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Forum: OpenCPN 27-04-2024, 08:31
Replies: 154
Views: 9,072
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

"The SD card is your hard drive, the operating system lives on there."
"Now Openplotter should be running on your Pi, Openplotter is basically the latest Raspberry Pi OS with programs added like...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-04-2024, 06:58
Replies: 154
Views: 9,072
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

Assuming you meant 32Gb SD card.. good idea to have a spare, then there's a copier program built in so you can have a complete backup working system (or leapfrog 2) as you go along in case...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-04-2024, 00:26
Replies: 154
Views: 9,072
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

If you are on a Pi5 its pprobably best to go for Openplotter V4 which is still beta, not officially released yet but nearly all there & I've been running it for a while now, quite a lot of changes...
Forum: OpenCPN 24-04-2024, 06:15
Replies: 154
Views: 9,072
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

It's still in development so no one knows yet.
Forum: OpenCPN 23-04-2024, 23:37
Replies: 154
Views: 9,072
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

https://forum.openmarine.net/index.php is a good place to ask, the openplotter v4 runs on a Pi5 & is still beta software but I've been running it for a while & pretty much all you need is there,...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-04-2024, 23:28
Replies: 154
Views: 9,072
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

The Pi gets a hard time from a small number of posters on here but suspect you'd have to look very hard to find *any* posts about problems with openplotter if the (very good for opensource)...
Forum: OpenCPN 19-04-2024, 03:48
Replies: 8
Views: 507
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: OpenCPN Flatpack and Pi 5 issue

https://i.imgur.com/7lubO4t.png

Just checked the RMC which seems valid, signalk recognizes the others as well.
You could try openplotter V4 which is beta but pretty much all works & compatible...
Forum: Navigation 19-04-2024, 01:06
Replies: 440
Views: 96,141
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Sat2Chart

Pretty good tutorial below, also very good info here > Making mbTiles (https://svocelot.com/Cruise_Info/Equipment/mbTiles.htm),
the smaller zooms don't actually take that much space so I tend to go...
Forum: Navigation 18-04-2024, 23:59
Replies: 440
Views: 96,141
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Sat2Chart

Or just download the mbtiles straight from sasplanet?
Forum: Marine Electronics 18-04-2024, 01:35
Replies: 30
Views: 1,619
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Sperry Gyrocompass Information request

Wow!! I used to work a bit of work with gyro stabilised cameras which looked a bit like that way back in the day.

Now use one of these for the boat autopilot >...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-04-2024, 09:14
Replies: 86
Views: 4,476
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Articles. What types of articles do you like to see in magazines?

One example here of someone embracing todays world, seriously experienced sailor from solo open 60 racing, Clipper skipper & sail training with well over 1/4 million sea miles, well worth listening...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-04-2024, 06:57
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

100%! Anything & everything! Google maps 3d view can be so realistic & useful to see what the valleys look like for a guess at any gusts coming down, street view can be useful too, so many sources of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-04-2024, 06:50
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

If there actually was somewhere to buy them I might be interested, though after so many years afloat the thought doesn't even occur these days. Youtube can be very informative, been following Sweet...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-04-2024, 02:03
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Just had a look up there & yes, doesn't seem as many reviews as other cruising areas. Maybe long distance cruisers are quicker to share in a tighter knit community.
Though took about a second on an...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 12:06
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Me too :biggrin:

Though freshwater rinse usually. Normally after a quick 10 minutes giving a bit of coppercoat a scrub, doing a little bit most days means not such a big deal keeping it clean. Not...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 09:55
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

From full time cruising heading towards 2 decades that is just plain wrong in my experience. NFL & navily have transformed getting cruising info, the known places will have many reviews instead of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 05:49
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

The zeroth law of thermodynamics says: You must play the game.

The first law of thermodynamics says: You can't win - you can only break even.
* The second law says: You can't even break even -...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 10:09
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Also known as the 2nd law of thermodynamics :biggrin:
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 14-04-2024, 04:11
Replies: 2
Views: 297
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Windy

give it a week you will be used to it & will complain just as much if they change it to what it was.
Already I much prefer it. Definite improvement. Just human inertia to resist change & label it...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 04:08
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Far too much of a generalisation imho, but then this is the black & white land of social media far removed from the real world :smile::flowers:

All boats ever do is break, usually slowly,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2024, 03:34
Replies: 86
Views: 4,476
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Atricles. What types of articles do you like to see in magazines?

....is maybe because it's all been said already.... :whistling:
Forum: OpenCPN 10-04-2024, 03:27
Replies: 2,028
Sticky: Help / FAQ
Views: 567,434
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Help / FAQ

Great tip, very quick, thnx. Works on Raspberry Pi as well.:thumb:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-04-2024, 08:28
Replies: 165
Views: 8,899
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

A lesson well learned after i spent a while in South America with a bust boat where getting anything can be a nightmare, Now the boat is brimming with raspberry pi & related electro gizmos which are...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-04-2024, 08:59
Replies: 86
Views: 4,476
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Atricles. What types of articles do you like to see in magazines?

Lots info available online now, plus the noforeighnland app can download data for offline use, random example >
https://www.noforeignland.com/place/6245402980384768?tab=photos
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-04-2024, 07:32
Replies: 14
Views: 1,434
Posted By barcoMeCasa
Re: Steel hull?

If you are looking for something to take you far & wide & tough as there is based on no real info that sounds interesting if the price is right...
Something for a year or so which you can turn up &...
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