iPad apps and gear for boaters

I had planned to get this post up over the last weekend, but time and weather conspired against me.  We left Manteo on Roanoke Island with a forecast of winds at 5-10 which was supposed to mean a motor across the sounds.  I got all set up to write down below, and the next thing I knew, I heard the jib unrolling and the boat was heeling over so far I couldn't type because I was hanging on to the dog with one hand and the laptop with the other.  Sunday, we covered the distance from Coinjock to ...