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Forum: Navigation 28-09-2019, 18:20
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

Have you checked if it needs a firmware update? This sort of fault is often firmware related.
Forum: Navigation 28-09-2019, 14:28
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

Ha ha, I just saw this and I couldn’t help thinking... “oh crap, the water is brown, we must be up that creek again.”.
Forum: Navigation 28-09-2019, 14:26
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

VHF and a depth sounder!?

What kind of super rich capitalist b——ds do you fraternise with Ann?
Forum: Navigation 27-09-2019, 22:08
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

Ann, I just bought a BS-708 USB gps puck on Fleabay for AU$13. With the current state of the Aussie dollar that probably equates to 28 cents in the US. I have not received it yet but according some...
Forum: Navigation 27-09-2019, 22:04
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

That is a very cool concept.. at least until you bump into the reef that wasn’t marked on the school atlas.

Then it’s not so cool.
Forum: Navigation 27-09-2019, 21:46
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

Yeah, OpenCPN is up to version FIVE now. It’s nearly as old as Windows.
Forum: Navigation 27-09-2019, 16:03
Replies: 47
Views: 8,794
Posted By GILow
Re: Most ECONOMICAL ways to equip cruising sailboat w/ nav equipment + backups?

OpenCpn for navigation on a refurbished laptop.

A line with a lead weight as a sounder.

A wet finger as a wind gauge.
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