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Forum: Navigation 23-03-2018, 15:21
Replies: 139
Views: 14,513
Posted By stormalong
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

If your mast down vertical clearance is less that 12 feet you should investigate taking the Erie canal. It would save you a lot of miles and nasty St. Lawrence Seaway currents.

Of course the...
Forum: Navigation 16-03-2018, 08:56
Replies: 139
Views: 14,513
Posted By stormalong
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

Geez, no one took my suggestion to have a pint and chill.

This thread has been hijacked.

Duodecimal is only a good system of measurement if you were born with twelve fingers.
Forum: Navigation 14-03-2018, 16:26
Replies: 139
Views: 14,513
Posted By stormalong
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

You forgot to mention cable - one tenth of a nautical mile.

But seriously: Metric vs Imperial has been argued ad nauseum forever. It all boils down to what you are most familiar with. As an...
Forum: Navigation 13-03-2018, 10:15
Replies: 139
Views: 14,513
Posted By stormalong
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

I carry three GPS receivers, all capable of feeding data to a PC. And two Monitors - one is the vessels TV. After 130,000 miles I have never had an electrical failure and consider it unlikely.
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Forum: Navigation 13-03-2018, 08:30
Replies: 139
Views: 14,513
Posted By stormalong
Re: Chart Sticker Shock 2018

In this electronic age it is now far less expensive to buy two computers, download OPENCPN and NOAA charts, both for free. The computers are faster and cheaper than dedicated chart plotters plus...
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