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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

To all:

I apologize for my posts "paragraphs" disappearing act. The culprit is a Firefox extension called NoScript. It prevents java scripts from running unless explicit permission to allow...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

23-07-2011, 20:04

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Virtual Vagabond, You think it annoys you? The fact there are no paragraphs is not my choosing, it is a feature of this site - maybe when after editing a post. Anyway, I know when to begin a new...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

19-07-2011, 12:29

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Sneuman, You seem to be in a state of denial. How can a person who has worked gathering information for dissemination to others profess such a viewpoint when every day, people are being killed and...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

18-07-2011, 17:51

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Kettlewell, Have you ever sailed to Australia? At some point your visa will expire and moving on becomes less a matter of choice and more a consequence of Australian immigration law. The cyclone...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

18-07-2011, 16:49

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Sneuman, You say; "I'm not suggesting you don't need to be careful, but I just don't think you should allow a fear of crime"... We are not talking about your run of the mill crime here. Anywhere...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

18-07-2011, 10:23

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Sneuman, I believe the advisories are pretty specific as to the most dangerous locations. It is important for travellers in areas where credible threats have been made to remember attacks are most...

Forum: Navigation

17-07-2011, 17:43

Replies: 18

CM93 C-Map

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: CM93 C-Map

Fronsdal, As mentioned in another post .iso files are image files. You can burn them to a CD or DVD (depending on the file size) and then copy the contents on the disk back to your hard drive. ...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

17-07-2011, 16:11

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Folks, No matter the issue at hand there will always be cheerleaders who will declare everything you say is exaggerated and or your concern is overblown, (with and without an ulterior motive),...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

15-07-2011, 04:31

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Re: Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Sneuman, I have already done Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. That was on the occasion of my first circumnavigation - 2000 through 2005. I don't believe I said either of the were no go...

Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea

12-07-2011, 18:16

Replies: 77

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Posted By PorkLoin

Worse and 'Worser'. . .

Poised to depart Darwin, Australia with the Sail Indonesia rally on July 23, 2011, I realize how fortunate I am to have sailed the South Pacific, South East Asia, the South Indian Ocean between 2000...

Forum: OpenCPN

22-09-2010, 19:06

Replies: 4

'Always on Top' How-to Instructions!

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Posted By PorkLoin

'Always on Top' How-to Instructions!

I have been using Linux since Red Hat 5! Lots of experience compiling and installing programs - even back in the days when the only way you discovered the source file you were attempting to compile...

Forum: OpenCPN

20-09-2010, 22:38

Replies: 9

Views: 2,412

Posted By PorkLoin

Here is the whole enchilada from "cmake" to...

Here is the whole enchilada from "cmake" to failure to build...

[armido@hp build]$ cmake /home/armido/Downloads/FromSVN09_21_10/opencpn
-- The C compiler identification is GNU
-- The CXX...

Forum: OpenCPN

20-09-2010, 22:20

Replies: 9

Views: 2,412

Posted By PorkLoin

After using your configuration options for...

After using your configuration options for wxWidgets I tried again...

Output:

[ 9%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/NMEA0183.dir/src/nmea.cpp.o
In file included from...

Forum: OpenCPN

20-09-2010, 20:40

Replies: 9

Views: 2,412

Posted By PorkLoin

Shucks! Everything went swimmingly until...

Shucks!

Everything went swimmingly until opencpn "make".

Output:

[ 9%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/NMEA0183.dir/src/nmea.cpp.o
In file included from...

Forum: OpenCPN

20-09-2010, 20:39

Replies: 9

Views: 2,412

Posted By PorkLoin

Forum: OpenCPN

20-09-2010, 15:51

Replies: 9

Views: 2,412

Posted By PorkLoin

Still encountering errors with opencpn...

Still encountering errors with opencpn compilation, particularly at make stage. Downloading fresh CVNs of all required packages. Cannot find a git option for wxWidgets. Anybody know if this is...

Forum: OpenCPN

19-09-2010, 14:22

Replies: 9

Views: 2,412

Posted By PorkLoin

Output from current CVS...

Thomas,

Thanks for your reply. The information in my first post is output from an attempt to make opencpn-2.1.624 from source with 2.9.1 wxWidget from source. I'll be working on this more today...

Forum: OpenCPN

18-09-2010, 23:58

Replies: 9

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Posted By PorkLoin

Fedora 13 Compilation Failure . . .

I was successful compiling and installing the following to Fedora 12
A subsequent update to Fedora 13 failed to affect the installation in any way.

Source code: opencpn-1.3.6.tar.bz2 ...

17-05-2010, 21:24

Replies: 7

NorSea 27 Aperture - Largest Recommended Prop Size ?

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Posted By PorkLoin

knothead, I notice the prop zinc is missing....

knothead,

I notice the prop zinc is missing. Does it contact your rudder when installed? CDI accurately notes that your shaft protrudes out farther than mine which allows you to use a larger...

16-05-2010, 20:03

Replies: 7

NorSea 27 Aperture - Largest Recommended Prop Size ?

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Posted By PorkLoin

knothead, thanks for the contribution. I...

knothead, thanks for the contribution. I forwarded your photos with measuring tape to CDI. It will be interesting to see what kind of recommendation he provides.

svarmido

14-05-2010, 17:28

Replies: 7

NorSea 27 Aperture - Largest Recommended Prop Size ?

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Posted By PorkLoin

GordMay and knothead. Thanks for your posts. ...

GordMay and knothead. Thanks for your posts. knothead, it will be most appreciated if you can measure the aperture next time your boat is out of the water. GordMay, your reply confirms that in...