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Forum: Navigation 08-10-2010, 08:53
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Posted By ActiveCaptain
Drawings for a simple furnace are so 2003. Would...

Drawings for a simple furnace are so 2003. Would you like some digital 3D steroscopic CAD renderings instead?
Forum: Navigation 06-10-2010, 13:55
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
I'm just curious...if not using a GPS, how much...

I'm just curious...if not using a GPS, how much closer than 100 meters do you think you'd get by other position-generating techniques when offshore the coast of southeast Australia?

Using a GPS...
Forum: Navigation 05-10-2010, 15:07
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
Another thing they're really good for is creating...

Another thing they're really good for is creating gasket material for engine water pumps and other water systems when you need something in a pinch.
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 14:44
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
That's a sad comment about something you spend a...

That's a sad comment about something you spend a third of your life doing (or more). I'm sure it's not a unique view...but it's not the only one.

I've been writing software professionally for 38...
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 12:30
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
Most larger electronic system can control...

Most larger electronic system can control brightness and/or change the colors to dark shades of red. We do overnight passages all the time and maintain full night vision while using all of the...
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 10:58
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
50% of the Coast Guard budget goes toward...

50% of the Coast Guard budget goes toward maintaining ATON's. 50%! It's impossible to imagine that this won't change and more buoys will go away.

AIS provides another cost saving technique for...
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 08:18
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
Yeah...I know. I was taught to navigate on...

Yeah...I know. I was taught to navigate on paper. It feels right to me and I like having the charts next to me. It's sort of like getting in the front seat of a car. If I don't buckle the seat...
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 08:13
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
The phone in my pocket (with every chart for the...

The phone in my pocket (with every chart for the areas I cruise between Maine and Venezuela) and my disconnected iPad will do very well in a lightening strike. If there's enough current to zap the...
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 07:43
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
There's just a big difference between buying them...

There's just a big difference between buying them and using them. I really don't think paper charts are being used nearly as much even for large ocean passages. Again, like my own helm, I have the...
Forum: Navigation 04-10-2010, 06:30
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
I have paper charts out all the time but they are...

I have paper charts out all the time but they are a backup. I pilot by electronics in various forms from Raymarine to multiple phones and even an iPad. I develop and have developed electronic...
Forum: Navigation 03-10-2010, 10:13
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
Yeah...like I said, there's a difference. But...

Yeah...like I said, there's a difference. But you missed the entire point of my posting.
Forum: Navigation 03-10-2010, 09:52
Replies: 206
Views: 21,365
Posted By ActiveCaptain
I had an interesting experience last Fall. We...

I had an interesting experience last Fall. We brought the boat into Charleston for a month with plans to drive to my wife's parents for Thanksgiving for a few days during our time there. So we...
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