Richard.C
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Oh, you're not going to be sat there in the nude are you Henry?
We’re buying a new boat !!
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Oh, you're not going to be sat there in the nude are you Henry?
petem
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There, fixed it for you!
benjenbav
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Don’t think Henry will have too many regrets about a sparkly, new P55 - tbh. ?
henryf
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Just to clear up the confusion I won’t be naked.
I always wear socks. I’m English ?
I always wear socks. I’m English ?
Hurricane
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No, its that MacBook that would scare me!!
henryf
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All the creative hipsters use them.....
vas
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Mike, you can run linux on it, don't worry
MapisM
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Talk about the most overrated and expensive hardware for running the most underrated and unexpensive software! 
Bouba
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If Henry is sitting naked in front of the panoramic window of the owners stateroom...surely all that matters is the size of the laptop screen..
Hurricane
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I suppose you will also have an iPhone on board as well!All the creative hipsters use them.....
Hurricane
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Yes VasMike, you can run linux on it, don't worry
I believe even Linus is using them to develop the latest version of Linux.
The Apple hardware is interesting. I believe using RISC-V chips which may be the future. I believe Linus likes them.
Hurricane
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Brilliant. I love that statement.Talk about the most overrated and expensive hardware for running the most underrated and unexpensive software!
rafiki_
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I’m English too, and only wear socks with a suit.
timbad
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Please don’t encourage Hurricane ?Talk about the most overrated and expensive hardware for running the most underrated and unexpensive software!
henryf
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Are there other mobile phones ?
Hurricane
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In my experience and on a number of occasions, Android phones at sea have been working 10 to 15 miles further out from land than the iPhones.
On the same network as well.
And, interestingly, my RUT950 router with its omni directional antenna was working a couple of weeks ago about 5 miles ahead of my Android phone.
The RUT950 uses a local mobile supplier (called Lobster) - the Android was a Samsung S8 roaming on an O2 contract.
But both were working where the iPhone wasn't.
henryf
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If I wanted to be contacted I wouldn’t be on the boat…..
Hurricane
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OK Henry - its a bit different when you retire.If I wanted to be contacted I wouldn’t be on the boat…..
That said, there is a serious use for 4G to work well at sea.
A few weeks ago, one of the boats in our group wasn't fitted with an AIS transponder.
So that boat used the Boatbeacon App that transmits the position to Marinetraffic and Vesselfinder over the internet.
The boat in question was joining us and traveling over open water single handed.
I, for one, wanted to keep track of that boat - for safety reasons.
That is the second time that I have used Boatbeacon and it works really well - at least whilst the phone running Boatbeacon is in range of a cell tower.
From a receiving point of view, I use a 4G router and it is always useful to have internet at sea.
Not just for AIS (as said above) but lots of other internet features that we get dependent on when we are in range.
OK we could "go the whole hog" and connect using satellite but those costs are in a different league.
Most people actually have a phone and contract so running Bopatbeacon can be a "no brainer".
Sorry a bit of thread drift.
colhel
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I heard something a few weeks ago about mobile phones being able to be used as Satellite phones. Anyone know more about this? Could offer cost effective alternatives to how we communicate at sea
paradave
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Hurricane, thanks for mentioning Boatbeacon - I'd not heard of that app and looks a fantastic alternative to a transponder plus gives family/friends the ability to track.
