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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-05-2023, 16:08
Replies: 3,673
Views: 1,173,005
Posted By damianham
Re: Cheap Multis and Projects

Yeah I listed it here as it is a project. A crew member in a transpac told me they were doing 37 knts at one point. Paul Olsen told me a story where he was a crew delivering it to Yokahama for a...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-05-2023, 10:40
Replies: 3,673
Views: 1,173,005
Posted By damianham
Re: Cheap Multis and Projects

Commodore Explorer for sale.

Commodore Explorer is a 24 meter all carbon fibre catamaran. The first boat around the world in under 80 days. Held many records in the 90s. It comes with a...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-11-2021, 09:13
Replies: 62
Views: 6,957
Posted By damianham
Re: Rebuild or Replace New?

I have Volvo MD2030 - which are Perkins engines under license - which I think are Japanese Kubota engines for tractors under license. It might be the same for the Perkins M30. So in theory if you...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 24-09-2021, 12:26
Replies: 230
Views: 18,504
Posted By damianham
Re: Mickey Mouse, COVID and Martinique

Like I said in another post - please point out the statements that you think are false and link to evidence to the contrary.
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 24-09-2021, 12:05
Replies: 230
Views: 18,504
Posted By damianham
Re: Mickey Mouse, COVID and Martinique

The title of the page you linked to is
Number of deaths in the United Kingdom from 1887 to 2020

not
Number of EXCESS deaths in the United Kingdom from 1887 to 2020


That is a so funny. The...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 24-09-2021, 11:46
Replies: 230
Views: 18,504
Posted By damianham
Re: Mickey Mouse, COVID and Martinique

Rather than saying "Everything" - can you point out which points are false or misleading and in what way and link to evidence that suggests otherwise. Thanks. Always looking to be corrected.
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 27-07-2021, 10:45
Replies: 5,345
Views: 453,349
Posted By damianham
Re: Northern Europe during Pandemic -- Summers 2020 & 2021

Yes that is absolutely correct, we have been forced to pick one camp or the other.

What I find so completely distasteful is the suggestion from the vaxxed camp that the unvaxxed are a danger to...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 26-07-2021, 10:21
Replies: 5,345
Views: 453,349
Posted By damianham
Re: Northern Europe during Pandemic -- Summers 2020 & 2021

No the independent critical thinking is strong in this one. Please point out any inaccuracies.
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 26-07-2021, 10:00
Replies: 5,345
Views: 453,349
Posted By damianham
Re: Northern Europe during Pandemic -- Summers 2020 & 2021

Yeah sure go right ahead and impose a 2 tier society with restrictions for those who have considered their risk from covid (Certificate Of Vaccination ID) and risk from the vaccine and concluded that...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-07-2020, 04:49
Replies: 1
Views: 494
Posted By damianham
Portugal refit labour needed

Hello shipmates

I am hoping to begin the refit of my boat very soon and I am looking for Portuguese labour to help me with the refit. If anyone has any contacts for Portuguese staff, preferably...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 15-06-2020, 03:34
Replies: 5
Views: 594
Posted By damianham
Re: shortening the mast

Yes that might be the best option. Thanks Atoll for a good dose of common sense :)
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 15-06-2020, 02:56
Replies: 5
Views: 594
Posted By damianham
Re: shortening the mast

5m from 35m. There is no masthead fitting - I was thinking of making one as there is nowhere to fit an antenna or anchor light.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 15-06-2020, 02:27
Replies: 5
Views: 594
Posted By damianham
shortening the mast

I have a carbon fibre mast for my boat refit that is too long so I want to shorten it. I want to cut the top off as the lower part is thicker and thus I presume stronger and of course has the...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 26-05-2020, 04:56
Replies: 5,345
Views: 453,349
Posted By damianham
Re: Northern Europe this Summer

I am absolutely sure it has been done in the wrong way - and looking at the FT graphs and what we know about the demographics of the excess deaths it is easy to come to conclusions about what...
Forum: Marine Electronics 22-05-2020, 03:02
Replies: 66
Views: 12,159
Posted By damianham
Re: Considering AIS on a budget

I am the developer of SmartBoat (available on Android Play store) and the new version has a map based AIS display. If you can get the AIS NMEA 0183 data over wifi, either directly from an AIS...
Forum: Electric Propulsion (EP) 21-05-2020, 04:13
Replies: 67
Views: 20,215
Posted By damianham
Re: swaping Volvo Penta for electric drive

You need to transfer the thrust from the prop to the boat. That happens via the engine mounts on your existing setup. You will need some kind of mounting bracket that fixes to the existing engine...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 20-05-2020, 15:39
Replies: 5,345
Views: 453,349
Posted By damianham
Re: Northern Europe this Summer

Well.... I can't swing by this convo without adding my 2 sheckels.

The world is hoping that a vaccine will arrive and we can all get back to our normal lives. A vaccine is a small dose of the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-01-2020, 09:19
Replies: 60
Views: 9,080
Posted By damianham
Re: Headsail vs no headsail, efficiency

What about Chris White's Atlantic 47 rig and sail plan. Any comments on the efficiency of a sail plan with two headsails instead of a main ?
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-12-2019, 23:43
Replies: 91
Views: 65,954
Posted By damianham
Re: Best Anchor Watch/Alert/Alarms apps?

Absolutely not and there are many reasons why I don't do that. The synced data uploaded by an instance of SmartBoat to the website is immediately sent to a connected listener if there is one (e.g....
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-12-2019, 08:45
Replies: 91
Views: 65,954
Posted By damianham
Re: Best Anchor Watch/Alert/Alarms apps?

Chris many thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated. I finally got around to adding support for using the phone/tablet internal GPS receiver in the Anchor Watch instrument in SmartBoat (search...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-12-2019, 23:41
Replies: 1,056
Views: 241,789
Posted By damianham
Re: OpenPlotter project

Although the solution proposed by Conachair looks pretty neat - it is super simple to reduce the sampling frequency in Node-Red. If an Inject node is triggering reading the value from the GPIO for...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 27-11-2019, 04:23
Replies: 68
Views: 9,163
Posted By damianham
Re: Herrington Harbor, MD to somewhere warmer south

No problem getting a 65ft mast under a 65ft bridge



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAzt-8minI
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 10-01-2019, 14:30
Replies: 91
Views: 65,954
Posted By damianham
Re: Best Anchor Watch/Alert/Alarms apps?

If you have a device on board that emits an NMEA 0183 or SignalK data stream (that includes your ships GPS receiver) over wifi then please try out the Anchor Watch function of my SmartBoat app for...
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-12-2018, 03:20
Replies: 0
Views: 589
Posted By damianham
Depth Alarm setup

Hi Folks

I am currently adding alarms into my SmartBoat Android phone/tablet application (it displays marine instrumentation data in a large familiar format e.g. Depth, SOG etc. and is a free...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 10-11-2018, 06:35
Replies: 91
Views: 65,954
Posted By damianham
Re: Best Anchor Watch/Alert/Alarms apps?

Hi folks

My SmartBoat app on google Play store has an Anchor Watch function and I would really appreciate if you could take a look at it (the app is free) and let me know what you think,...
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