Recent content by Bilecks

I know this is an old thread, but apparently Eddie is still doing business and if you still have his number I’d really appreciate it.

+1 Lovely tiller, I sent him the old stub that attached to the rudder and specified the length and taper. It came back with a beautiful sculpted handgrip, but the varnish he used was a bit rubbish. Easily solved with Epifanes.

I did use the in-built Garmin WIFI. Good luck with setting up the link, in the meantime here's what my iPad looked like.

There are two Garmin apps for smartphones / tablets that have different functionality: 1. "Helm" is a new app (only found out about it after reading Garmin's software upgrade notes) that "ports" your MFD to the tablet. It puts a facsimile of your plotter, screen, buttons, black plastic case and...

I had a new one delivered this morning. The packaging shows every dimension, except for the chain pin! Looks like 9.2mm pin diam., based on eyeballing against a ruler. I need mine to fit 7mm calibrated chain, as my 25lbs CQR anchor was oversized for the 6-8mm version.

Fistmike prone to failure, screws made of carbon steel so starts to rust as soon as it's out of the bag, on my second and that's no longer functioning. NAVTEX never used, aerial being sold on ebay. By all accounts ICOM or SIMRAD are very reliable.