Recent content by JohnDL

My Blog covers most of that, the JBC starts here: https://mbnb5.blogspot.com/2019/06/jester-baltimore-challenge-2019-before.html John Sancerre

I use an IridiumGo + Predictwind subscription it is not cheap but is integrated, works well and gives ECMF, GFS, proprietary forecasts, GMDSS text forecasts etc. on PC, iPad, iPhone or Android. Hardware including external Antenna kit was c $1k. Get multiple sim cards @ c $10 etc and only...

I did notice in the hour or so I spent doing detailed checking (waiting for the tide on the hamble) that the class A transmissions were all timely, but the sample was rather small - almost all ferries of one sort or another.

As previously stated I have no experience of modern marine radar (having been off flying rather than sailing for some years) it is not therefore unreasonable to ask for “elementary advice” on the subject. And the result will have no material affect on my sailing plans just on how much it costs...

:) that’s what they told us rankers "what might happen".

Actually an HNC in electronic engineering and if I could be bothered to pay the dues I. Eng, MIEEIE. But that wa a long time ago so why bother.

yes, looks a decently high pole and on a small boat (no offence intended!) with a short cockpit the angles look good. And as you imply, best to shut down when people are forward. P.S. I see we are both C.A. Members :)

Don’t bother, he is not going to be told. If he wants to loose even more brain cells let him be.

That is a rather large assumption and completely wrong, I was out of the Solent single handed within a few weeks of acquiring the boat in June - as soon as a few key things had been done, like fitting an autopilot and sorting out decent slab reefing. And have since been round the island, down to...

Quite so at perhaps half the risk, but so is a 40W broad band at even less risk, albeit at a rather higher cost.

They may well have been referring to the associated and rather secret RX12874 Passive detection system (PD) see http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/linesman/pd.htm

That is a non-sequitur, drink and drugs are popular that does not make them safe - although I indulge in the former but not the latter. How would we know that the a specific brain cancer was caused by a yacht radar? I would not use a 4Kw radar on a pole for a number of reasons: I am...

I looked at something similar but it did not have the articulation needed for spinnaker sheets. Also the op wants to weld them on.

I used Seldon for the price / swl ratio but, when I remember, I take them off and store below when not on board in case some light fingered scrote comes along. The price of Harken being eye watering.

Blue yeoman was the project name for this Radar. OnlY 3 were built compete -you would not miss the 3 story building holding the electronics. The Malvern one would have been a part built experimental prototype. The production version had a prf of 250 / s limiting range to a bit over 250 miles...