Recent content by mtettmar

Oh dear. We must have missed that by about an hour. We left our anchorage off South Beach at about 0830 on Sunday morning. Hope they get it all fixed up.

Just sent a complaint to BBC and OfCom.

Watch the video here to see someone learning and proving it is not quite as easy as it looks: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Fly-a-Human-Powered-Hydrofoil---the-Aqua/

Yes, most charting software have decent nmea loggers. But I wasn't sure if the OP just wanted the raw data. If so any serial terminal prog would do the job.

If all you want is the raw NMEA data then just use any terminal client, like HyperTerminal which comes with Windows.

Probably had to be removed to make way for the important news about asylum seekers living on board our boats. It was the April edition after all ...

Make one: One plug, two bits of wire, and two inline sockets. Get the bits here: http://www.marinescene.co.uk/product/2293/shore-power-cables-and-connectors Cobbs Quay is full of 'em because they still don't have enough outlets.

Many standard LCD TFT monitors are actually 12v, and come with a 240v AC to 12v DC transformer wall plug. Just remove this and replace with a 12 volt regulator which you can get cheaply at any caravan supplier. My 15inch TFT monitor is a cheap one from dabs.com. I used a small footprint...

Re: What a plonker! It's certainly all quite hard to believe! I just hope there was some other contributing factor, such as gear failure, that we don't know about yet, rather than just a plain lack of common sense!

[ QUOTE ] The practice is usually filled in with swear words as the snuffer refuses to go up, refuses to come down. Or the sail fills fully with it half way up and stuck fast - and then you really do look like a wonker as it all carts you off downwind. [/ QUOTE ] No idea what you mean!

Ok, it's official. I'm a bit odd and/or a genius. Seriously, is this for real? How can you not see the f in of?

Guindant = Luff Bordure = Foot Chute = Leech Not an expert. I just found this on Google: http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/sailing/eng-fr.html and the other way round: http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/sailing/fr-ang.html :-)

Agree with webcraft re using a laptop. Most can be powered direct from the 12v battery. They will run fine like this but just will not charge the internal battery. However this does not prevent against surges or power loss. Get a 12v cigarette lighter supply from Maplin or Any Batteries -...

No. It rained most of the day on Saturday. We left when it stopped at midnight and then had no rain all the way back. Marvellous reach all the way, averaging 8-9 knots. Lovely sail.

Re: According to my late father, a Professor of Marine Biology... Paravane or similar can't be beat. A rectangle of marine ply will do. I reckon 3-4 knots. Rounding rocky headlands at 3-4 knots with the paravane out rarely fails to catch.