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Sailing activity

Piotr
over 1 year ago

Hello everyone, I am a new user of the Forerunner 255 and I am very happy with the capabilities of this watch. The only downside I see is the lack of nautical activity. Do you know how to fix this or do you have any tips on how to set the custom activity to count distance in nautical miles and speed in knots?

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    You could duplicate the "other" activity, name it "Nautical" and activate GPS recording on it.

    To do that press START, go down and select Add, select "Copy Activity", choose the "other" activity, rename it, add it to your activities. Then long press the "up" button, go to the activity settings and make sure GPS is active.

    Then, after the activity gets uploaded on Connect, you can change the activity type to "boating". You will have to do this every time you upload a "Nautical" activity, otherwise it will appear as "other". I don't know how the boating activity is displayed, but hopefully knots and nautical miles will be used.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to StreetLight

    Thanks for hint. This is very week solution regarding to all changes which need to be done after every activity. I am looking something easier like start running activities.  

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Piotr

    You could try this app from the store (Boating BETA): https://apps.garmin.cn/it-IT/apps/2b95cee6-3743-4785-b649-079b36536b5b. I've not tried, but it seems to be compatible with the 255.