Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
15-02-2024, 13:37
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,277
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...
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Forum: Navigation
06-02-2024, 11:02
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Replies: 2
Views: 407
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Forum: Navigation
05-02-2024, 13:20
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,062
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Forum: Navigation
03-02-2024, 02:20
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Replies: 2
Views: 407
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...
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats
02-02-2024, 00:00
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,344
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)
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats
01-02-2024, 11:16
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,344
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Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living
01-02-2024, 09:29
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Replies: 1
Views: 771
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
01-02-2024, 07:05
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,184
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
01-02-2024, 03:29
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,184
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.
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Forum: OpenCPN
29-01-2024, 14:00
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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
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Forum: OpenCPN
27-01-2024, 04:39
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Replies: 0
Views: 275
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Forum: OpenCPN
27-11-2023, 11:41
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
27-11-2023, 08:30
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
19-10-2023, 11:40
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,978
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
05-08-2023, 03:22
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Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
02-08-2023, 12:19
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Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
02-08-2023, 12:10
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Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
02-08-2023, 11:40
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Replies: 2,446
Views: 367,156
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)"...
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Forum: OpenCPN
19-04-2022, 10:46
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,003
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Forum: OpenCPN
18-04-2022, 01:53
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,003
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
03-04-2022, 11:08
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
07-12-2021, 09:47
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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:
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Forum: OpenCPN
07-12-2021, 09:45
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
05-12-2021, 03:19
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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...
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Forum: OpenCPN
04-12-2021, 14:50
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,571
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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