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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-09-2021, 05:20
Replies: 94
Views: 27,233
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Regalvanization of anchor chain

Are you willing and able to share the contact details of the galvanizing company please? ��

Peter Mc
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-09-2021, 05:18
Replies: 94
Views: 27,233
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Regalvanization of anchor chain

Hello there GILow

I live in Adelaide and would be very grateful if you might share the contact details of the galvanizing company please

Peter McNamara
0437295899
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 08-05-2020, 21:03
Replies: 2
Views: 965
Posted By Peter McNamara
Correct wiring to prevent Bilge Pump corrosion

About every 5 years or so I am faced with replacing my 12v bilge pump on my 40ft fiberglass yacht because the seals around the SS pump shaft have apparently failed allowing bilge water ingress and...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-05-2016, 02:54
Replies: 8
Views: 2,545
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Leaking Rudder Post fitting Farr 38

Thanks Jim
As you can see from attached photo the cradle is steel and the slipyard is concreted. Many thanks for your effort to reply. I still would like to have an opinion from another Farr 38...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-05-2016, 01:47
Replies: 8
Views: 2,545
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Leaking Rudder Post fitting Farr 38

Thanks Matt
Unfortunately the steering cable aluminium disk has chemically "welded" itself to the SS rudder shaft over the last 30 years also the rudder shaft is longer than the distance to the...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-05-2016, 00:09
Replies: 8
Views: 2,545
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Leaking Rudder Post fitting Farr 38

Does anyone on this forum have any experience or advice? PLEASE HELP
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 28-04-2016, 00:30
Replies: 8
Views: 2,545
Posted By Peter McNamara
Leaking Rudder Post fitting Farr 38

I have attached photo of the rudder post on my Farr 38ft (11.6m). This construction is apparently a reinforced fibreglass through hull apparture with a bronze ring attached at the top to the...
Forum: OpenCPN 04-08-2015, 01:50
Replies: 261
Views: 54,230
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: OpenCPN for Android Beta test 4.1.718

Hakan and Matt

If I use the actual DHCP service assigned IP address viz 192.168.137.1 assigned by the PC to localhost (itself) on both the Android and Windows OCPN it works. I wish I had not...
Forum: OpenCPN 03-08-2015, 22:56
Replies: 261
Views: 54,230
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: OpenCPN for Android Beta test 4.1.718

Eric, Matt and Hakan


I have only cloned the UDP config already recommended by yourself Hakan (and Dave from memory), in another thread started by me on this forum. The setup already works as...
Forum: OpenCPN 03-08-2015, 04:59
Replies: 261
Views: 54,230
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: OpenCPN for Android Beta test 4.1.718

Firstly congratulations to the development team on your exciting efforts to port OpenCPN to Android.

I have successfully installed this release on my Lenovo Yoga 2 tablet (KitKat 4.4) and HTC...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-06-2015, 03:51
Replies: 400
Views: 110,051
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: OpenCpn install on android tablets easier now.

Thanks for the effort to reply. I have setup my Notebook under Windows as a WiFi hotspot. The operating system provides the DHPC service. Other devices such as my Android phone and tablet acquire an...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-06-2015, 02:23
Replies: 400
Views: 110,051
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: OpenCpn install on android tablets easier now.

Hi Sinbad7


I am a relative newcomer to this OpenCPN forum but an IT professional with relatively out of date technical skills. The prospect of "rooting" my new Lenovo Android tablet and dealing...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-03-2015, 21:30
Replies: 1
Views: 1,311
Posted By Peter McNamara
What happened to OpenCPN Website?

www.opencpn.org (https://www.opencpn.org) has been down for days?

Does anyone know when it will return?

:banghead:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-11-2014, 21:16
Replies: 7
Views: 2,358
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: East Coast Australia Currents In Summer

Many thanks to each of you for your helpful comments I have replied separately,

Cheers

Peter Mc
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-11-2014, 21:37
Replies: 7
Views: 2,358
Posted By Peter McNamara
East Coast Australia Currents In Summer

Does anyone have advice on what to expect regarding the strength, direction and likelihood of significant north to south flowing currents on the south eastern Australian coast during mid to late...
Forum: Crew Archives 05-11-2014, 02:21
Replies: 2
Views: 2,849
Posted By Peter McNamara
Sail East Coast of Australia north to Queensland

Hi,

I am an Adelaide based skipper of a 40ft. Farr yacht ("Farr Out").

I have been sailing for 40 years since I was a teenager mainly in the Gulf waters around Adelaide and the Whitsundays....
Forum: OpenCPN 05-10-2014, 23:48
Replies: 5
Views: 2,775
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Muxing NMEA data over IP WiFi on Windows

Many thanks to you both I now have the NMEA data reliably streaming to the receiver or client PC. I suggest this setup may be a useful addition to the connections area in the user manual.

...
Forum: OpenCPN 04-10-2014, 17:34
Replies: 5
Views: 2,775
Posted By Peter McNamara
Muxing NMEA data over IP WiFi on Windows

Hello

Firstly I wish to sincerely thank any of the developers of OpenCPN who may read my thread for all their hard work in making your application the success it is. I had struggled without much...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-08-2014, 00:16
Replies: 0
Views: 1,167
Posted By Peter McNamara
Native Virtual Com Port integration with OpenCPN

Today I successfully routed AIS (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/tags/ais.html) signal laden sound from a Discriminator tap applied to my aged Uniden VHF...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-08-2014, 00:12
Replies: 10
Views: 4,269
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: AIS Made Easy, Sort Of

Today I successfully routed AIS signal laden sound from a Discriminator tap applied to my aged Uniden VHF marine radio to the sound card on my Windows 7/64bit Notebook and read by AISMon interpreted...
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-04-2014, 05:21
Replies: 0
Views: 2,130
Posted By Peter McNamara
Intermittent fault Raymarine i40 Bidata display

I have recently replaced the display unit for my ageing Raymarine ST40 log and depth unit with an i40 BiData display, keeping the existing transducers and wiring in my yacht.
The new i40 unit...
Forum: Crew Archives 14-04-2014, 07:17
Replies: 29
Views: 4,293
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Adelaide North Up East Coast to Sydney

Hey Matt

I am booked in for a week over Easter at the Squadron D10 birth any chance we could catch up?

Cheers

Peter Mc
Forum: Crew Archives 12-04-2014, 14:47
Replies: 29
Views: 4,293
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Adelaide north up East Coast to Sydney

This week I have given serious consideration to the initial task on this trip heading South East along the Coorong to Bass Straight. My colleagues who have attempted this passage...
Forum: Crew Archives 08-04-2014, 01:05
Replies: 29
Views: 4,293
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Adelaide north up East Coast to Sydney

Hi Matt

Yep I wish you could make it too. especially since you know how to tighten nuts. Er not that it will be necessary of course.

Many thanks for all your support mate.

Cheers
...
Forum: Crew Archives 07-04-2014, 03:54
Replies: 11
Views: 3,461
Posted By Peter McNamara
Re: Sail East Coast of Australia to Queensland

Hi Guys

Well this will be my last post on this thread in an attempt to attract experienced crew members to join us. This Easter will be the culmination of 12 months of careful planning and...
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