NKE NAVXP CHARTPLOTTER
What is it? The first chartplotter from French manufacturer NKE, intended to be both powerful and intuitive
Who’s it for? Offshore racing and performance cruising
NKE’s electronics have never gained much traction in the English speaking world, even though they’re almost a default choice for offshore racing and performance cruising yachts in France. Part of this may be down to the ways in which the system is different to what the rest of us have become accustomed to using.
For instance, it doesn’t rely on the near ubiquitous NMEA 0183 and 2000 protocols with their long text sentences – though these are supported. Instead, it uses a compact compressed binary eight-character hexadecimal system, which makes for very fast data transfer while minimising congestion on the network.
And although NKE’s Multifunction and Multigraphic displays are very powerful and quickly become intuitive, until now the company has
