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  1. southkogs

    Navionics APP - iPhone

    Once you've completed a track, you can send it via email to yourself and view it in any mapping software. I pulled up the track: Sent it to myself and then viewed it in Google Earth: ​ You can see my "diversion" over to the fuel dock coming off Collier Bay.
  2. southkogs

    Navionics APP - iPhone

    Menus are pretty easy to figure out: Here you can see I have one track stored (the track from Naples to the Island), two routes (the route from Naples to the Island, and from the Island down to Marco) and 3 Markers (the house, the cars and the Winn Dixie). Map options are just below that...
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    Navionics APP - iPhone

    The app is available for both Android and IOS, and it will run on a tablet if you have GPS on it. You would have to download your maps while connected to WIFI or cell connection. I used the app for a couple of different runs I did recently in Naples, FL. This is one I routed from our island...
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    Navionics APP - iPhone

    I just wound up using this app more substantially than usual this week and thought I'd do a quick write-up on it. It wasn't expensive, and certainly is not a tool to challenge the bigger systems. But for what I do inland, and recently on the ICW it worked very well. I've used the app in the...
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    Keewaydin Island - Naples, FL

    First off - I got some great help from Sasto, Scott Danforth & Igyjastabay in THIS topic - HUGE help. Thank you guys very much. We stayed at a home on Keewaydin Island about 30 min by boat South of Naples, FL. Plug 26.032872, -81.771605 into your Google Maps and you'll see where we stayed. I...
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    Saltwater Fishing in Naples, FL - Novice needs help

    Navionics track from a ride into shore (been playin' with that app quite a bit): Haven't done any fishing yet, but we've got days to go. I may start a new topic over in "Destinations" and put more details in over there. Got stuck making a run in the rain today coming back from Naples ...
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    Saltwater Fishing in Naples, FL - Novice needs help

    A little follow up - Here's the view toward the gulf from the upper deck of the house: Heading out to the island from the parking site:
  8. southkogs

    Polling and Surveying the iBoats Forums

    Once you click post, your topic should look like this: Respondents will click the button(s) they would like, and then click on "Vote Now." (NOTE: once a member has clicked on "Vote Now," they cannot vote again in this poll). Any member, regardless if they voted in the poll, may view the poll...
  9. southkogs

    Polling and Surveying the iBoats Forums

    Once your question / description and responses have been typed into place, there are three options you may utilize at the bottom of the editor window: "Set Poll Timeout" allows you to close the poll on a given day at a given time (if you want to limit the survey period). Once you check that box...
  10. southkogs

    Polling and Surveying the iBoats Forums

    To start a poll in the iBoats Forum editor, CREATE A NEW TOPIC in the forum you feel you will get the most responses - Choose your forum based on interests that most meet your question. Not all members visit all of the forums. Once you click on "+ NEW TOPIC" the editor window will appear...
  11. southkogs

    Polling and Surveying the iBoats Forums

    Polls and surveys can be valuable to iBoats, the Forums and the boating community at large, so they are not prohibited on the forums. This tutorial will address rules about surveys and polls in the iBoats Forums as well as a "how to" on starting a poll. There are three rules that seem...
  12. southkogs

    Saltwater Fishing in Naples, FL - Novice needs help

    I will be having a trip to Naples, FL in early December with my family and will have a boat and some fishing gear (don't know the inventory) available while we're at the rental house. I'm wanting to get some time in fishing while there, but the only things I know about saltwater fishing is that...
  13. southkogs

    Boat Handling Quick Reference

    THIS topic caught my attention, so I started assembling this a little while back. The information is all assembled from public sources, and I've done the design work / compilation. There's no issue with you downloading it and using it for yourself.
  14. southkogs

    My Silverline is Gone!

    There's a hole in my driveway the size of a Silverline Comoro! Not all of the paperwork is done yet, but the Silverine has a new home, and I'm on my way to being a Bayliner owner. I bought the Silverline five years ago (topic on it HERE), and it's always been - even when giving me some grief -...
  15. southkogs

    Civil Aviation in WWII

    I've been working on a few projects that have given me a chance to see some cool images, and here's a couple that I found interesting - thought the larger community might enjoy too. The first is of a Stinson Voyager (10A) that Civil Air Patrol used to fly coastal patrols during WWII. The Navy...
  16. southkogs

    Stringer - Questions, Questions and More Questions

    From the lake, your drive has a pickup on the underside near the prop. Here's mine: The Stringer is completely submerged, so when you put the boat in the water that drive is pretty quickly flooded with water. There's an impeller in the drive that circulates water up toward the engine, and...
  17. southkogs

    Happy Birthday Sam60

    You're in a pretty good town for celebrations :) Have a great birthday!!
  18. southkogs

    Happy Birthday TruckDrivingFool!!

    Hope you have a great day! Love the job description in your profile, by the way = "Professional Commodities Relocation Specialist" :D
  19. southkogs

    Select next page is only at top of page

    Sorry, I'm a little late to the party: Dunno' about tablets or phones, but in Safari, Chrome and Firefox on a computer, the bar that has the page numbers and arrows on the right (search, post reply, etc.) should stay at the top of your window while you scroll down through the topic. This is...
  20. southkogs

    What Happened?

    Something's not right in my driveway this morning ... My drive is supposed to be white: And there are supposed to be 3 Vs on my hull: Running around the house looking for Rod Serling this morning ...
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