Recent content by Chris_Burns

Hello all, My trusty old Tohatsu MFS6 A series Sail Pro is getting long in the tooth now and I'm considering replacing with a D series (also claimed to be quieter). As it will be used in a "well" located just in front of the boat's transom I need to confirm if the new model will fit in the...

I had a similar problem with my Tohatusu MFS6A but additionally it would only start with no choke and minimal throttle. I did all the carb cleaning checks etc but no difference. In the end I got around to checking the HT spark with an adjustable gap tester and found it to be very weak. The cause...

Hi Angus, No wind source on my boat at the moment - unless speed is derived from wind gen output! As far as I'm concerned no problem with additional cost of using larger PIC to accomodate NMEA. Chris.

Hello Angus, Firstly let me say that I'm impressed with your range of YAPP's and whole approach! I have my GPS, DSC and AIS running on NMEA but log/speed/depth uses Seatalk. The tillerpilot takes NMEA in but may (?) provide compass based heading info (as well as other details) on Seatalk. I...

Hello, Does anyone happen to know of an Android app which is able to transfer waypoint and route files (GPX format) into a Garmin GPS152? There seem to be plenty of PC based solutions but nothing obvious which can operate from an Android tablet (connecting to the GPS via Bluetooth and a serial...

I am very much going to miss the ability to use my iPAQ to run Tide Plotter (used since 2004). I don't want do run a laptop PC for reasons of space, power and fragility, but cannot find anything else as clear and usable and of course run off-line on a handheld device. Calculation of the times...

NASA (as in space agency, not marine electronics) have done a lot of research into the care of NiCd batteries for obvious reasons. Some of the information is distilled in this link: web page Rgds Chris.