Alan S

for practicing there's a good opencpn plugin as well, shows what data it uses to do the calcs & gives LOP on the chart. more practice...

Looks like the leaders didn"t like the Roaring Forties. They gave nipped back over the line into the thirties 😉

If you do want to short them use an 18mm spanner not a 17 or 19.

Hope you meant sorting! 😀

More like language drift by people that didn't understand the original slang origin. Common with sailing-based expressions. People use a...

Don't understand that, Little Sister. Wikipedia and WD&HO WILLS both say vertical axis.

Also should there not be a rope (for want of a better word) round the drum of the capstan?

Oh dear, oh dear! No it isn't... Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words :p I spotted that mistake on a packet of...

Its a simple job disconnecting the steering cable. I would only do it for longer trips in open water. I don't think the tiller pilot...

In my case it's an electric outboard taking up to 120A @48V so I think the compass will have to be well away from motor and cables. I...

Thanks for rrplies. Looks like it's worth trying then. If anyone has any actual experience of this I would like to know how well it...

Does anyone have experience of using a tiller pilot to steer an outboard motor? I'm talking about a small outboard powered motor...

KISS. How about a SLA csr battery with its own small solar panel and controller? No cables at all from aft to forward unless you want...

Dear oh dear.