SeaClear Portable

Designed for nautical navigation, SeaClear Portable is a comprehensive software application which enables you to plan a sea trip by creating a route with multiple waypoints. In order for it to run, the computer must have a GPS connected to reveal your current location, speed and other types of information.

As the name says, this is a portable tool, which means that no installation is necessary. It is suffice to extract the program files to any part on the hard disk and just click the executable to launch SeaClear Portable. Otherwise, you can save it to a pen drive to run in on any PC effortlessly. No modifications are made to the Windows registry, and the app does not create additional files on the disk without your permission.

The GUI is user-friendly, made from a regular window with an outdated look. However, it is quite easy to navigate. The map pinpoints your position via GPS and shows your coordinates, enabling you to set the latitude and longitude of your destination, together with course and speed to make calculations.

The chart can be exported to image files and reviewed later, the route can be exported, imported, reversed and set as the current one, while tracks can be saved to file and plotted to create routes. Book entries may also be logged and saved to text documents for closer examination. It is possible to zoom in and out of the map, as well as to add as many waypoints as needed.

There are many customization preferences available. For example, you can select the boat color, shape, size and radar rings, disable zooming with the mouse wheel, change the default route speed and preload time for the next waypoint, set the route display size, line width and color (normal and selected), pick the measurement unit for depth display, and so on.

No error dialogs were shown in our tests, and the application did not freeze or crash. It had minimal impact on system performance. Although it has not been updated for a while, SeaClear Portable provides users with the necessary tools for putting together routes for navigating by sea.