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Forum: Marinas 07-09-2023, 21:09
Replies: 6
Views: 3,442
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Looking for Marina to Take Down Mast Near Entrance to Trent Severn from Georgian

We got our mast stepped at Wye Heritage for a reasonable price four years ago. There were a few closer by Port Severn, but they could not handle our 45 foot mast.
Forum: Marine Electronics 08-06-2023, 10:16
Replies: 35
Views: 4,857
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Icom command mic failed - now have to replace everything?

I have one I'm willing to part with. What part of the world are you? I'm in Ontario, Canada.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 22-04-2023, 18:52
Replies: 11
Views: 1,872
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Ritchie compass air bubble

Tilt the fill hole so that it's pointing upward and fill the last few drops from a syringe. Overfill by a few drops, make sure no air bubbles are trapped, its a small fill hole, and easy to trap...
Forum: OpenCPN 09-12-2022, 14:54
Replies: 2
Views: 924
Posted By B25Matt
Re: What exactly is gpsd for?

The short answer is, if you need to ask then don't choose gpsd.

If you've just got a single Pi then SignalK is the way to go. If you've got other apps that need GPS position that are non SignalK...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 07-12-2022, 10:24
Replies: 51
Views: 6,301
Posted By B25Matt
Re: heaving-to dilemma

I have a Hunter Cherrubini 37 cutter and I'm not sure it would heave to under main alone, I should try it some time.

One huge advantage to heaving to with a foresail up is that the main sail is...
Forum: Navigation 11-11-2022, 21:07
Replies: 178
Views: 15,475
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Mayday calls - where is that exactly?

There are a number of things I could do in the cockpit to decode a coat guard issued mayday call. However in this day and age with GPS and chart plotters we now navigate completely differently than...
Forum: Navigation 09-11-2022, 15:54
Replies: 178
Views: 15,475
Posted By B25Matt
Mayday calls - where is that exactly?

I've been cruising for some years now on most of the great lakes and have heard my share of mayday calls. In almost all instances, I'm left wondering, where is that exactly?

The mayday call goes...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-11-2022, 15:37
Replies: 12
Views: 1,274
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Sunbrella treatment

Thompson desk sealer. Works great.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-10-2022, 16:17
Replies: 78
Views: 8,896
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Multiple solar panels to a common bus bar?

Re parallel versus series: it depends on your panels. The 100 watt flexible panels only have 19v out put, for these series is the only workable option because once you acount for system losses etc....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-10-2022, 11:46
Replies: 92
Views: 9,742
Posted By B25Matt
Re: deep doo doo....boat is grounded....

I was told that they're going to raise the lake level starting this weekend. This is total hearsay.

There are lots of people hoping that this is true. I over winter in Iroquois and there are lots...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-04-2022, 23:44
Replies: 6
Views: 791
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Gps status poor -no position

On a new device it will take a long time to get your very first position fix, as much as 20 minutes. This is due to not having a valid almanac of what all the satellite orbits are. The almanac is...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-09-2021, 18:38
Replies: 11
Views: 1,788
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Failing Non Skid

My PO used beach sand sprinckled onto tacky/wet two part epoxy paint followed by a second top coat once the first had semi cured.

This was bad for two reasons.

The sand grains are brittle and...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 01-09-2021, 18:28
Replies: 41
Views: 3,514
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Wind predictions

The problem with weather predictions is that we do not yet have the computing power to really run high fidelity models.

As stated earlier in the thread the grid size of the models use are of the...
Forum: Americas 01-09-2021, 11:27
Replies: 18
Views: 2,176
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Marina with Storage in Kingston / Thousand Islands / Bay of Quinte

Try Iroquois marine, they're very accommodating.
Forum: OpenCPN 05-06-2021, 18:17
Replies: 15
Views: 4,367
Posted By B25Matt
Re: read and use signalK data

Openplotter is a Raspberry Pi Linux distribution that contains a number of pre packaged marine applications. Two of the primary apps being OpenCPN (a chart plotter) and SignalK (a marine data...
Forum: Navigation 04-01-2021, 16:02
Replies: 10
Views: 10,099
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Trent-Severn waterway in a sailboat - lessons learned

I actually took an informal survey of three lock masters and asked them if they knew what prop walk was and they did not.
Forum: Navigation 04-01-2021, 16:00
Replies: 10
Views: 10,099
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Trent-Severn waterway in a sailboat - lessons learned

I did not buy paper charts. I used a combination of my chart plotter and cell phone with Navionics.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-12-2020, 05:35
Replies: 54
Views: 15,640
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Options for adding gauges to Yanmar 3GM30F

I have not. I basically copied stuff already out there. PM me and I'd be happy to send you my code.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-12-2020, 10:12
Replies: 54
Views: 15,640
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Options for adding gauges to Yanmar 3GM30F

Are you any good at electronics DIY. I added 5 temperatures, 6 a/d channels and a pressure transducer to my 3QM30 and send the data to SignalK. I used an Arduino to do so, optionally the Arduino can...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-10-2020, 09:04
Replies: 60
Views: 9,934
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Composting Toilet - Catalina 28 MKII 1996

Peggy gives good advice and it should be heeded. She does seem to be an anti-composter though and its very likely brought on the zealotry of composters who refuse to admit there may be some down...
Forum: Great Lakes 18-08-2020, 16:55
Replies: 140
Views: 15,456
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Noisy Neighbours

I've come to learn that power boats rafted up are ALWAYS a very bed omen.

Pack up and leave before they ruin your nights sleep. I still get steamed over incidents from many years ago.

We have a...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-06-2020, 06:38
Replies: 22
Views: 15,567
Posted By B25Matt
Re: AIS from OpenCPN to Navionics

I've just completed an ESP8266 project that collects five temperatures, two voltages, and one pressure, all integrated into SK. I'd be happy to share my source code with you or anyone for that matter.
Forum: Dollars & Cents 29-01-2020, 07:38
Replies: 13
Views: 4,926
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Kingston, Ontario Marina costs and recommendation

In the end you're going to pay roughly the same anywhere you go around Kingston, $2600 for docking, $1400 for winter storage. You can get cheaper but then you're further off the beaten track and it...
Forum: Navigation 02-12-2019, 05:48
Replies: 10
Views: 10,099
Posted By B25Matt
Re: Trent-Severn waterway in a sailboat - lessons learned

From Midland you're really close to where we stepped (Wye). Its an hour and half to the first locks. You'll be fine with a five foot draft. The level in the waterway is controlled so once past the...
Forum: Navigation 18-09-2019, 10:21
Replies: 10
Views: 10,099
Posted By B25Matt
Trent-Severn waterway in a sailboat - lessons learned

In preparations for going through the Trent-Severn water way with our sailboat this summer, I found very little helpful information that was sailboat specific. Having now completed it (summer 2019),...
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