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Forum: OpenCPN 28-11-2023, 04:31
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Posted By sailingharry
Re: Feature Requests

We will have to agree to disagree. I'm clearly an outlier, as no system allows this.
* A 20 kt power boat is just as much of a risk as a freighter, but I would still be comfortable getting an...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-11-2023, 16:53
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Posted By sailingharry
Re: Feature Requests

That would be a decent, but less than ideal, choice.
I've suppressed boats under 1kt (anchored boats often broadcast a speed). Your idea has some merit, but tugs (some of the worst to avoid!) often...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-11-2023, 16:20
Replies: 3,473
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Posted By sailingharry
Re: Feature Requests

Thanks. I sail in Annapolis, MD, where there are a gazillion boats, and since all the offshore races require AIS installed, they all are broadcasting. A few times a day, a big monster creeps up all...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-11-2023, 11:55
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Posted By sailingharry
Re: Feature Requests

I'm not an active OpenCPN user, at least not yet. But the big boys (probably driven by lawyers) have an annoying alarm feature. You can only set one CPA alarm. My problem is that I want one alarm...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-10-2023, 09:30
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Posted By sailingharry
Re: Feature Requests

The 5-minute predictor is not an alarm window, but an on-screen graphic indicator. That gives my indicator about 1/2 MI out, and freighters about 3 MI out. Making that indicator longer would be...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-10-2023, 05:39
Replies: 3,473
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Posted By sailingharry
Re: Feature Requests

My Furuno chart plotter has an interesting twist on this.
Heading, as in the compass reading, is a green line that goes to infinity. This provides the info you are looking for, but is not quite as...
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