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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 01-12-2023, 06:39
Replies: 18
Views: 4,614
Posted By PiAn
Re: Yet more lives and vessels lost Cap de Creus Spain

[QUOTE=GordMay;3845502]Very interesting & informative!

FWIW:
Mesoscale: [...]

Mistral: [...]

Tramontana: A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast of Italy. It is a fresh...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-11-2023, 07:38
Replies: 56
Views: 7,576
Posted By PiAn
Re: Battery terminal grease

No grease at all is by far the best
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 20-11-2023, 08:55
Replies: 19
Views: 2,384
Posted By PiAn
Re: Can an EU resident sail a non EU residents boat in EU if its VAT NOT PAID status?

Of course you can!
I am a french professionnal skipper.
I once sailed a panama-flag boat, temporary import, non VAT-paid thus ; belonging to a eastern-europe non-EU resident, and had a very...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 10-07-2023, 06:48
Replies: 29
Views: 3,678
Posted By PiAn
Re: Diesel in Fresh Water Tank - The Cardinal Sin

I've done this once (what a shame ! OK it was the first day after the end of the covid-19 lockdown and a bit of panic, but...)
It was a 2009 Bavaria 40 with a PE water tank. Then : about 13 years...
Forum: OpenCPN 21-06-2023, 04:08
Replies: 16
Views: 2,870
Posted By PiAn
Re: Chinese ONWA AIS transceiver - compatible with OpenCPN?

Solution found : use the MATSUTEC software. It works fine and accepts the Prolific (PL2303).
Now the point 2/ remains : how to feed this RS232 to a NMEA RS422 input ?
Forum: OpenCPN 20-06-2023, 06:41
Replies: 16
Views: 2,870
Posted By PiAn
Re: Chinese ONWA AIS transceiver - compatible with OpenCPN?

Thanks for info.
Received mine and trying to put it at work, but this is not easy.


1/ The proposed software does not work with the interface I have, a Prolific RS232. With the same interface, I...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 22-05-2023, 08:20
Replies: 33
Views: 4,836
Posted By PiAn
Re: Anyone been to Tobago Cays RECENTLY

I was here this season, last season 3 times, and so on. Whatever you do, St Vincent & G. is always the country where people leave far less money, per person per day, than in any other (E.C's)...
Forum: OpenCPN 01-06-2022, 03:12
Replies: 0
Views: 419
Posted By PiAn
Improve OCPN for ground routing

Hello!
I love OCPN, many great features and I use it when navigating, but also when I am in my house and route other people crossing oceans.
I find some limitations in this case :

1/ If I...
Forum: OpenCPN 01-06-2022, 02:37
Replies: 250
Views: 174,426
Posted By PiAn
Re: TRACKER/FLYSPRAY: When and How to use it

Same for me june 1st 2022
Forum: OpenCPN 01-06-2022, 02:28
Replies: 3,473
Views: 754,558
Posted By PiAn
Re: AIS nuisance alarms when target is on parallel course

About "AIS nuisance alarms when target is on parallel course"


An hysteresis is the usual solution in computer science (here on the CPA).
But this would not be sufficient considering that, in...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-12-2021, 06:42
Replies: 43
Views: 5,480
Posted By PiAn
Re: 40ft yacht - French Canal

No way ! 1m20 max, even if officially it is more. You have to take into account the numerous wrecks... caddies, scooters...
But the Azores are really nice in the spring.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 10-08-2021, 01:29
Replies: 30
Views: 3,694
Posted By PiAn
Re: GFI failure rate on boats

As an electrician I've seen dozens of RCD/GFCI failing on boots, but rarely in houses. The root cause is the norm - in France Div240 ; in Europe ISO 13297 §76.2.2 ; in US I don't know... which states...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 05-07-2021, 09:51
Replies: 89
Views: 11,799
Posted By PiAn
Re: Swimming in the French canals????

Can you sail up to Capdenac ? Very nice if you can.
But no, swimming in Canal du Midi is not recommended - for example rowing club would oblige a full shower if you do. You have several risks, and...
Forum: Marine Electronics 11-06-2021, 10:57
Replies: 137
Views: 126,607
Posted By PiAn
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

post some screen copies
Forum: Marine Electronics 10-06-2021, 12:24
Replies: 137
Views: 126,607
Posted By PiAn
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

Just used the same version with success. It's an official tool, it should work... You have the docs and followed them ?
Forum: Marine Electronics 29-05-2021, 07:21
Replies: 137
Views: 126,607
Posted By PiAn
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

In France there is a law against that.


<< Programmed obsolescence is now defined and punished by articles L441-2 and L454-6 of the Consumer Code, which state that :

The programmed...
Forum: General Classifieds (no boats) 12-05-2021, 15:10
Replies: 10
Views: 5,466
Posted By PiAn
Re: ICOM IC-M505 programming software (Cs-m504 Clone Software)

Works fine with a EU M-504. Thanks.
Forum: Marine Electronics 12-05-2021, 13:59
Replies: 137
Views: 126,607
Posted By PiAn
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

CAMINO : the proposed procedure does not work.
Because the code (2367) is dependant of the previously stored MMSI. You have to send a request to : sales@alltekmarine.com or/and...
Forum: Our Community 11-09-2020, 03:43
Replies: 39
Views: 4,698
Posted By PiAn
Re: Brexit Means EU Citizenship Not as Useful

About the VAT-paid status (VPS). There is no more "forever" VPS since 2000, as it existed before.
If someone, leaving EU with a EU-27-VPS boat, sails blue water for 3+ years, then comes back to EU,...
Forum: Navigation 11-09-2020, 03:14
Replies: 138
Views: 12,755
Posted By PiAn
Re: Why Mean Low Tide?

The way we use LAT on Eestern part of atlantic : if the soundings read from the chart is enough, then you don't need to bother any more.
Which is the general case!
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 31-08-2020, 09:59
Replies: 166
Views: 17,260
Posted By PiAn
Re: Time It Takes To FULLY Charge Batteries

There exists no "0%" or "100%" like a full or empty glass.
There exists only conventionnal procedures whith thresholds. When one follows the procedure and reaches the threshold, he might consider...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 17-08-2020, 07:36
Replies: 113
Views: 12,001
Posted By PiAn
Re: Electrical Fire - Seeking Help Please

[sorry if the following has already been written - there is so much to read here]


I suggest to check if there was a contact between the left red wire (the burned one) and the metal housing of...
Forum: OpenCPN 16-01-2020, 06:18
Replies: 143
Views: 18,455
Posted By PiAn
Re: Statusbar Plugin

Hi everybody,
I juste installed StatusBar on OCPN5, PC Samsung, Win7. It works fine, just I can not set the colors and transparency. Invert bgd and blur are grayed.
I tried with and without OpenGL...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 14-01-2020, 05:34
Replies: 90
Views: 12,161
Posted By PiAn
Re: Anchor raised itself

If you have a bow thruster you probably have a main power relay, besides of the left/right relays. This mais relay is switched on for a limited time with a kind of safety procedure (pressing "ON" for...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-09-2019, 00:57
Replies: 37
Views: 4,910
Posted By PiAn
Re: AIS target more than 2000km away

There is a spot south of Sardinia, where, year after year, I see boats up to Gibraltar - 350Nm away (and south of France, and Lybia - hundreds of targets). Sailing 10 Nm to the north, all disappears...
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