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I carry tables I created - the maths is pretty trivial after all - as when I first made them I couldn't afford the official 'air tables'...

The thing you missing is that Frank writes the meteorology section.

I'd go for Rustlers yard at Penryn. 01326 310 120 info@rustleryachts.com

This is not how it's used when you are running the engine; it's sucking not blowing. It's possible to have crud in the pipework or tank...

Apart from the tautology, what is this? If it's one of those outboard motor rubber squeezy thingies for priming the fuel, does it...

I've choc blocked ... crimped RC Servo pins onto the leads ... twiddled them together and taped .... soldered ... all sorts ... As...

To be honest anything is OK, the actual electrical connections are only taking data so they just need to join. I have soldered, crimped...

Saint Winnow Yachts do winter storage: I helped a friend to take his boat up there last autumn. Run by a very obliging and knowledgeable...

In view of the plotting programs having fewer issues when there is no wrap, I've modified my great circle calculator so that when a...

And in Svalbard I found that Navionics (and so Raymarine as well) couldn't display N of 75°, which is about Bear Island, 300 miles or so...

That's very helpful, thank you. I've found that it does work on some programs, but fails on others. However the real reason for asking...

A lot of open source software struggles with the documentation. It's often written for the techie, by the techie who wrote the software...

I've spent 40+ years as a design engineer, or boss, in a variety of companies; more recently as head of R&D and CTO for a semiconductor...