Try Atkins and Hoyle ,they rebuild hatches and will sell you the gasket and the glue
DDrake 73 JH C&C 26 > On Feb 10, 2014, at 5:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > Does anyone know where a replacement forward hatch for a C&C 30 MK1 can be > located? I've searched and there are lots of them out all requiring > additional cutting which I prefer not to do. Or, does anyone know where the > gasket material can be located for the original hatch? The hatch measures 19 > 1/2" X 19 1/2 inside and 23 X 23 outside. > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 6:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CnC-List Digest, Vol 96, Issue 115 > > Send CnC-List mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of CnC-List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Redundant instrumentation / tools (Dennis C.) > 2. Re: Redundant instrumentation / tools (Russ & Melody) > 3. redundant items (Jimmy Kelly) > 4. storing handheld gps ..radios etc. (Jimmy Kelly) > 5. Re: Setting GPS Waypoints (Michael Brown) > 6. Re: storing handheld gps ..radios etc. (Jim Watts) > 7. Re: storing handheld gps ..radios etc. (Rich Knowles) > 8. Re: Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints (Brad Crawford) > 9. Re: Setting GPS Waypoints -> Seatalk (Russ & Melody) > 10. Re: Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints (Prime Interest) > 11. Re: Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints (Martin DeYoung) > 12. Re: Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints (Joel Aronson) > 13. Re: Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:59:22 -0800 (PST) > From: "Dennis C." <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Redundant instrumentation / tools > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > http://www.amazon.com/Antistatic-Bags-Resealable-6X10-Pack/dp/B000BSN274 > > > Dennis C. > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Jim Watts <[email protected]> >> To: 1 CnC List <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:43 PM >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Redundant instrumentation / tools >> >> >> >> On our latest cruise, we put the portable GPS and one of the VHF handhelds > into the oven whenever there was any electrical activity. Better chance than > zero. >> >> >> >> Jim Watts >> Paradigm Shift >> C&C 35 Mk III >> Victoria, BC >> >> >> >> On 16 January 2014 14:24, Andrew Burton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I own a nice 1954 Plath sextant that I used to make my living for a couple > of decades. The novelty has kind of warn off. Remember, it's not just the > sextant, but at least two volumes of HO 249 plus the almanac. >>> That being said, I'd never tell a crewmember there wasn't room for their > sextant aboard any boat I was on. >>> >>> Andy >>> C&C 40 >>> Peregrine >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Don Newman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The odds are slim but you could loose all electronics including that > transistor radio from a close lightning strike and a plastic sextant is > cheap and light. >>>> >>>> Working on computers since 1965 has destroyed any faith I have in any > electronic device working when I really need it. >>>> >>>> I am sure you will always find a safe harbour but we need to encourage > everyone to plan ahead and understand the basic tools first. >>>> >>>> Fair winds and calm seas. >>>> >>>> >>>> Don Newman >>>> C&C 44 >>>> >>>> >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> True, Don. and depending on how far away I am, I to doubt I'd find > Bermuda, so on to my destination...unless I had a portable radio I could > make use as a makeshift RDF, or was within 50 miles and could get Bermuda > Radio to give me a bearing on my VHF signal. >>>>> >>>>> Given all the crap I have to pack on these trips, not having to take a > sextant along--and get it through security without some bozo TSA agent > picking it up by the arm and then getting it in the overhead bin without it > being banged around, etc.--saves a lot of trouble. >>>>> >>>>> ?I can use a hand-bearing compass to tell whether someone's gaining >>>>> or losing >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Andrew Burton >>> 61 W Narragansett Ave >>> Newport, RI >>> USA 02840 >>> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >>> phone? +401 965 5260 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/da > ed9087/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:08:19 -0800 > From: Russ & Melody <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Redundant instrumentation / tools > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > > > Couldn't you have the SR tables & almanac on a PDA, mini-computer or phone > :) > > Cheers, Russ > Sweet 35 mk-1 > > At 02:24 PM 16/01/2014, you wrote: >> I own a nice 1954 Plath sextant that I used to make my living for a >> couple of decades. The novelty has kind of warn off. Remember, it's >> not just the sextant, but at least two volumes of HO 249 plus the almanac. >> That being said, I'd never tell a crewmember there wasn't room for >> their sextant aboard any boat I was on. >> >> Andy >> C&C 40 >> Peregrine >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Don Newman >> <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >> The odds are slim but you could loose all electronics including that >> transistor radio from a close lightning strike and a plastic sextant >> is cheap and light. >> >> Working on computers since 1965 has destroyed any faith I have in >> any electronic device working when I really need it. >> >> I am sure you will always find a safe harbour but we need to >> encourage everyone to plan ahead and understand the basic tools first. >> >> Fair winds and calm seas. >> >> >> Don Newman >> C&C 44 >> >>> <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> True, Don. and depending on how far away I am, I to doubt I'd >> find Bermuda, so on to my destination...unless I had a portable >> radio I could make use as a makeshift RDF, or was within 50 miles >> and could get Bermuda Radio to give me a bearing on my VHF signal. >>> >>> Given all the crap I have to pack on these trips, not having to >> take a sextant along--and get it through security without some bozo >> TSA agent picking it up by the arm and then getting it in the >> overhead bin without it being banged around, etc.--saves a lot of trouble. >>> >>> I can use a hand-bearing compass to tell whether someone's >> gaining or losing >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com>http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew Burton >> 61 W Narragansett Ave >> Newport, RI >> USA 02840 >> <http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/>http://sites.googl > e.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >> phone +401 965 5260 >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/db > 37405e/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:30:29 -0800 > From: Jimmy Kelly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Stus-List redundant items > Message-ID: > <CAFi0z2vCeAxa=AKv3mZ3qCFx_b4JDkE=2gclki-aomgazat...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > it has been mentioned use of portable transistor radio to find bermuda from > mainland coast USA....back in late 70s ..80s many skippers going to > windward islands went by way of bermuda...turned right near bermuda > ..sailed directly south about 900 nm then sse to islands...we had b&g rdf > and sailed the null to bermuda more than a few times on deliveries...simple > & always reliable..especially if had couple cheap transistor > radios...really quite simple.....never used autopilots to much electric > draw ...loran c was degraded as travelled south....nice to have gps > today to back up your estimated position...we actually sailed to > bermuda...where today seem to meet a lot of sailboats motoring to > destinations..just a note that really , alot has not changed when > sailing long distance atlantic offshore just more gadgets from west marine > to buy ...bigger fuel tanks..etc.... > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/60 > 29fef9/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:42:02 -0800 > From: Jimmy Kelly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Stus-List storing handheld gps ..radios etc. > Message-ID: > <cafi0z2ttqogku2fbevhu3twczymrcj-s_p9ic-o1r1ky9wp...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > have not heard of oven storage before..would like to hear more...i was hit > by lightning a number years a go ...only electrics not totally fried was > spare b&g rdf...was not trailing ground from shrouds as was & is > still a habit thanks. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/71 > b3a3a7/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:55:14 -0500 > From: Michael Brown <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Short answer is yes. > > A bit more detail...? The ST4000 works OK until the amplitude of > waves gives us a "corkscrew" path upwind. I played with various > setting, like damping, and added a rudder sensor. The ST4000 > would steer but get out of cadence with the waves, then over or > under correct. Not a big problem well off the wind or cruising, > but I mainly race. Under spinnaker with a quartering sea I would > be concerned about an accidental gybe. > > The SPX-5 has an easy to adjust response setting. When set to > responsive, upwind in 3' waves, 18 kts TWS it will hold a very tight > course. Could set it for around 32 degrees AWA, think it would > stray maybe +/- 2 degrees. I tried it downwind, hands on the wheel > and ready to dis-engage the wheel drive, under spinnaker in > 20 - 24 kts TWS. The SPX-5 kept a steady course even when the > stern started to lift and surf. > > The longer answer is that when racing solo under more exciting > conditions the ST4000 was not useful. The SPX-5 does a competent > job and I trust it enough to go forward and change sails. > > Michael Brown > Windburn > C&C 30-1 > > PS: I can post more information about the installation and getting the > Seatalk NG working with ST50 instruments on Seatalk 1 if anyone is > interested. > > > > > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:52:33 -0500 > From: Steve Sharkey <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Are you seeing significantly better performance from the SPX-5 vs the > ST4000? > > Steve Sharkey > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/ee > 3835e2/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:58:46 -0800 > From: Jim Watts <[email protected]> > To: 1 CnC List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List storing handheld gps ..radios etc. > Message-ID: > <CA+jZ0FdQ0t9X=7tP6G=zbrwrabebrjvsk_sstt5xxsu3ncf...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The concept, IIRC, is that the metal oven acts as a Faraday cage when it's > closed and there is no entry point for a sideflash. I'm sure someone will > correct me here. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > >> On 16 January 2014 16:42, Jimmy Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> have not heard of oven storage before..would like to hear more...i was hit >> by lightning a number years a go ...only electrics not totally fried > was >> spare b&g rdf...was not trailing ground from shrouds as was & is >> still a habit thanks. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/03 > db609e/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:01:24 -0400 > From: Rich Knowles <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List storing handheld gps ..radios etc. > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Spot on. > > Rich > >> On Jan 16, 2014, at 20:58, Jim Watts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The concept, IIRC, is that the metal oven acts as a Faraday cage when it's > closed and there is no entry point for a sideflash. I'm sure someone will > correct me here. >> >> Jim Watts >> Paradigm Shift >> C&C 35 Mk III >> Victoria, BC >> >> >>> On 16 January 2014 16:42, Jimmy Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: >>> have not heard of oven storage before..would like to hear more...i was > hit by lightning a number years a go ...only electrics not totally fried > was spare b&g rdf...was not trailing ground from shrouds as was & is > still a habit thanks. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/f9 > 52550b/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:40:26 -0800 > From: Brad Crawford <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Andrew, > I have used my iPad most of the time as a chartplotter also, using > Navionics, we also carry back up paper charts. So far our long distance > trips have been to the San Juan islands and Gulf Islands of British > Columbia. Just out of curiosity, how far off shore have you used your iPad > as a navigational tool, and have you always had cell coverage. > > Brad > C&C 36 > Dora Pearl > Seattle > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 16, 2014, at 6:19 AM, Andrew Burton <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Since getting my iPad a couple of years ago, I haven't pulled out a paper > chart once. As you say, It's a great tool. >> I have to admit that my sextant hasn't accompanied me on a passage since > about 2007 or 50,000 miles ago. I carry spare GPSs, but in the back of my > mind always is the possibility that the whole system may go down and then > what do I do? Well, I'm pretty confident of my ability to keep a good DR and > EP, and in my ability to stay out of trouble when approaching a shoreline if > I'm not confident of my position (which is pretty much always). >> >> The bottom line is, I think that learning piloting--coastal navigation, > etc--is a higher priority than learning to use a sextant. >> >> One little trick when approaching a shoreline without a position fix for > some time is to steer to one side of where you want to go. That way when you > see land, you know which way to turn to make your port. So if I want to get > to Charleston, I may aim for Hilton Head and when I see land, or it starts > getting shallow, I know to turn north in order to get to Charleston. If I > aim straight for where I want to go, and miss, I'm not sure which direction > to turn, the land being pretty featureless from offshore. This tip is > courtesy of Chichester from when he was flying his Gypsy Moth biplane. >> >> Andy >> C&C 40 >> Peregrine >> >> >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Marek Dziedzic <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> I would say Speed first. It gives you enough that you can navigate > (assuming that you have a compass (and a watch)). >>> >>> I would drop Stereo from this list (we never have it on; I like the sound > of sailing ? I hope this does not open a can of worms) >>> >>> I would put a GPS ahead of the autopilot, probably, mainly, because of > the costs associated. >>> >>> Marek >>> >>>> In order? >>>> 1 Depth >>>> 2 VHF >>>> 3 Stereo >>>> 4 Autopilot >>>> 4 GPS >>>> 5 Plotter >>>> 6 Speed >>>> 7 wind >>>> 8 radar or AIS, depending on area of use; offshore, I'm not sure that > AIS >>>> isn't the more valuable tool >>>> 9 SSB >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew Burton >> 61 W Narragansett Ave >> Newport, RI >> USA 02840 >> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >> phone +401 965 5260 >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/fe > 9652c7/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:16:48 -0800 > From: Russ & Melody <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Setting GPS Waypoints -> Seatalk > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > > Hi Michael, > > Please post the Seatalk talk info. > > I don't need it right now but I save these kinds of posts for when I > do need it. > > Cheers, Russ > Sweet 35 mk-1 > > At 04:55 PM 16/01/2014, you wrote: >> Short answer is yes. >> ..... >> >> Michael Brown >> Windburn >> C&C 30-1 >> >> PS: I can post more information about the installation and getting the >> Seatalk NG working with ST50 instruments on Seatalk 1 if anyone is >> interested. >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/53 > bdf6f9/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:17:23 -0500 > From: Prime Interest <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > I've used my iPad for navigation on the Great Lakes using iNavx on an iPad > without a SIM card and thus no cell service. Not sure whether Navionics > requires a cell/internet connection to update chart information but iNax > loads the regional maps so can operate in a unconnected manner. > > Although I have location, AIS and boat instruments feeding the navigation > application via a ShipModul Wifi multiplexer the iPads GPS works well enough > by itself. > > > > ed > Prime Interest > 1982 C&C Landfall 38 > Toronto, Canada > > >> On Jan 16, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Brad Crawford <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Andrew, >> I have used my iPad most of the time as a chartplotter also, using > Navionics, we also carry back up paper charts. So far our long distance > trips have been to the San Juan islands and Gulf Islands of British > Columbia. Just out of curiosity, how far off shore have you used your iPad > as a navigational tool, and have you always had cell coverage. >> >> Brad >> C&C 36 >> Dora Pearl >> Seattle >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jan 16, 2014, at 6:19 AM, Andrew Burton <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> Since getting my iPad a couple of years ago, I haven't pulled out a paper > chart once. As you say, It's a great tool. >>> I have to admit that my sextant hasn't accompanied me on a passage since > about 2007 or 50,000 miles ago. I carry spare GPSs, but in the back of my > mind always is the possibility that the whole system may go down and then > what do I do? Well, I'm pretty confident of my ability to keep a good DR and > EP, and in my ability to stay out of trouble when approaching a shoreline if > I'm not confident of my position (which is pretty much always). >>> >>> The bottom line is, I think that learning piloting--coastal navigation, > etc--is a higher priority than learning to use a sextant. >>> >>> One little trick when approaching a shoreline without a position fix for > some time is to steer to one side of where you want to go. That way when you > see land, you know which way to turn to make your port. So if I want to get > to Charleston, I may aim for Hilton Head and when I see land, or it starts > getting shallow, I know to turn north in order to get to Charleston. If I > aim straight for where I want to go, and miss, I'm not sure which direction > to turn, the land being pretty featureless from offshore. This tip is > courtesy of Chichester from when he was flying his Gypsy Moth biplane. >>> >>> Andy >>> C&C 40 >>> Peregrine >>> -- >>> Andrew Burton >>> 61 W Narragansett Ave >>> Newport, RI >>> USA 02840 >>> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >>> phone +401 965 5260 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/89 > c26bc3/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 02:21:45 +0000 > From: Martin DeYoung <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> ? how far off shore have you used your iPad as a navigational tool, and > have you always had cell coverage.< > > A few years back I experienced occasional coverage 5 to 10 miles offshore > from Tofino BC (West Coast, Vancouver Island) to San Diego. There is little > to no Vancouver Island coverage north of Port Hardy around the top back > south to Tofino. On the inside of Vancouver Island, north of Campbell River > the coverage can be spotty. Your mileage will vary on the height of the > cell tower and your carrier?s equipment. > > A personal best for cell phone coverage was back in 1993 using a Motorola > ?brick? phone. I was 200 miles west of Cape Flattery and needed to contact > the boat?s owner to discuss delivery of engine parts (+ coffee, bread, and a > French brand of cigarettes) to Neah Bay. I was firing up the SSB when one > of the crew stated he had the owner on the cell phone. My guess is the > higher wattage of that era of cell phones allowed the signal to bounce off > the atmosphere and hit an antenna on Vancouver Island. > > For the US west coast, some cell coverage can be found when close to shore > mostly near towns but I strongly recommend having a VHF. > > As to the iPad or other non-marine nav aids offshore, carry backup nav aids > (paper charts, separate GPS etc.) as the salt water never rests in its > relentless attack on electronics and your power will always quit at the > worst possible time (i.e. not on bright sunny days with the coast in sight). > > Martin > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad > Crawford > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > > Andrew, > I have used my iPad most of the time as a chartplotter also, using > Navionics, we also carry back up paper charts. So far our long distance > trips have been to the San Juan islands and Gulf Islands of British > Columbia. Just out of curiosity, how far off shore have you used your iPad > as a navigational tool, and have you always had cell coverage. > > Brad > C&C 36 > Dora Pearl > Seattle > > Sent from my iPad > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140117/f6 > ed5011/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:26:53 -0500 > From: Joel Aronson <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: > <CAEL16P_JGFgdTSZNppqKjYvRVYtsOvihUXr=+7esurfq1dp...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > If your IPad has cell capability it will work as a GPS without cell service. > > Joel > > On Thursday, January 16, 2014, Martin DeYoung <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> ? how far off shore have you used your iPad as a navigational tool, and >> have you always had cell coverage.< >> >> >> >> A few years back I experienced occasional coverage 5 to 10 miles offshore >> from Tofino BC (West Coast, Vancouver Island) to San Diego. There is >> little to no Vancouver Island coverage north of Port Hardy around the top >> back south to Tofino. On the inside of Vancouver Island, north of > Campbell >> River the coverage can be spotty. Your mileage will vary on the height of >> the cell tower and your carrier?s equipment. >> >> >> >> A personal best for cell phone coverage was back in 1993 using a Motorola >> ?brick? phone. I was 200 miles west of Cape Flattery and needed to > contact >> the boat?s owner to discuss delivery of engine parts (+ coffee, bread, and >> a French brand of cigarettes) to Neah Bay. I was firing up the SSB when >> one of the crew stated he had the owner on the cell phone. My guess is > the >> higher wattage of that era of cell phones allowed the signal to bounce off >> the atmosphere and hit an antenna on Vancouver Island. >> >> >> >> For the US west coast, some cell coverage can be found when close to shore >> mostly near towns but I strongly recommend having a VHF. >> >> >> >> As to the iPad or other non-marine nav aids offshore, carry backup nav >> aids (paper charts, separate GPS etc.) as the salt water never rests in > its >> relentless attack on electronics and your power will always quit at the >> worst possible time (i.e. not on bright sunny days with the coast in > sight). >> >> >> >> Martin >> >> Calypso >> >> 1971 C&C 43 >> >> Seattle >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, >> 'cvml', '[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *Brad Crawford >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:40 PM >> *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> '[email protected]');> >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints >> >> >> >> Andrew, >> >> I have used my iPad most of the time as a chartplotter also, using >> Navionics, we also carry back up paper charts. So far our long distance >> trips have been to the San Juan islands and Gulf Islands of British >> Columbia. Just out of curiosity, how far off shore have you used your > iPad >> as a navigational tool, and have you always had cell coverage. >> >> >> >> Brad >> >> C&C 36 >> >> Dora Pearl >> >> Seattle >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> >> > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/fd > 4cc2b3/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:29:34 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20140116/75 > 737542/attachment.html> > -------------- next part -------------- > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > CnC-List mailing list > [email protected] > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > ------------------------------ > > End of CnC-List Digest, Vol 96, Issue 115 > ***************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
