Island Time 1,175 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 11 hours ago, Dave said: I'm curious, is there a course available that teaches pilotage as you refer to it? Yes, RYA courses by several organisations, coastguard, Auckland sailing school, etc. theory and practical. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 10 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Thanks BP and IT (and Fish for piquing my interest), much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rgvkiwi 12 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 12/01/2022 at 7:10 PM, Winter said: What are you going to do when the sky falls down? The average boat these days has 4 cell phones (nearly all of which are waterproof), a chart plotter or two, separate house and start banks so two power supplies, three if you count the solar.. I think there is enough redundancy in that.. I have spare fuses, chargers, a cell phone power bank as a backup. Work laptop is on board (incase of a snap lockdown) which has opencpn.. Perhaps years ago when there was only GPS, no Galileo or GLONASS etc. The yanks have removed selective availability as a feature set from their birds, and modern recievers are multi GNSS capable The electronic toys are not going to pack up... He says... NO JINXES!!!!! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 321 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 21/01/2022 at 8:39 AM, Black Panther said: Lots of books on it. My favorite was Mary Blewitt. Mary has been with me on all my crossings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rossd 16 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Some old charts I have are like thin cardboard, the new ones are like thick tissue paper. I have a roll of thin plastic tube for rolled charts. Lets know if anyone wants some, any length more or less, 20 metres no trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sail Rock 28 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 My paper charts are stored flat in a plastic wallet with zipper (bought from Boat Books) and kept under one of the berth squabs. Useful for passage planning and a backup in case electrical systems fail. An old handheld Garmin GPS also provides backup (lat / long coordinates only) if I am out of cellphone range. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 271 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 39 minutes ago, Sail Rock said: An old handheld Garmin GPS also provides backup (lat / long coordinates only) if I am out of cellphone range. Mobile phones don't need to be within cellphone range to give you your lat and long 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 161 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 16 hours ago, Sail Rock said: An old handheld Garmin GPS also provides backup (lat / long coordinates only) if I am out of cellphone range. Does your old Garmin still work properly? Mine now does an 'autolocate' every time I turn it on, which takes around 10 minutes. Very annoying! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,175 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 4 hours ago, ex Elly said: Does your old Garmin still work properly? Mine now does an 'autolocate' every time I turn it on, which takes around 10 minutes. Very annoying! They have an internal battery to remember where they last were. Sounds like it’s flat. Some are easy to replace, some not. Open it and have a look… 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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