Hi,
It is a open ended question. All the tools you list are being used sucessfully by teams but what you need for a melges 24 is completely different to a V70 or TP52. The questions that will help answer you are:
1). What type of yacht/s?
2) What instrument packages on board?
3) Level of sailing?
4) Budget?
5) Time available?
6) What are the key questions you want to answer?

Cheers,
Will.

Hi Ed,
I use my precision scroll wheel on my mouse to zoom in and out.
On windows machines you can also hold down the control key and press + (to zoom in) or - (to zoom out)...
Cheers,
Will

Yes the GNX can just plug into the backbone but the display has to be on deck for the ANT to work effectively... and then you need the Actisense sending the custom channels from expedition onto the NMEA 2000 backbone... so if you are moving between boats... not so easy...

mitchell14 wrote:

willoxley wrote:

I have just got a Quatix 6 and so far I really like it. It’s got a number of features that the 5 did not have. These include heart rate reading while swimming, the chart feature, and an 02 oxygen sats feature.
You can get all the expedition data Onto the watch using  an actisense USB converter and some Garmin displays which have the ANT protocol. This is similar to what some of the TP52’s do.

Hi, I would love to receive the Expedition data on a Garmin watch, but strggeling how to get this done.
You mention "an actisense USB converter" and "some Garmin displays which have the ANT protocol".

What kind of converer do you use and what Garmin displays do you mean? 

Happy to hear tips on this .

Thanks

Hi Mitchell,
I want to have access to things like layline times/ load cell readings etc and these are not standard NMEA2000 sentences. So I use an Actisense NGT1 to send the data from Expedition onto the NMEA 2000 network (https://actisense.com/products/ngt-1-nmea-2000-to-pc-interface/). You can select this as an option under Instruments in Expedition.
The next thing is to get the data from the NMEA2000 network onto your watch. As discussed earlier, the GARMIN NGT-10 (https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/124640) only sends std NMEA sentences.
The Garmin GNX wind display (https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/541645) sends data wirelessly using the ANT technology and this is what the watches use.
Many Garmin plotters also have the ability to send the data using ANT as well. Hope this helps. Cheers, Will. 
 

Hi, my solution to this is to just send an average (damped) TWD to a display. Then it is trivial to compare this number to your current TWD. You can choose the damping time depending on the conditions. 10-15 min is common for w/l racing.

Cheers,
Will.