Boating Apps for Apple's iPhone

•WeatherBug (free). Good general weather forecaster with real-time cameras, satellite maps, and more. Radar isn’t animated.

•Radar in Motion ($0.99). Animated weather radar for anywhere in the U.S. Search by zip code or location.

•WindGuru (free). Worldwide coverage of current wind strength and direction. No predictions.

•Sun n Moon ($0.99). Sun and moon rising and setting times as well as moon phases-no matter where you are. Extra compass feature.

•Windbuoy ($2.99). Wind speed, direction, and gusts; wave period and heights; air and water temp from hundreds of NOAA buoys.

•Weather Alert ($0.99). A simple weather notification app that warns you of dangerous weather in your area.

•Nav Clock ($0.99). A big graphic that shows date, time, and basic weather and location info. A good quick reference.

•Bikini Blast ($2.99). Rated PG-13, hot babes plaster themselves over your screen as wallpaper. Enjoy the spread.

•Flashlight (free). A bright white light good for checking a serial number in the bilge, red for chart work, or blue for disco. Strobe and SOS too.

•AccelaRuler ($0.99). Uses motion to measure from a few inches to 15’ at any angle within 2 percent.

•Cheap Gas! Plus ($1.99). Trailering your boat? This app finds the cheapest gas near you and a maps a route to it.

•Trapster (free). Alerts you to speed traps and red light cameras on the way to the ramp.

•Big StopWatch (free). Is that a seven- or five-second flashing light on that lighthouse up ahead? Check it with this.

•Clinometer ($0.99). What’s the angle of the dangle? Are you listing to port? What’s your bow rise? This tells all.

•Emergency Distress Beacon (free). Sends out a distress call with your latitude and longitude to someone who cares.

•DynoBox ($2.99). Measures speed and acceleration, reads as a graph and numbers, measures horsepower, too.

•Anchor Alarm ($9.99). Sets and monitors your position, and lets you know when the hook is dragging.

•InBetween (free). Finds a midpoint between two phone users to recommend a central location to meet. •Beacon (free). Use a cool radar-like screen to set a "beacon," or somewhere you want to return to. Gets you back every time.

•Clam Tide ($0.99). Finds your location and gives you a week’s worth of tide predictions.

•GeeMeter (free). How hard did you hit on that last wave? This tells you the G force of the impact on a classy-looking meter.

•GoSkyWatch Planetarium ($9.99). Besides the usual map of the heavens, there’s a point-and-identify function plus a lot more.

•Distance ($0.99). How far off is that buoy? How long is a trip that touches every island in the Bahamas? This tells to the inch.

•Navionics Mobile Gold ($49.99). Navionics Gold XL9 presents seamless charts by region with tide, current, port services, and automatic updates.

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