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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 15-02-2024, 13:37
Replies: 18
Views: 5,277
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Engine Driven Watermaker Pump

Can I change the engines RPM while the watermaker is running?

Yes. ECHOTec. belt driven watermakers are equipped with a patented automatic pressure regulating valve, that ensures constant working...
Forum: Navigation 06-02-2024, 11:02
Replies: 2
Views: 407
Posted By Thonglor
Re: XYGrib 1.2.5/1.2.6 on Raspberry Pi 4B Bullseye

Wow, thank you so much! I have tried re-installing several times but nothing worked out. I added the oss.boating.gpg.key to my GPG-Ring with

wget -O -...
Forum: Navigation 05-02-2024, 13:20
Replies: 15
Views: 1,062
Posted By Thonglor
Re: BT & USB-C GPS/GLONASS receiver that will work with iPad and MacBook

I'm using the devices of Quark-Elec (https://www.quark-elec.com/). I have an A026, however this includes AIS. Only GPS can be found with the A012...
Forum: Navigation 03-02-2024, 02:20
Replies: 2
Views: 407
Posted By Thonglor
XYGrib 1.2.5/1.2.6 on Raspberry Pi 4B Bullseye

Hi all, I'm having a problem to get XYGrib (https://opengribs.org/en/downloads)version 1.2.6 running on Raspberry Pi 4B Bullseye. After installation the system reports that version 1.2.6-2 is...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 02-02-2024, 00:00
Replies: 10
Views: 1,344
Posted By Thonglor
Re: BALI CATAMARAN Polar diagram

My pleasure! You'll find them in the brochures that you can download on the Croatian Bali web site (https://bali-catamarans.hr/en/models/bali-42)
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-02-2024, 11:16
Replies: 10
Views: 1,344
Posted By Thonglor
Re: BALI CATAMARAN Polar diagram

Attached polars of Bali 4.2 and 4.4...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 01-02-2024, 09:29
Replies: 1
Views: 771
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navigare making changes to owner's usage

Hi, what's the outcome of this discussion with navigare?
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 01-02-2024, 07:05
Replies: 15
Views: 2,184
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Jeanneau 410 or Catalina 425

Just check whether the keel is still attached to the hull before buying :whistling:
...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 01-02-2024, 03:29
Replies: 15
Views: 2,184
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Jeanneau 410 or Catalina 425

Just for clarification: the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410 also has a shaft drive propulsion system and a dual helm, however with double rudders.
Forum: OpenCPN 29-01-2024, 14:00
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

I lost interest in getting Navtex to work on Raspberry Pi and sell it all here now:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/126292729840
Forum: OpenCPN 27-01-2024, 04:39
Replies: 0
Views: 275
Posted By Thonglor
Post Garmin GPSMAP 66st - GPS receive works - upload does not work for routes or waypoints

When I go for boat charter I usually do my route planning with OpenCPN upfront. Then, on the boat I'm using a Garmin GPSMAP 66st with my data to navigate (in parallel to the charter boat plotter &...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-11-2023, 11:41
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

Yes, I also wrote to them, see post 32 (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f134/navtex-plugin-251561-3.html#post3533555)

The reply screams "customer service".

I especially like the answer...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-11-2023, 08:30
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

I totally agree. These "Infoboxes" are a closed system, difficult to connect and very very limited in their inter-connectivity. Instead of providing a simple ASCII stream via a standard serial...
Forum: OpenCPN 19-10-2023, 11:40
Replies: 28
Views: 2,978
Posted By Thonglor
Re: OpenCPN on Rpi bookworm

I also tried out Bookworm generally it works fine however the biggest disadvantage for me is that RealVNC doesn't work anymore (due to wayland WM). You have to get sth like TigerVNC, which works, but...
Forum: OpenCPN 05-08-2023, 03:22
Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Weather Routing

Hello Gilletarom,

your explanation helped me to understand your intentions, thanks! And fair enough - I just hadn't thought of it this way before. For me WR was a method to find out the best route...
Forum: OpenCPN 02-08-2023, 12:19
Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Weather Routing

Yes, but SF to Hawaii is 2,000nm, not 12nm. And reliable weather forecasts go three days into the future, so maybe your first 360nm. So a typical case of different strokes for different folks.

I...
Forum: OpenCPN 02-08-2023, 12:10
Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Weather Routing

I have taken your example route with the start waypoint N48° 35.700' W002° 44.700' and target waypoint N48° 47'200 W002° 44.300. This is a distance of 12nm (great circle route). I've taken polars...
Forum: OpenCPN 02-08-2023, 11:40
Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Weather Routing

Hello Gilletarom,

I've been playing around with this plugin in recent days. Before starting with using it I had a look at the manual. And there is a section "Purpose of Weather Routing (WR)"...
Forum: OpenCPN 19-04-2022, 10:46
Replies: 5
Views: 1,003
Posted By Thonglor
Re: OpenCPN 5.6.0: Dashboard Plugin crashes OpenCPN

Actuall I didn't run DashboardTactics. This plugin is not even installed. I see the log entries "MESSAGE PluginHandler.cpp:159 Plugin: setting up, name: DashboardTactics" in the log file, but I...
Forum: OpenCPN 18-04-2022, 01:53
Replies: 5
Views: 1,003
Posted By Thonglor
OpenCPN 5.6.0: Dashboard Plugin crashes OpenCPN

On a Raspberry Pi 4B (2GB RAM) I had irregular stops of OpenCPN. It occurred that the program got irresponsive and the CPU consumption got stuck around 25%. It doesn't help to wait - I tried that for...
Forum: OpenCPN 03-04-2022, 11:08
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

I have further played around with this set-up, now on a Raspberry 4. Even though the WIB3 is plugged into RasPi USB and recognized as an USB memory device the installed software does not recognize...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-12-2021, 09:47
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

Now being impressed with the customer service of https://moerer.de/ I tried to get the Windows software running on my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with Box86 and Wine. And lo and behold! I managed to run it:
Forum: OpenCPN 07-12-2021, 09:45
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

Inbetween I wrote to the manufacturer https://moerer.de/ to ask my questions, here's the dialogue in original & translated:

Translation:
I couldn't find answers in the Internet to three questions...
Forum: OpenCPN 05-12-2021, 03:19
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

Yes, I confirm that when WIB3 is plugged into RasPi USB then it is recognized as USB memory device.

Five read-only files are stored on the device:
BARO.BIN
DWD.BIN
NAV490.BIN
NAV518.BIN...
Forum: OpenCPN 04-12-2021, 14:50
Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
Posted By Thonglor
Re: Navtex Plugin

Why? Because on
website https://bareboat-necessities.github.io/my-bareboat/bareboat-os.html#_navtex
in chapter 2.18 it says:

2.18. NavTex
-NASA Marine PC Navtex USB with an antenna (BBN OS...
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