I have just started with sailing during the night and it does not seem that my chart plotter have an
radar alarm. (Simrad CX44). I hope to get some hours on the pillow with no one
steering. I have been thinking of
buying one of those nasa
ais for pc and use them with
OpenCPN. It seems that
OpenCPN has an
AIS alarm to wake you up. But that's only for big ships. What if I meet another sailor like me that want his beauty sleep.
The reason I'm thinking about this is that if you are three on duty you can have an 4 hours on and eight off. But when you are two, it is easy to not get the sleep you need. thats serious too. I often sail in cold
water and more than 4 hours watching can actually be a physical pain.
So in short how do small crew solve this problem electronicly?