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Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 21-10-2023, 23:22
Replies: 20
Views: 3,464
Posted By p435
Re: Offshore weather forecast - alternatives

How do you see the bugs and many short comings in the PredictWind Offshore App?



Do you write a blog in the PredictWind Offshore App?


How large are typically the files you download?
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 21-10-2023, 23:20
Replies: 20
Views: 3,464
Posted By p435
Re: Offshore weather forecast - alternatives

What is Vesselink? Can't find anything in the web.


What is your experience with this device? I'm very interested in getting information about the experience others made.
Forum: OpenCPN 13-10-2023, 20:18
Replies: 0
Views: 367
Posted By p435
Linux Flatpak Installation and Debian plugins

I have a Flatpak installation with Linux Mint. 20.3 Cinnnamon 64 bit



OpenCPN 5.2.4 Just installed thus a newbie.



I want to install the admiralty tide tables and find them only as deb...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 22-09-2023, 19:41
Replies: 20
Views: 3,464
Posted By p435
Re: Offshore weather forecast - alternatives

I am using PredictWind with IridiumGO but I am not very happy with the OffShore App. For my feeling it has too many bugs and I don't see real improvements. Therefore, I am looking for alternatives....
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 22-09-2023, 15:22
Replies: 20
Views: 3,464
Posted By p435
Re: Offshore weather forecast - alternatives

@chrisr


Thanks for your reply.



Via which organization do airtime and data volumn for your IrdiumGO?
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 22-09-2023, 14:35
Replies: 20
Views: 3,464
Posted By p435
Re: Offshore weather forecast - alternatives

Starlink is great but has no emergency functionality. Needs even 230 V.
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 22-09-2023, 14:13
Replies: 20
Views: 3,464
Posted By p435
Offshore weather forecast - alternatives

I am currently getting my offshore weather forecast via an IridumGO device but I am not very happy with the service. The IridiumGO is currently my emergency communication system beside my EPRI

I...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-01-2023, 13:38
Replies: 50
Views: 7,635
Posted By p435
Re: Water Maker

Check with Dessalator (spain@dessalator.com) ask for Martin.


I have AC watermaker which is already a few years old but it runs fine. As far as I know they also have now 12V or 24V systems.

...
Forum: Marine Electronics 11-02-2022, 07:45
Replies: 0
Views: 298
Posted By p435
no charge signal beeps every 10 - 60 sec

Volvo Penta MD2040
Alternator: Valeo, exact type cannot be indentified since it type plate is painted; image attached.


The beeping signal appears roughly every 10 - 60 sec in irregular periods....
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-11-2021, 22:59
Replies: 17
Views: 5,984
Posted By p435
Re: reefing the main sail at a catamaran

Thanks for your replies so far.



My question concerns the way you do the reefing. For example do you start the engines and turn the boat in the wind and reef.

Or for upwind sailing, do...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-11-2021, 08:37
Replies: 17
Views: 5,984
Posted By p435
reefing the main sail at a catamaran

As I am hearing many opinions about reefing the main sail at a catamaran, I am interested to learn about the ways catamaran main sails are reefed by members of this forum's Multihull Sailboats...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 01-09-2021, 12:53
Replies: 107
Views: 24,290
Posted By p435
Re: Adriatic Squad

My favorite marina, before we left for our looong voyage, was ACI Simuni on the Island of Pag.


According to reports from my friends there it still all very good.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-02-2021, 18:07
Replies: 109
Views: 17,875
Posted By p435
Re: Help Please --- First Time $1M+ Purchase

Reading the initial post again, I got the idea you need someone who knows all (technical, sailing, legal, insurance, experinece, etc.) around boats in the size of your boat and who also knows the...
Forum: Marine Electronics 22-02-2021, 16:54
Replies: 63
Views: 49,671
Posted By p435
Re: Usefullness of HF-radio (short-wave radios) in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean

Thanks a lot for all your replies!

I got a bit of a better understanding on the usefulness of a HF (SSB) radio on board,

As I do have an DSC-VHF radio, EPRI and Irdium GO for weather data and...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 22-02-2021, 06:27
Replies: 19
Views: 2,012
Posted By p435
Re: Q for the traveling liveaboards

I would not consider a motor-sailor.

Reason: Distances are large and using the engines become expansive, a motor-sailor is not a good sail boat.

I live on one and would go again for a cat. 5...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 21-02-2021, 00:36
Replies: 109
Views: 17,875
Posted By p435
Re: Help Please --- First Time $1M+ Purchase

62 ft ist much too big!

Why do I say so?

A very experienced sailing friend of my wanted to buy a Privilege 615 and sail around the world. After several discussions I proposed to buy only a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-02-2021, 00:15
Replies: 63
Views: 49,671
Posted By p435
Usefullness of HF-radio (short-wave radios) in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean

We plan to cross the Atlantic Ocean from East to West next winter.

While in European coastal waters and the Mediterranean Sea VHF-Radios are very useful because every boat has one on board and...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 29-09-2020, 23:28
Replies: 27
Views: 4,930
Posted By p435
Re: Question? Purchase a boat now and pay-off or save for 6 years and buy?

Buy your boat ASAP. You will need to get experience and 5 years are going like a 5 weeks. Don't start without experience.


Living on a monohull in winter in the water is not cold because of the...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 29-09-2020, 23:17
Replies: 2
Views: 1,367
Posted By p435
Re: Coppercoat ten year bottom paint

Personal experience for 2 years it is good. The little grow of algae and a few very small sea pocks could be removed just using a snorkel. (Catamaran wit max draft 1.3 m).


I used a brush to...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 05-11-2019, 01:06
Replies: 155
Views: 43,788
Posted By p435
Re: Med cruising and managing Schengen

If the 300day visa for Greece is correct, then it applies also for other Schengen countries. Additionally the EU tax regulation concerning VAT kicks in.

It might be good to check the VAT...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 27-09-2019, 03:26
Replies: 155
Views: 43,788
Posted By p435
Re: Med cruising and managing Schengen

Be aware that not all staff in Schengen countries do know the Schengen regulations exactly. I experienced the same with a Schengen registered boat and a Schengen citizenship.


Unfriendly Coast...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 15-04-2019, 01:34
Replies: 57
Views: 13,545
Posted By p435
Re: Too old for sailing?

@Flightdeck (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/members/flightdeck-149976.html)


Start NOW, the earlier the better. We will take off this May and I am 67.


Second recommendation I have: Get...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 01-04-2019, 01:21
Replies: 20
Views: 3,954
Posted By p435
Re: Where to start? Want to cast off the lines and sail away

@CatNewBee
(https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/members/catnewbee-194512.html)
Thanks for your comment, but I want to go to Japan where I lived and sailed for many years. Sailing friends. Sailing...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 31-03-2019, 23:29
Replies: 20
Views: 3,954
Posted By p435
Re: Where to start? Want to cast off the lines and sail away

Why do you ship the your boat to the Med? We make a big loop in the Pacific and return from Japan our most north-western destination via Hawaii to the Panama Canal and then head back to Europe via...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-03-2019, 05:46
Replies: 131
Views: 28,239
Posted By p435
Re: Anchor- 44lb spade/rocna vs 55lb Lewmar delta

Thanks for the data. They make me thinking.
I never dropped the anchor in such shallow water. However with 8 and 10x the water depth in chain length, I am surprised the anchor dragged.


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