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Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 03-07-2023, 18:35
Replies: 10
Views: 3,505
Posted By neilmac
Re: Torqeedo v ePropulsion

There is also the THRUSTME Kicker, looks interesting.
Forum: Navigation 16-09-2021, 15:11
Replies: 141
Views: 23,733
Posted By neilmac
Re: Seen various people say to never use a phone/tablet for navigation. Why?

While I have a B&G Vulcan 7" MFD. I hated the low res screen for Navigation so I bought a Sailproof tablet to use for charts. The MFD shows data such as Boatspeed, wind speed etc and Sailsteer. The...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 08-08-2020, 02:42
Replies: 332
Views: 32,924
Posted By neilmac
Re: This Is Why People Get It Wrong

So now I think I understand the problem. If you are in a car and you have a red light and the other car has a green light then the car with the green light has "right of way". Thats absolute, no...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 07-08-2020, 22:07
Replies: 332
Views: 32,924
Posted By neilmac
Re: This Is Why People Get It Wrong

OK Stu, just saw your second reply. So its "Right of way" that's the issue as it could imply that you don't have to do anything. Actually Like your choice of words ""As we're on the starboard tack we...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 07-08-2020, 22:02
Replies: 332
Views: 32,924
Posted By neilmac
Re: This Is Why People Get It Wrong

yes but... what does stand-on boat mean? Actually on reflection I think it would be good to explain to my daughter why the other boat should give away and explain to her the stand-on rule and why...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 07-08-2020, 20:37
Replies: 332
Views: 32,924
Posted By neilmac
Re: This Is Why People Get It Wrong

Hi Secondshift
its not port and starboard that's the issue. I recently took my daughter out for a sail. She was on the helm. I spent some time going through the whole port and starboard thing....
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 07-08-2020, 19:54
Replies: 332
Views: 32,924
Posted By neilmac
Re: This Is Why People Get It Wrong

So your issue is using the term "right of way if your on a starboard tack" as a general rule. So if you are in this situation:
(i) when each has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 07-08-2020, 19:22
Replies: 332
Views: 32,924
Posted By neilmac
Re: This Is Why People Get It Wrong

I tend to agree with Scotty here. How else would you describe the the situation here to a inexperienced crew member in an easily understood way.

Rule 12
Sailing Vessels
(a) When two sailing...
Forum: Navigation 07-02-2020, 14:50
Replies: 4
Views: 1,941
Posted By neilmac
Re: Navionics exporting files bug/Feature

The issue is with the app.With further testing I have found that the bug occurs when you do an automatic edit of a route. This often means the route will adjust to avoid hazards etc, often this means...
Forum: Navigation 05-02-2020, 13:38
Replies: 4
Views: 1,941
Posted By neilmac
Re: Navionics exporting files bug/Feature

I find Navionics in itself good navigation software for my needs, however the implementation in my B&G Vulcan MFD is not great as its a bit clunky to use so I wanted to set up Routes using either...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2020, 02:57
Replies: 4
Views: 1,941
Posted By neilmac
Navionics exporting files bug/Feature

Hi there.
Iv'e been looking at exporting GPX files (routes) from the web app to iPhone and noticed that once imported a whole stack of waypoints are added. This goes both ways. For example a route...
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