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Magnetic tapes (remember them?) were routinely erased using strong magnetic fields (not so strong in these days of rare earth magnets)...

Well, our maps of Antarctica had 'North every direction" - the South Pole was at the centre of the map! The convention for maps of the...

Isn't that one of the cruise ship's lifeboats in the picture? Don't think they abandoned to the liferaft. Don't like the idea of...

I think the IRA put paid to all that in the 70s

It's not the electrical noise that's the problem, it's the magnetic field arising from current flowing through wires in the ignition...

The interference is from the electrical current in the ignition system of the outboard, not the metal, though ferrous metal would have...

One thing leant from experience - make sure you get the sense correct! They can be mounted either side of the tiller so you need to tell...

I use a tiller pilot on my boat, and I think the only thing I can imagine as a problem would be getting the right settings. Out of the...

I remember those - dad was a volunteer in the Civil Defence, and my brother and I sometimes acted as casualties in their exercises. Dad...

Sorry - I thought I was in another thread!

But that water is the same density as the water you're mooring in, so the weight of water doesn't help for mooring at all! All that's...

I also use Memory Map with raster charts on my iPad alongside Navionics on my main ships plotters. As you say, raster are better for...

All the discussion about printing is kind of missing the point. The expensive bit that Imray are apparently withdrawing from is the...

They invest at least as much as a suitable printer would cost in stocks of charts, some of which will never sell before they are...

That's why I suggest dedicated and approved equipment.