Imray News Summer 2009
New Imray applications for Apple iPhones
We have launched the first of a series of applications to run on the Apple iPhone providing quick reference information for sailing crews.
Now available:
Marine Rules and Signals: topics include buoyage, motor and sailing lights and shapes, rules of the road, safety and life saving signals.
Tides Planner: worldwide predictions and a wealth of tide and depth planning tools. Available now from the iTunes App store.
Coming soon:
Navigation Theory: Chart Symbols, Compass (variation/deviation), Tides (graphs, standard ports, secondary ports), Tidal Streams, Course planning and position (DR, EP, course to steer), GPS assisted navigation and waypoints.
Navigation Theory: Chart Symbols, Compass (variation/deviation), Tides (graphs, standard ports, secondary ports), Tidal Streams, Course planning and position (DR, EP, course to steer), GPS assisted navigation and waypoints.
Racing rules: A handy guide to the racing rules from the RYA
Boat maintenance: Simple illustrations explaining every part of a boat. Diagrams of fuel and electrical systems, sail plans and a lot more
Other Apps are in the pipeline and will cover topics ranging from meteorology to first aid and racing rules.
Following this launch, we plan to offer a full chart navigation program for the iPhone, all based on the successful Imray Digital Chart system, which also runs on PC computers.
Further information from Ian Rippington - I.Rippington@imray.com
Imray ‘Apps’ are available now from www.apple.com/uk/iphone/appstore
Recently published new books
Turkish Waters and Cyprus Pilot
By Rod Heikell
Fully revised 8th edition now includes aerial photographs as well as amendments throughout.
Inland Waterways of Great Britain
By Jane Cumberlidge
New 8th edition of this standard reference is now in full colour. Fully revised with new maps and photos
By Tom Cunliffe
A tour of the West country in aerial photographs with commentary by Tom Cunliffe
A new edition of Imrays map and guide for the Middle Level waterways linking the River Great Ouse and Nene
Due in June
The River Thames Book
By Chris Cove-Smith
A brand new full colour edition of Chris Cove-Smith’s best selling guide to the non-tidal Thames and associated canals and rivers.
The River Thames Book, now in its fifth edition, is the best-selling guide to the non-tidal Thames from Teddington to it's source in Gloucestershire.
This complete guide covers the Barrier to Cricklade with the River Wey, Basingstoke Canal and the Kennet & Avon Canal to Great Bedwyn. Chris Cove-Smith's text describes the navigation with support of clear and detailed mapping.
The River Thames Book also lists in exhaustive detail the facilities to be found along each section of the navigation.
Coming soon...
The Yachtsman’s Pilot to North and East Scotland
The second edition of Martin Lawrence’s guide from the Farne Islands to Cape Wrath including the Firth of Forth and Moray Firth
Imray chart M30 Ionian and Southern Adriatic Sea
A brand new chart covering the area from East Sicily and the Strait of Messina, the toe and heel of Italy to Corfu and north to Dubrovnik. This important passage chart links M23 Adriatic Sea with the Imray-Tetra charts for Greece. The first of a new series on Italy.