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Buck Turgidson reacted to Porthandbuoy's post in the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km? with
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We should go back to Leagues. Makes an Atlantic crossing less intimidating as it's only around 800 Leagues rather than 2,400 miles (give... -
Buck Turgidson replied to the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km?.The answer is because counting started on fingers and the Sumerians formalised writing in cuneiform on clay tablets so it caught on...
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Buck Turgidson reacted to Dellquay13's post in the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km? with Like.
Hmmm, Kilometres as a measurement of distance over water on the surface of a sphere. If you really want that you should adopt a Decimal...
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Costs about a tenner to make the cable. Plug it in and it just works. Just need to create a page on the plotter. Here's one of mine.
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Buck Turgidson replied to the thread Which celestial navigation software?.I use the iPad version of celestial navigation whenever I take sights. Either before or after I've done the manual calc and plot. It's a...
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Buck Turgidson reacted to Frank Holden's post in the thread Which celestial navigation software? with Like.
No offence intended to anyone anywhere. The 'Second Mates Certificate of Competency' required - back in the old fashioned days- 'O...
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Buck Turgidson replied to the thread Hillyard 5 Ton Classic.Sailled as crew on a lovely Vertue some years ago. I was filled with romantic notions of owning a wooden classic and was on the cusp of...
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Been doing that for the last 20+ years and could do with a Brigadier's pension!
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Mahogony .. Cavel .... I had one of those, some here may remember. Borght in 2012 for £3K. Spent £30K on parts and some professional...
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Buck Turgidson replied to the thread Victron MPPT 75-15.Hehehe I've been tempted more than once by my many neighbouring boats with default passwords.
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When I set up the Victron kit on my last boat, I inadvertently set my neighbours BMV up for my battery bank. He had left his with a...
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Buck Turgidson replied to the thread Victron VE CAN to NMEA 2000.Just read this and it's very very interesting as I have some Victron Kit with VE can and an N2K system. Been wondering how to get charge...
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I have connected my Victron charger/inverter, battery monitor and solar controller to a Victron Cerbo, which in turn display all of the...
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Buck Turgidson replied to the thread AIS installation.Transponder with masthead arial through a splitter. I used to get huge range with my old arial but it broke in a storm and the...
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Until about 4yrs ago - I still went on ships to oversee operations. The AIS displayed on ARPA / CAS systems as well as the text only...