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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 11-10-2017, 01:29
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Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

I've been using SAS planet for several years and in places like West Papua etc it's been a a godsent.

I'm now starting to use ovitalmap as I can run it on my tablets. It's worth checking out.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 03-09-2017, 22:00
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

Actually the new navionics app seems to do this I think. Haven't tried, but you can create your route manually or theres a function that allows the program to pick the best route using the perimeters...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 02-08-2017, 07:05
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

Im with Jim, being conservative wont kill you. What's that saying " there's old sailors and bold sailors, but no old bold sailors".
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 02-08-2017, 07:03
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

This actually came up in a discussion tonight. I was a better cruiser when I started than I was four years later, hitting a reef taught me how dangerous complacency is, and that a little fear is...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 30-07-2017, 19:32
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

On the tablets you can alter the colors according to depths, quite easy to do using settings.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 29-07-2017, 19:34
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

Excellent post. I to screw up, I try not to but still do. It's difficult and unjust to judge from our armchairs but this dosent mean we can't learn from events like this.

I know that complacency...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 29-07-2017, 19:15
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

Hi Ken , you download all the imagery in advance so it can be used off line. I have approx 50gig of downloaded imagery, its a real game changer.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 29-07-2017, 19:11
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

Yes, I run sas planet side by side with opencpn, its seriously awesome. I also use navionics, my belief is you can't have to much information.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 29-07-2017, 02:43
Replies: 367
Views: 83,575
Posted By daletournier
Re: Leopard 46 lost in French Polynesia - stunning rescue pictures

Always sad hearing a story like this, people that have the courage to give it a go only to have this as a reward. Hope they actually do have insurance.
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