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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 11-01-2023, 05:33
Replies: 108
Views: 27,469
Posted By GTom
Re: Do you really need tinned wire and lugs?

This recent experience tells me: if the connectors are not perfectly sealed, tin doesn't save you just buys you some time, or a few inches more cable.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 11-01-2023, 04:03
Replies: 108
Views: 27,469
Posted By GTom
Re: Do you really need tinned wire and lugs?

Reviving an ancient thread, recently removed the old rg58 coax from my boat: it was tinned, but near the deck connection corroded up about 5-6"! All the rest was perfect.
By mistake I ordered the...
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-03-2022, 17:05
Replies: 16
Views: 3,195
Posted By GTom
Re: Yellowbrick - am I looking at the most affordable iridium tracking and messaging?

Thanks for all the responses!

@Hoodsail: Unfortunately there is now an activation fee AND an annual fee for the monthly inReach subscriptions: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/837461. Indeed, the...
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-03-2022, 08:38
Replies: 16
Views: 3,195
Posted By GTom
Yellowbrick - am I looking at the most affordable iridium tracking and messaging?

I often find myself out of cell coverage even on land that made me aware of satellite trackers.

I knew about the Garmin InReach that would be a perfect match to my watch (can be remote controlled...
Forum: Marine Electronics 26-03-2022, 19:28
Replies: 41
Views: 10,254
Posted By GTom
Re: Iridium vs Inmarsat for trans-Atlantic

Thank you! This definitely a strong argument. Still having second thoughts, the inreach is a phone itself just in case my smartphone goes belly up, which things tend to do if the sh.t hits the fan......
Forum: Marine Electronics 26-03-2022, 12:43
Replies: 41
Views: 10,254
Posted By GTom
Re: Iridium vs Inmarsat for trans-Atlantic

Can you also receive 950 char text offshore and being charged for one message? That would be plenty for even a full synopsis.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 05-10-2020, 17:29
Replies: 42
Views: 7,323
Posted By GTom
Re: Solar MPPT Controllers to consider

The land-based tests forget something: radio/VHF interference. I recall someone complaining few years ago on CF can't remember the make of the controller. Definitely wasn't a Victron.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-09-2020, 08:11
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

Yeah, and there is that one too... These far-right parties rarely don't do well when it comes to governing a country. The more inflow you get, regardless how humanitarian the reasoning is, the more...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-09-2020, 01:56
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

Depends on your taste, the political elite apparently prefers poo and quick money.

Letting more people in, especially of folks with higher fertility rate, presents you two dead ends. Either you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 29-09-2020, 17:09
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

The Europeans do breed less, especially the natives. Fertility is definitely below 2 which is a good thing considering the massive overpopulation this planet is suffering. The 3rd world should follow...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-09-2020, 12:43
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

What was the point? They don't have an Eyl there to withdraw, even Algeria would hand them out not to mention Morocco. Sounds like a robbery in front of the police station to me.

Instead of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-09-2020, 08:17
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

Must be drugged orcas:popcorn:
good point!:thumb:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-09-2020, 14:48
Replies: 416
Views: 51,732
Posted By GTom
Re: Killer whales launch ‘orchestrated’ attacks on sailing boats

Sure, but do you know how to shoot an orca approaching underwater at speed? More importantly, could you handle more than one - a full pod - in rapid succession? Whaling wasn't an easy sport in its...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-09-2020, 08:28
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

Afraid far more phobiae are coming soon with the inflow: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54302337
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-09-2020, 15:46
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

The skirts are too short - apparently in France. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54277235) Obviously the perpetrators were referring to the standards set by Jeanne D'Arc & Co...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-09-2020, 13:49
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

Yes, they have to be rescued and a safe haven should be established for them on the African shore, which is usually closer to their rescue point anyway.



We overpopulated the continent hundreds...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-09-2020, 13:01
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

Shame on me of course, where is your Maths?? You take one on your boat, then a second, a third... - you'll run out of space very quickly just like the Canaries or the Greek islands. And no, you can't...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-09-2020, 05:24
Replies: 112
Views: 19,093
Posted By GTom
Re: "Pirates" off Gibraltar

All she did was raising the paycheck for Erdogan as he requested for doing the dirty work. That indeed stopped most of the inflow for the moment (until the next "request").

Letting everyone in...
Forum: Navigation 12-09-2020, 13:52
Replies: 138
Views: 12,697
Posted By GTom
Re: Why Mean Low Tide?

And being 1 minute of arc, the fanatical one is very practical on the chart grid. Depth is irrelevant, one could measure it in inches or light years as it is not connected to angular units.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-09-2020, 22:57
Replies: 35
Views: 18,824
Posted By GTom
Smile Re: Rope cutter - yes , or no ?

That's true for all types except the knife you bring under between your teeth :smile:
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-09-2020, 11:58
Replies: 35
Views: 18,824
Posted By GTom
Re: Rope cutter - yes , or no ?

Any idea if a simple single piece cutter with no moving parts would do the job?

https://img.nauticexpo.com/images_ne/photo-g/26279-5302915.jpg
Forum: OpenCPN 09-09-2020, 04:38
Replies: 1,903
Sticky: OpenCPN General
Views: 580,379
Posted By GTom
Re: OpenCPN General

I'd just use openplotter intead of raspbian.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 30-08-2020, 16:38
Replies: 1
Views: 449
Posted By GTom
Re: Pneumatic vs centrifugal governors in marine diesel?

Nobody? Anyway we'll try to save the original pneumatic governor. Very rusty but working. If that fails than test the mechanical one.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 17-08-2020, 13:43
Replies: 1
Views: 449
Posted By GTom
Pneumatic vs centrifugal governors in marine diesel?

I am rebuilding our Mercedes OM636 and got the information that marinized versions are almost exclusively built with pneumatic governors. Anyone had first-hand experience comparing...
Forum: Marine Electronics 12-08-2020, 22:42
Replies: 12
Views: 2,185
Posted By GTom
Re: Refurbishing an old VHF antenna?

It's not really about the price, just the learning, what's inside a 1/2 wave antenna and where to solder what. Actually if the internals allow, I'd solder an rg213 directly in place of the rg58.
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