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Forum: OpenCPN 19-04-2024, 07:19
Replies: 144
Views: 8,140
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

Not so much a platform as a really durable bracket, TIDAL MOUNTS comes in two sizes. Disclaimer, I know the Captain who runs the business and wrote the patent for him. I also told him the machined...
Forum: Navigation 17-01-2024, 09:04
Replies: 3
Views: 2,299
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: VentureFarther - Navigation for Cruisers

Is VentureFarther supposed to work in OpenCPN 5.8.2 (Windows 11)? I tried installing and can't see any icon, widget, or other way to "start" it. And I don't see any separate Windows program. A...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 29-12-2023, 08:31
Replies: 21
Views: 1,967
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Mast Step Makers

I did a drawing of what I needed for a Tartan 10 -- dimensions from the one I was replacing that had a broken flange with wider flanges so it didn't happen again -- and had an aluminum foundry cast...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-12-2023, 09:19
Replies: 5
Views: 401
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Landmark Data No Longer Displayed on ENC Charts

Works fine on my Android tablet. My settings look different on the Windows 11 tablet but the right click and select Object Query worked.
Today, though, it's 11:15 local time and OpenCPN has (1)...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-12-2023, 18:08
Replies: 5
Views: 401
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Landmark Data No Longer Displayed on ENC Charts

Thanks, Hakan. My Settings - Vector Chart Display looks a little different. I don't have the left side box with check offs and the box on the right side for chart detail is mostly grayed-out....
Forum: OpenCPN 26-12-2023, 10:34
Replies: 5
Views: 401
Posted By Ratty1978
Landmark Data No Longer Displayed on ENC Charts

I have been unable to view the landmark / ATON information (probably not the correct technical term) when I tried to view the information. About a week ago (it's December and I'm not navigating a...
Forum: Our Community 25-12-2023, 08:11
Replies: 63
Views: 7,852
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Selling my boat

You don't say which "he" is saying what. Was it the surveyor or the buyer who made the rigging replacement claim? Not that it's incorrect, either way, but it would make a price negotiation ploy...
Forum: OpenCPN 18-12-2023, 07:44
Replies: 45
Views: 6,503
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Cheap Tablet for Open CPN

Years ago, not every tablet had GPS. You have a chartplotter, but getting it to connect to a cheap tablet might be a challenge. I made the opposite equipment choice. I have a rugged tablet...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 02-10-2023, 07:17
Replies: 22
Views: 1,497
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: What kind of traveller track?

The multi-part traveler control blocks are used when you need to trim under load. They are great when racing. For cruising, I'd think you can fiddle, ease load, adjust and things will work fine. ...
Forum: Marine Electronics 08-09-2023, 08:15
Replies: 57
Views: 5,706
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Radar Reflectors -- observations and musings

One time anecdote: We were sailing through a fairly busy commercial shipping channel and it was a bit foggy. I heard a freighter report their position and course on VHF, thought it was close enough...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 04-09-2023, 11:23
Replies: 48
Views: 6,398
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: trailer launching full keel boat?

It depends on the launch ramp and whether you have a trailer tongue extension. I have a San Juan 24 with 4 foot draft and when I had a custom trailer built, had a tongue extension that is maybe 10...
Forum: Powered Boats 17-06-2023, 08:37
Replies: 3
Views: 633
Posted By Ratty1978
Small Powerboats into High Wind

Experienced an interesting situation and continued safely based on judgment and decisions, but it makes me wonder if there is some engineering or naval architecture quantification. 22 foot center...
Forum: Marine Electronics 12-05-2023, 06:53
Replies: 35
Views: 5,679
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Mast Wiring Disconnect - Best Practice?

I really like the Deutsch connectors. The have O-rings to seal out moisture and are worth buying the proper crimping tool (although for limited use an aftermarket brand in the correct configuration...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 05-05-2023, 10:00
Replies: 22
Views: 2,113
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Where to order sheaves online?

It may be that the pin diameter is the limiting factor. If the sheave turns on whatever pin, do you care if the diameter is measured in inches or metric? I rebuild snatch blocks buy buying both...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 01-05-2023, 07:48
Replies: 69
Views: 9,770
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Unethical Practice by my Boat Yard?

Ethics are good things, but typically don't govern transactions unless they are written ethics rules. There would, essentially, be a contract, maybe their posted rates for things, and if that...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 17-04-2023, 09:13
Replies: 101
Views: 12,596
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Synthetic rigging vs. Stainless steel

I'd rely on Colligo, too. For racing, I've used a synthetic backstay for years, but there were class rules, swept spreaders and wanted a stainless forestay for a hanked on jib anyway. I'm...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-03-2023, 07:00
Replies: 69
Views: 7,583
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Deck re-core from below

I recored from the inside on a 24 foot boat by drilling many holes, letting the rotten balsa do whatever it did when oxygen hit it, left it long enough to dry, and then used syringes (there are big...
Forum: OpenCPN 21-03-2023, 09:59
Replies: 2,028
Sticky: Help / FAQ
Views: 566,966
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Help / FAQ

I may be running a Beta version (5.7.1) which might be why some features are grayed out. (1) Vector Chart Display looks different than the manual. User Standard Objects, I can't scroll or select....
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 27-02-2023, 07:22
Replies: 61
Views: 5,197
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Shins. Not "shims" - shins.

Since I played rugby before I took up racing sailboats, no. Doesn't bother me. Tape it up and sail on.
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 10-02-2023, 08:00
Replies: 83
Views: 11,184
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Talk me out of roller furling

My previous boat, a Tartan Ten (10 meters LOA, 7000 lbs) had hanked on jibs because (1) nearly all of the racing competition had them (2) it's a lot faster for the bow person to get it down when...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-01-2023, 09:43
Replies: 31
Views: 3,809
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: What Interior Lights with USB ?

Good observations above. You should do the arithmetic for amps and volts. One additional observation -- and I have devices that use USB C which can be a USB A (the square one) to USB C (the oval...
Forum: OpenCPN 01-01-2023, 11:30
Replies: 81
Views: 8,547
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: OpenCPN Version 5.7.1 Beta Test #1

Windows 11, Dell 7220 Planning only. Boat's on the hard.



(1) Normal routes work at least as well. GRIB, polars and weather routing work, with same, known, quirk, I expect based on my...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 30-12-2022, 10:43
Replies: 55
Views: 3,923
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Metric Hardware

Easy to check Bolt Depot. https://www.boltdepot.com/ Obviously, check the alloy, too, depending on where you will use them. The waters on which I sail enable me to get to Canada, but it's fresh...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 26-12-2022, 09:59
Replies: 55
Views: 9,485
Posted By Ratty1978
Re: Correct way to Tab bulkheads

Widest last. Strength in all fiber reinforced composites ('glass, carbon, Kevlar, whatever) is always along the length of the fibers. So the straighter and longer the fibers, the better. That's...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-11-2022, 14:55
Replies: 1,918
Sticky: OpenCPN General
Views: 585,941
Posted By Ratty1978
Android Behavior

New Samsung Galaxy Tab Active3 (Android 12) had an apparent conflict with chart resolution. It seems to have picked up ENC charts not "in" the active Directory I created, maybe with the "forced"...
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