaving Florida this week for Bahamas and then
> down the
> > Chain towards
> > Grenada.  I love Coastal Explorer (CE) and am
> currently
> > using their Beta
> > version 2.  I have no problem downloading and using
> all the
> > free US charts.
> > 
> > They originally anticipated that version 2 would be
> > released by June 2008
> > and they would have a version that could accept
> Navionics
> > charts by December
> > 2008.  I bought the Navionics card reader and the
> single
> > chart that covers
> > all of the Caribbean, but the CE folks are still
> working on
> > version 2.
> > 
> > I was told that CE can read Maptech BSB charts, but
> have
> > not yet tried
> > them.  Do you know if CE will read other charts
> besides the
> > US charts?  How
> > do you get them into the Laptop?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Tom
> > Emily Grace