May I suggest you look into SeaClear II. It is an incredible nav program.
Fair winds, blue water.
Rick Williams
S/V Lorac; Baba 30 #71
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B. Emerson" <pavilion # pinefields.com>
To: "Baba, Panda and Tashiba List" <baba # list.sailjazz.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [baba] Sea Tech steps on their necktie yet again


> Interestingly enough...
>
> Mr. Emerson,
>
> I have read your exchange of e-mails with Steve and wanted to add my own
> comments, since I am responsible for fulfilling orders.
>
> Although the current version of the CAPN is Version 8.2, this is not a
> second release of Version 8 to the public. Version 8 is so new in release
> that the dealers have not received their information packets about the new
> version as of yet. It has only been shipping for a couple of weeks.
> Since
> it is being shipped to everyone who purchased an upgrade, or an original
> CAPN after January 1, it will take some time to get it out to everyone to
> whom it is owed. We suggested that you call the CAPN (Nautical
> Technologies) directly to speed up that process -- but if you do nothing,
> your upgrade will be sent to you within the next two weeks.
>
> --
>
> Pamela House
>
> SeaTech Systems
> Computerized Navigation & Communication
> Sales: 800.444.2581 Support: 281.334.1174
> Fax: 281.334.3320 www.sea-tech.com
>
> - - -
>
> In the end, I still consider SeaTech's necktie well and truly trod upon,
> their feet to be filled with self-inflicted gunshot holes, and what comes
> around will certainly go around when I contact Nautical Technologies, but
> at least someone was awake and thinking.
>
> Rick Emerson
> S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
>
> Richard B. Emerson wrote:
>
>> Sigh... at one point the guy seemed pretty reasonable but somewhere
>> along the line he seems to have begun to believe his own press releases
>> and become a legend in his own mind.
>> The question now is do I try to salvage things by beating on NT for V8.x,
>> in hopes it clears the problem (which it might, but we all know new major
>> revs come with their own surprises - out of the frying pan and into the
>> fire, and all that), or just take my lumps? I'm feeling just pervese
>> enough to gripe to NT (whose own track record for listening first and
>> answering afterwards is less than stellar) about this rep.
>> Either way, since Cap'n is going to insist on using their massaged charts
>> and not NOAA's raw files, I won't come out with what I want: free charts
>> (at the cost of doing the d/l's and conversions - TINSTAAFL). Life is
>> too short to spend it on the ignorant and uncooperative so at some point
>> I'll just have to cut my losses and move on.
>>
>> Rick Emerson
>> S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
>>
>
>
>
>


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