Recent content by GHA

Interesting question & imho, the wrong way round 😊 You should do things you don't want to do. Make it as important as learning more sail trim or whatever. Example from last year coming up to Madeira solo after a week hard on the wind every inch from Gomera & 20 odd miles out from Funchal wind...

And if you set the wind barbs to "from bottom to top" it gives you true wind angle, arrows point to where the true wind will be if the boat was pointing towards the top of the screen. And waves. Really useful for passage planning & wondering when best to leave. Just checked, mines been €18.99...

That's android, he's on a laptop. The ancient version might have gone now which is a good thing 😁

Hi, so you should have opencpn v5.10.2 or near that installed 😎 To get the charts first click the gear icon which will open up the options, then click o charts, chart files > Click on add directory then go find where you stored the files. Then click the little box to select "scan charts and...

though well worth getting the usb dongle, then one of the devices can be that and used on any machine with usb

Sticking to 50% or less of rated current seems the most common rule of thumb for constant running otherwise it overheats so maybe 50a or less. I got a 25a one off amazon outputting 13.8v for about £30 think it was. Though not checked it for real yet, not been needed. Merry Xmas 🎅

Same here. Both mentally and physically. Gives you a reason to get up in a universe devoid of meaning. 😁

Such is social media, better to accept. 🎅 And trust no one 🤣 So much misinformation gets put out & the usual suspects never ever back down when it's pointed out they are talk rubbish. Ai kicks web chatrooms into touch these days for getting reliable relevant instant information with sources to...

Same here when there is one. Out in the big world it's rarely an option though unless it's a dreadful anchorage. All the nice places are busy.

🤣🤣🤣 That's Internet chat rooms for you😉 Sailing round the anchorage in the gusts p!&&ing everyone off dragging a skinny chain desperate to find a little crack in a rock to get jammed in. Not a common viewpoint. 😁 Perhaps one should be more charitable this time of year but sod it, it's the idea...

Worth noting Utrafire are one of the top brands, which is why there are so many fakes. If it's cheap it's fake. Prices of real ones on ali express seem pretty similar to europe

trying not to spark a "mines better than yours"... seems ideal for a cruising boat. Tin I found onboard must be donkeys years old & still fine, lasts forever & so simple and fast to put on, no cleanup. Little bit of an old teeshirt and little dribble in a used tuna tin then a minute 0r three...

so as you mentioned it..... bought a little spoon scales for measuring tiny amounts of epoxy the other ay from the chinese shop > And a rather lovely torch off Aliexpress, €30 😲 but got a proper 18650 in it whih would prob be at very least a fiver can't remember where this one came from...

Pretty much price if you want real ones, though the fakes still work, just the label is wrong. My charger says intellicore I4 , runs off main/12v & does 18650, AA & AAA. 4 slots in any combination. I use them for LED torches, many now seem to have adaptors to run 3 x AAA or 18650. If you're...

Fitted a new halo+ a little while back & it's never given any cause to doubt it, actually been a pretty major game changer anchored. So good coming in to find nice gap then anything the least concerning stick a waypoint in with range rings guessing the amount of chain out. Pity i don't have n...