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Navionics boating app [1] is free and 1 year daily map updates for Mediterranean Sea costs 20 eur.

It is really cheap and improves safety a lot on board. Even without any navigational experience they can use this app, same can't be said about most nav systems.

I am not saying you should only rely on it, but it is great addition where even passangers can use when main navigator gets injured/is sleeping/...

[1]: https://www.navionics.com/fin/apps/navionics-boating



There have been multiple occasions where I would've ran aground if I had trusted Navionics' charts.

Granted, I sail in Finland which has one of the rockiest waters in the world but in my situation, their products are simply inadequate for any serious use.

But yeah, I could see a use case for it in some situations




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