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Forum: OpenCPN Today, 16:56
Replies: 3
Views: 125
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Lost with screensaver

Maybe you should be looking at "power options" - set sleep to "never"
Forum: OpenCPN Today, 16:50
Replies: 3
Views: 125
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Lost with screensaver

Search "screen saver settings" - set screen saver drop down to "None"
Forum: Multihull Sailboats Today, 01:04
Replies: 7
Views: 346
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Prout Quasar 50

There is a semi abandoned, but afloat Quassar in Alvor Portugal. Not sure how you find out about it and whether it is for sale.


Was just passing through so no other info apart from seeing it...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats Yesterday, 00:10
Replies: 40
Views: 2,785
Posted By Tupaia
Re: For us it was a bad idea

Ours is slightly larger than our mainsail 65 vs 63sqm has a high clew to clear the coach roof and is sheeted inboard of the shrouds. It is at the limit when sailing close to wind speed 7knots in...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 22-04-2024, 13:33
Replies: 2
Views: 273
Posted By Tupaia
DC TO DC Charger Question

I have a LifePO house bank (400AH) and 2 x small (24AH) AGM start batteries. (2 engines)



With my old AGM house bank (600AH) no start batteries, I would run my engines when anchoring that would...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 22-04-2024, 00:29
Replies: 40
Views: 2,785
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Do you leave your screecher hoisted?

A screecher is primarily an upwind sail, apparent wind from ahead of the beam, interested to know how a parasail could function as such even with a barber hauler.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 20-04-2024, 01:04
Replies: 10
Views: 613
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Sea Anchors, most complicated simple thing ever

My mistake. 53inches is the other extreme more akin to a drogue. Is this a parachute or a conical drogue? Either way rigging it with a bridle to bow and a midships cleat would probably provide some...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 20-04-2024, 00:09
Replies: 10
Views: 613
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Sea Anchors, most complicated simple thing ever

That is a supermassive sea anchor for a 30ft boat. A typical size for a 30ft boat would be 12ft. Handling the sheer volume of a 53ft sea anchor would be pretty daunting.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 19-04-2024, 02:04
Replies: 7
Views: 585
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Why are stub keels short?

Picture maybe! How long and deep are the keels on your boat?
Stub keels are always a performance compromise when compared to dagger boards. They have many advantages in terms of practicality but...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 19-04-2024, 01:52
Replies: 40
Views: 2,785
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Do you leave your screecher hoisted?

This sounds more like a gennaker than a screecher, ours is very light and only good for winds under 10 knots.
Do you run it from a bow sprit? Limited foredeck space on a mono makes hoisting and...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 18-04-2024, 01:18
Replies: 11
Views: 649
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Waterline Brush

A line from the toe rail provides a fulcrum to a broom used from a dinghy.


Often thought about an upside down mechanical car wash arrangement.

What about a swimming pool crawler cleaner,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-04-2024, 11:13
Replies: 49
Views: 2,690
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Please (try to) avoid sailing/transiting through race courses

I can recall an incident from many years ago. An 80ft Thames barge was proceeding down the Thames with aid of the ebbing tide. A group of dinghies were racing a course that traversed the entire...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 17-04-2024, 01:25
Replies: 36
Views: 1,990
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Running a two stroke from a large static tank? How to deal with mix?

I ran 2 x inboard 2 strokes for 10 years, using 4 x 60 litre fixed tanks. Never had a problem with fuel. Much less hassle than the diesel I now have. I always mixed in jerry can before adding to the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 17-04-2024, 00:40
Replies: 40
Views: 2,785
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Do you leave your screecher hoisted?

I commissioned my screecher without UV protection that makes it much lighter and less bulky. It is also more efficient in light airs which is what it is for after all. Like Tin Tin it is only ever up...
Forum: Marine Electronics 16-04-2024, 01:25
Replies: 7
Views: 361
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Raymarine ST60 System Acting Up

1. You can hot swap SeaTalk items.
2. SeaTalk is not NMEA you need a converter E85001 or Quark multiplexor to get NMEA data out.
3. Are all the ST60 instruments are running the same Firmware...
Forum: Navigation 14-04-2024, 13:05
Replies: 5
Views: 405
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Navigation Charts

OpenCPN and a PC (or laptop) there is a huge array of charts available free or very cheap "O Charts", SAS Planet, GoogleEarth, CM93, a lot of the far flung islands have not been charted since the...
Forum: Navigation 14-04-2024, 12:55
Replies: 6
Views: 2,539
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Marshall Islands charts and anchoring

Check out Soggy Paws website they have a compendium on the Marshalls


https://svsoggypaws.com/files/index.htm
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 14-04-2024, 12:38
Replies: 3
Views: 343
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Composite Props?

I had composite MaxProps that worked really well. They can be easily repaired. MaxProps stopped producing them, as the larger ones were apparently failing an issue that mine did not suffer probably...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 14-04-2024, 02:09
Replies: 2
Views: 280
Posted By Tupaia
Windy

Cruising again and found that Windy has changed it's format yet again and replaced the easy, quick and understandable menu with unrecognisable pictorial graphics, that severely detract from this...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 13-04-2024, 05:13
Replies: 5
Views: 353
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Buying unregistered natante in Italy and sailing to Greece

You don't need a survey for British SSR.


A minor point, as a UK resident, a requirement of the SSR, you will be subject to IPT (Insurance Premium Tax) 12% on any insurance placed in the UK.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 13-04-2024, 02:46
Replies: 4
Views: 267
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Sterling Pro Charge Ultra 40A DC output fault light

Phone Sterling help line in the UK

+44 (0)1905 771771
A totally unrelated dirty blade fuse was diagnosed over the phone and corrected.
One of the few marine suppliers that provides excellent...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 11-04-2024, 12:29
Replies: 6
Views: 322
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Coppercoat, or not?

Our experience was pretty much the same.

https://coppercoat.brucebalan.com/
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 11-04-2024, 11:28
Replies: 5
Views: 525
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Experience with Custom Mattress Factory?

Check the weight, we tried a latex core and it was like wrestling a jelly fish every time we made it. Making an odd shaped bed in a confined space can be challenging.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 11-04-2024, 04:30
Replies: 19
Views: 1,255
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Replacing compound curve windows?

It can be done it takes a massive amount of time.

1. Template the inner surface of the existing window (3D)
2. Create a mould bigger than the window using the template (Frames with battens with a...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-03-2024, 04:23
Replies: 27
Views: 1,832
Posted By Tupaia
Re: Sail area/Displacement #s

Another thing to be aware of is that "production" boats, performance or otherwise have to have a level of internal finish that appeals at boat-shows. This is most easily achieved using linings of...
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