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Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 11-09-2020, 19:19
Replies: 13
Views: 11,416
Posted By bbhflts
Re: Keco Eco Cooler.

I've read up on Peltier and tried to understand the science compared to traditional compressors re efficiency. If you take the analogy of electric cars, 4 moving parts is more efficient than a few...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-08-2020, 01:54
Replies: 6
Views: 10,406
Posted By bbhflts
Re: New NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 board for Raspberry Pi

Awesome. Just wondering about what case to use as a standard case will no longer fit. Alternatively put it in its own case and use a ribbon cable to connect.
Forum: OpenCPN 20-08-2020, 01:36
Replies: 4
Views: 979
Posted By bbhflts
Re: Pi4 64 bit Rasbian and dependent files....

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian...
Forum: OpenCPN 10-07-2020, 07:21
Replies: 4
Views: 979
Posted By bbhflts
Pi4 64 bit Rasbian and dependent files....

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get install opencpn
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-05-2020, 16:20
Replies: 4
Views: 1,045
Posted By bbhflts
Re: Boat Registration/Flag for Global Cruising

As stated in point 1. Nationality is not the issue.
As stated in my post, boat clearance and customs clearance is my key concern. The flag of the vessel does impact these two issues.

Not...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-05-2020, 16:13
Replies: 4
Views: 1,045
Posted By bbhflts
Re: Boat Registration/Flag for Global Cruising

As stated in point 1, I am not a US citizen.
As stated in the overall question, country of registration does impact how boat clearance and customs are treated.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-05-2020, 22:33
Replies: 4
Views: 1,045
Posted By bbhflts
Boat Registration/Flag for Global Cruising

Looking to register a boat and thinking of BVI or The Cayman Islands. Other than the usual benefits of registering offshore such as low cost, low hassle, no tax, a key consideration is the ease of...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 13-03-2018, 12:33
Replies: 13
Views: 11,416
Posted By bbhflts
Keco Eco Cooler.

Has anyone other than the dude in Haiti tried one of these. Info on the web seems to be rather sparse. KECO - ATEN S.r.l. (https://www.aten.it/KECO_Eng.html)
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 13-03-2017, 05:34
Replies: 7
Views: 2,672
Posted By bbhflts
Re: Cruising and Personal Taxation Status

All very good advice. First is age. So it's good to be tax resident if you do want to utilise things like Medicare. Next is tax threshold. Then there is the consideration on what and where to put...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 11-03-2017, 06:20
Replies: 7
Views: 2,672
Posted By bbhflts
Cruising and Personal Taxation Status

Hi All.

I don't see that anyone has discussed this yet.

Scenario:

Cruising the world for the next few years. Will not be resident nor domicile during this period in any country. Whilst I'm...
Forum: Our Community 04-04-2015, 02:18
Replies: 203
Views: 43,821
Posted By bbhflts
Re: CF Member Rescued After Being Lost at Sea For 66 Days-Merged

Whilst much of this all sounds a bit fishy, take the time to watch and listen to the interviews. The guy clearly lacks a lot of knowledge like how to even pronounce "jury rig".

As a physio, I can...
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-05-2012, 22:58
Replies: 2
Views: 1,990
Posted By bbhflts
Re: Polar Generation

Sorry, I forgot to mention I'm familiar with iRegatta for the iPhone/iPad. The issue is its polar doesn't allow you to build it up over time, export the data and then smooth the curves (to my...
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-05-2012, 22:51
Replies: 2
Views: 1,990
Posted By bbhflts
Polar Generation

I'm looking for a recommendation for the best software for my situation to generate a polar.

Caveats. I'm not interested in conspiracy theories of how polars are used for marketing, wildly...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-06-2010, 12:51
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
John. I'm "hoping" that when the manufacturer...

John. I'm "hoping" that when the manufacturer says 8.5V Nominal, they are on the knee of the curve;-) At the end of the day it's like all theory. Try to design it with the theory in mind, guided...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-06-2010, 11:33
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
Strygaldwir. I'm only planning on using the...

Strygaldwir. I'm only planning on using the battery for 4 hours a week. All other days it will be sitting there trickle charging. With an AGM battery there is a very low selfd discharge rate. I...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-06-2010, 06:10
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
I think I have it worked out. Seems that it's...

I think I have it worked out. Seems that it's simply down to market demand and requirements for simplicity and efficiency. It's simpler to construct a solar panel to produce 12V or more and then...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-06-2010, 03:16
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
Hi John. The more I think of this problem...

Hi John.

The more I think of this problem the more I keep coming back to the question of the determents of the Solar Panel Voltage. This from what I gather is essentially determined by the...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-06-2010, 09:22
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
Just got the reply back. the Morningstar doesn't...

Just got the reply back. the Morningstar doesn't help me.

"Hi Ben,

The SG-4 is not able to boost the solar input voltage to charge a higher voltage battery. When the input voltage drops below...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-06-2010, 09:18
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
Hey denverd0n. I've been researching and you...

Hey denverd0n.

I've been researching and you are right, the issue is finding the right regulator to manage the current and boost the voltage. I've found the following and emailed the...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-06-2010, 22:39
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
Hi Sailmonkey. Agreed, but don't have the...

Hi Sailmonkey.

Agreed, but don't have the luxury. It's an SB3 with a factory installed Tacktick solar panel, triducer, compass etc.. I can't swap out the existing solar panel and don't want to...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-06-2010, 10:42
Replies: 16
Views: 4,414
Posted By bbhflts
Solar to Trickle Charge a Battery

I'm an engineer, but the specifics of this one have me looking in circles as I know nothing about solar panels.

Situation:

-1x Solar panel putting out approx 1W @ approx 8-9 volts.
-Nav kit...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 21-06-2010, 09:43
Replies: 12
Views: 8,087
Posted By bbhflts
Eric. My original thought process is on the...

Eric.

My original thought process is on the basis of the comments in the North Sails U Trim book that a symmetrical sail shape is not optimal and a compromise. So I began thinking that if an A...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 21-06-2010, 08:11
Replies: 12
Views: 8,087
Posted By bbhflts
I'm also wondering if this would impact IRC...

I'm also wondering if this would impact IRC rating. Mmmmm, will investigate or I'm sure there will be a protest the first time I do well in a race using the method.....assuming it works well;-)
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 21-06-2010, 08:09
Replies: 12
Views: 8,087
Posted By bbhflts
I think I'll have to give this a shot. Just need...

I think I'll have to give this a shot. Just need to find the right length spinnaker pole.

Cheers.

Ben.
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 21-06-2010, 07:59
Replies: 4
Views: 1,533
Posted By bbhflts
Thanks guys. Some great pointers. Exactly what...

Thanks guys. Some great pointers. Exactly what I was after.

Cheers.

Ben.
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