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Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 02-08-2023, 08:57
Replies: 6
Views: 1,728
Posted By Akka
Hawaii to mainland US

We're about to sail from Hawaii to either San Francisco or Seattle, this month (August). We're hoping not to motor too much. I understand that the standard approach to this passage is to go north...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 02-09-2021, 14:48
Replies: 3
Views: 765
Posted By Akka
W70 replacement

We have a Stevens Custom 50 with a Westerbeke W70 engine that has served us well and still runs. However, it's now 32 years old and has 11,000 hours, so we're thinking of replacing it.

Queston...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 13-10-2020, 11:15
Replies: 4
Views: 778
Posted By Akka
Re: Splice for self furling main halyard

Any thoughts about using shrinkwrap (like for electrical wires) to cover the area of the halyard where we exposed the core (and whipped the cover) to make a smoother entry?
Forum: OpenCPN 24-07-2020, 19:16
Replies: 34
Views: 2,931
Posted By Akka
Re: BU-353S4 causing windows10 to crash every time

Thanks to you all for taking up this issue. I've ordered a USB-Gear serial FTDI chipset adapter from Amazon.com. We'll see if it works -- if not, or even if I have any problems, back it goes to...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-07-2020, 18:41
Replies: 34
Views: 2,931
Posted By Akka
Re: BU-353S4 causing windows10 to crash every time

Thank you, barnakiel and JohnGC, for your quick responses.
:peace:OK, I've got it -- I should trash the Prolific connector and buy a different brand. I'm already using an old driver, on purpose...
Forum: OpenCPN 22-07-2020, 17:01
Replies: 34
Views: 2,931
Posted By Akka
Re: BU-353S4 causing windows10 to crash every time

I'm having the same problem with OpenCPN and AIS data. I'm downloading AIS data from my Standard Horizon GX2150 VHFradio on COM4 at 38600 baud, via a Prolific Serial-to-USB connection. AIS targets...
Forum: OpenCPN 20-07-2020, 17:35
Replies: 50
Views: 12,237
Posted By Akka
Re: Waypoints Uploads OpenCPN to Garmin

Five years later, I'm still having the problem described in this thread. I have a Garmin 152 GPS, I'm running OpenCPN ver. 5.5, and can't upload waypoints using NMEA. It looks good going out, but...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-11-2017, 15:09
Replies: 36
Views: 16,766
Posted By Akka
Re: 3 flashes on Danfoss control

Problem solved! Thanks to OzePete and Richard for all the good advice. In the end, it was Pete's continuity check that did the trick. Two of the pins showed negligible resistance, but the remaining...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-09-2017, 09:30
Replies: 17
Views: 3,064
Posted By Akka
Re: Repower - what can I do myself?

Sandibar, for what it's worth, the thrust bearing/CV setup is much better than the standard straight shaft, for a number of reasons. First, obviously, is the lack of need for precise alignment,...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 17-09-2017, 22:00
Replies: 36
Views: 16,766
Posted By Akka
Re: 3 flashes on Danfoss control

Richard,

I ran the jumper cables test you suggested, and still no go. The refrigerant has been messed with plenty -- I've had leaks, repaired them, evacuated the system and refilled it several...
Forum: Our Community 25-06-2017, 17:45
Replies: 56
Views: 10,348
Posted By Akka
Re: Is this a realistic plan?

I would suggest you don't rely too much on any weather forecasting in the Med, at least with respect to those strong northerly summer winds. The basic problem is that those winds (e.g., Mistral,...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 17-05-2017, 16:39
Replies: 36
Views: 16,766
Posted By Akka
Re: 3 flashes on Danfoss control

Richard, thank you for the good information, always. I went out and bought a new controller. I got the 3 flashes once, then the compressor started fine. So as you say, it probably wasn't the...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 05-05-2017, 16:36
Replies: 36
Views: 16,766
Posted By Akka
3 flashes on Danfoss control

We've been running a Danfoss BD50 for 5 years or so and it's worked well. Sometimes at startup we get three flashes from the LED but repeated tries (8 or 10, 10 seconds apart) have always "fixed" the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-02-2017, 09:05
Replies: 53
Views: 11,155
Posted By Akka
Re: Sail Trimming

Mainsail: Sew telltales on the leach of the sail, fairly high up. Ours are just below the top full batten. When reaching, you want those telltales to be streaming in the wind with maybe an occasional...
Forum: Our Community 19-02-2017, 23:12
Replies: 56
Views: 10,348
Posted By Akka
Re: Is this a realistic plan?

Do it!
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-02-2017, 00:32
Replies: 78
Views: 14,981
Posted By Akka
Re: Retirement cruising communications

It's not easy to determine how good a weather prediction service is. Just because a service sends lots of data (say, 1km for every 2 hours it to 96 hours in the future) doesn't mean you'll get good...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-01-2017, 08:56
Replies: 31
Views: 15,189
Posted By Akka
Re: To davit, or not to davit -- a dinghy of course

We've cruised for 15 years, almost all of it in places where a dinghy was a necessity, and never had davits. When we had the dinghy in the water, we used a long halyard run through a couple of...
Forum: OpenCPN 06-12-2016, 08:10
Replies: 8
Views: 1,326
Posted By Akka
Re: Vertical line in Pacific

Thanks, Boat Alexandra! It turns out, any setting except "all" for Vector Chart Display/Display Category works. I thought I had it set for Mariner's Standard anyway, so that's what I put it back...
Forum: OpenCPN 05-12-2016, 18:11
Replies: 8
Views: 1,326
Posted By Akka
Vertical line in Pacific

This seems silly, but there are vertical and horizontal lines on my CM93 chart, every 40 degrees or so. They don't interfere with navigation, but they also don't look good. Is there any way I can...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-06-2016, 10:26
Replies: 15
Views: 4,489
Posted By Akka
Re: Recover deleted track?

Thanks! Is navobj.xml.5 the most recent backup, or the oldest? I'm asking because I may have created the track between closings of O.

Also, is this documented in the Help file? If so, where? If...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-06-2016, 10:23
Replies: 3,473
Views: 753,617
Posted By Akka
"Show Name" as default

Hope this hasn't been raised before, but I don't see it in this thread, so ...

I use OpenCPN a lot, creating and changing routes on a more than daily basis. A minor pain in the neck is that O...
Forum: OpenCPN 25-06-2016, 20:20
Replies: 15
Views: 4,489
Posted By Akka
Recover deleted track?

I accidentally deleted a track and wish I hadn't. :banghead: Is there any way to recover that track?
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 03-06-2016, 12:06
Replies: 21
Views: 9,787
Posted By Akka
Re: Rebuilding a Groco Type K head

Additional notes:

1. Our two Groco K toilets are now exactly 30 years old and still work great. Why anybody would replace them is beyond me.

2. If you over-tighten the bolts holding the...
Forum: OpenCPN 14-05-2016, 09:02
Replies: 7
Views: 1,595
Posted By Akka
Re: OpenCPN 4.2 crashes and hangs up -- regressed to 3.2

bcn,

Thanks! The OpenCPN icon did appear when I rebooted.

1706 appears to be stable; I'll let you know later, when I'm actually using it to navigate in real time!

I found another trick to...
Forum: OpenCPN 12-05-2016, 21:58
Replies: 7
Views: 1,595
Posted By Akka
Re: OpenCPN 4.2 crashes and hangs up -- regressed to 3.2

OK, I'll try it. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706:flowers:

First comments:

1. The icon in my quick-launch bar is a blank page, not the usual OpenCPN icon. No big deal as long as no other...
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