lakesailor Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Can anyone recommend a decent and fairly accurate speed app please ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 I recently used A Smart Hud following a recommendation from Robin and it worked very well. I'd like to find one that has a decimal place option (e.g so it shows 4.5 mph, not 5 mph). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 I used to use the DigiHUd available from GooglePlay, but I ditched using apps after I bought my watch and a set of tide timetables with a distance chart. However, I discovered ages ago that owning a classic, soon to be vintage, boat like Royal Tudor that the old girl goes at the speed she wants to go at no matter what an idiot like me or Uncle Albert decided to do with engine or throttle lever, she automatically slips back to a gentle four miles an hour. Recent trips on a hire boat I have used the 'MoaningMrs' TM (Pat Pending) app...although it operates under a variety of conditions and is quite accurate...I can't seem to locate the 'off' button. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallipoli Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I recently used A Smart Hud following a recommendation from Robin and it worked very well. I'd like to find one that has a decimal place option (e.g so it shows 4.5 mph, not 5 mph). Do you have Android or Apple?I myself have an Android phone, and use a free GPS speedometer from the play store, this does decemal places for speed, very useful.Unfortunately I can't attatch a photo, wrong file type, link is here.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ascendapps.aaspeedometerSent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 In use polaris its brilliant with decimal places a compass lat long etc ........................ and whats more its free Charlie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 For my Apple stuff I use aSmartHUD: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asmart-hud/id304070702?mt=8 For Android Ulysse Speedometer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometer&hl=en_GB 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I run a linux install on my laptop with a usb GPS antenna, for mapping I use foxtrot gps, which does the business, both showing and recording my gps coordinates and speed to 0.01mph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakesailor Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Thanks for all replies I shall try a few out and decide which I get on with best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandenjg Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I use cyclemeter as it shows point mph E.g 3.7mph also has a small map which tracks your journey and shows an arrow each time you reach another mile. Will also show journey data. Max speed, average speed and distance. P.s it's free on play & app store Branden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I use the BA Rangers If they shout at me = Too fast If they smile and wave = Just right 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I just look behind me and make sure I'm not making too much wash. That way I am probably within the limit. And wash, is what the limit is all about. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Wash I think is the most important thing, some boats seem to make a huge wash even when dawdling, other not a ripple, must be hull design...... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Wildfuzz said: Wash I think is the most important thing, some boats seem to make a huge wash even when dawdling, other not a ripple, must be hull design...... And waterline length for displacement hulls if you go faster than their theoretical speed they just start pushing a wall of water and using alot of fuel. The old rule of thumb (imperial) for hull speed was 1.34 x square root of waterline length in feet = hull speed in knots or times it by about 1.4 if you want mph. So if you have a waterline of 25ft sq = 5 x 1.4 gives an optimum hull speed of 7mph. But it must be a true displacement vessel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 1 hour ago, ChrisB said: And waterline length for displacement hulls if you go faster than their theoretical speed they just start pushing a wall of water and using alot of fuel. The old rule of thumb (imperial) for hull speed was 1.34 x square root of waterline length in feet = hull speed in knots or times it by about 1.4 if you want mph. So if you have a waterline of 25ft sq = 5 x 1.4 gives an optimum hull speed of 7mph. But it must be a true displacement vessel. Took the words right out of my mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 9 minutes ago, Vaughan said: Took the words right out of my mouth! Did somebody mention boats being appropriate for the Broads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 28 minutes ago, Vaughan said: Took the words right out of my mouth! Never realised you was Jim Steinman in disguise Vaughan...........or even the man himself Marvin Aday. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjt Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 17/07/2017 at 19:21, lakesailor said: Thanks for all replies I shall try a few out and decide which I get on with best. My apologies for resurrecting a six-year-old thread but this is the only one that seemed relevant among the results of a search on here for discussions about a speedometer app suitable for boating. @lakesailordid you end up with any of the ones suggested or found anything better? Like you I'm looking for one that will display decimal fractions of speed rather than just integer values. I've searched fairly extensively on the web but the Ascend Apps one recommended by Gallipoli is the only one that seems to fit the bill as not having a lot of unnecessary functions and having a display with decimal fractions. There might have been others in the ones I've looked at but none of them explicitly show it. If anyone else has found anything better I'd be glad to have their suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 I (and many others I believe) use Aweigh. It's not just a speed app, it has your GPS position and tide predictions as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakesailor Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 I use aweigh . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Me to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 17/07/2017 at 15:21, LondonRascal said: For my Apple stuff I use aSmartHUD: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asmart-hud/id304070702?mt=8 For Android Ulysse Speedometer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometer&hl=en_GB I hope those screenshots weren't going through irstead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 18/07/2017 at 17:59, Poppy said: Did somebody mention boats being appropriate for the Broads? Yes indeed, why oh why do they insist on those big masts with flappy things when there are low bridges? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 To get a closer look at drowning cuckoo chicks? Sorry, wrong thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I use an app called GPS Test, does what I want and can display the speed at full screen size in 1/10ths of a mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Aweigh , is free, and as others have said, a useful app for more than just a speedometer. Many of the hire boats now come equipped with speed logs , if you’re hiring an older boat then usually there is a plate by the dash giving the approximate speeds at indicated revs which when we hired we found these to be a good indication of the true speed . If you just keep to a slow walking pace on smaller rivers and a brisk stroll pace on larger rivers you won’t be far wrong . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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