I’ve raved about Rosepoint Navigation’s Coastal Explorer before—one of the best designed software products I’ve seen. And they promise version 1.1 by the end of April. It’s a free upgrade for existing users. New features include tides/currents and weather overlays, and uploading waypoints and routes to GPS and chartplotters. Also included are vector charts for the entire U.S. at no extra cost and with no need for burdensome unlocking codes. A searchable gazetteer helps you find locations and additional information quickly without having to dig through the charts. Sounds great!
Link: Rose Point Navigation
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I agree! I’ve used them all and Coastal Explorer is by far my favorite.
And they just today released the 1.1 demo trial!
http://www.rosepointnav.com/CoastalExplorer/Trial/default.htm
Here is a feature chart that compares Coastal Explorer with some other popular marine navigation software.