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Forum: Marine Electronics 25-03-2020, 11:13
Replies: 20
Views: 3,095
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: RG 223U for Iridium Go?

Three times less loss is NOT POSSIBLE. Maximum loss of anything is 100% i.e ONE TIME. Does the writer mean 1/3 less or 2/3 less? Andrew
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 18-07-2019, 08:39
Replies: 29
Views: 4,748
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: Couples--Recovering a Tethered MOB

1. Lash polyprop "cargo net' (with large mesh) to the seaward side of both
toe-rails, roll up and lash (velcro preferably).
2. In event of MOB, release the velcro thereby creating a "scrambling...
Forum: Our Community 20-06-2019, 10:04
Replies: 19
Views: 3,788
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: Strange Yanmar RPM issue.

The explanation is almost certainly the difference in gear ratios between ahead and astern. I found exactly the same with a Yanmar 2GM20 that I had on a 31ft Miura: the max revs in forward gear was...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 29-04-2019, 13:47
Replies: 26
Views: 6,723
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: Yanmar 2qm20; Why Low Revs?

I had a Yanmar 2gm20 in my 31ft Miura and spent many months trying to work out why the motor would not rev (no rev counter) above what seemed to be "too slow". Opening the throttle beyond a certain...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-07-2016, 13:49
Replies: 12
Views: 5,883
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: North Sails Rope Luff Furling

I have a single tapered rope in a sleeve (fitted by Quantum, now Ullman Sails in Cape Town) in a 140% genoa on my 31ft Miura cruiser/racer. Superb; sail sets perfectly with even about 3 foot furled....
Forum: OpenCPN 19-06-2012, 12:34
Replies: 112
Views: 19,398
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: OpenCPN Version 3.0.0 Release

Done that many times. Does not help. Pse note that I am using 2.3.1.not 3.2.1 - lousy typing!
Forum: OpenCPN 13-06-2012, 07:57
Replies: 112
Views: 19,398
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: OpenCPN Version 3.0.0 Release

Where does one find the Flyspray tracker? This is the first that I have heards of it.
Forum: OpenCPN 11-06-2012, 05:03
Replies: 112
Views: 19,398
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: OpenCPN Version 3.0.0 Release

Ooops! My typing is as bad as my sailing! Should have been 2.3.1.
Forum: OpenCPN 11-06-2012, 04:45
Replies: 112
Views: 19,398
Posted By Andrew MacKenzie
Re: OpenCPN Version 3.0.0 Release

Help a beginner, please. I have OpenCPN 3.2.1 loaded for me by a sailing friend (now gone cruising so I can't ask him questions). Am slowly learning how to use the software - for puddling around my...
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