JonE forum posts in last 60 days

Jethrow I for one don't see it as sailing. It doesnt relate to what I do on a boat at all.

Might as well be formula one or hovercraft racing. Not uninteresting but not sailing for me.

Hahaha I came to this thread thinking it was a comment on the the federal budget?

I should have given feedback but I feel like it means telling someone their baby is ugly.

It's very very hard on the eyes. Something about the fonts, as well as the layout.

2bish said..
That's brilliant Jethro, gadget of the year, definitely! I'm going to get one too.

Trek, Ip67 is supposed to be good to 1 meter for up to 30 mins. I guess if you wanted to do a deep rudder, maybe a plasic bag over the head somehow might mitigate the water pressure ingress to some degree? What do you think? I'd use it primarily for decks and hull sides to or just below water line I think.

It wouldn't need to last many cleans to be cheaper than a diver....

It's time....

If you're single and have your kid(s) part of the time then just do it. Be prepared for it to take up all your time and money. I still find it hard to get multiple days at a time due to juggling parenting and work commitments.

if you can only afford 2 grand a year and its taken 12 months to do a mirror up it may not be the right time. You will want multiple whole weeks to either sail or spend fixing your boat because 2 grand doesnt go very far at the boat yard. Unpaid leave is really expensive.

That said, sailing with my son is the best thing ever, makes it all worth it. I started mine on QtVlm last weekend with the Starpath workbook, he loved it!

Microbe said..

On the downside: if you're used to using a modern phone you might find this tablet a bit slow. Not awful, but expect a lag after tapping on a button. It is installed with Android 13, which is a few years old and is no longer supported by Google. It's still the 3rd most common Android OS so should be OK for a couple of years, but eventually I'd expect apps will no longer run on this version.

Thanks microbe. Is updating android an option or will you brick it?

Cough up, pull the mast out.



Wire it properly, make sure you have all the lights, instruments and antennae you want. Run some decent low-loss coax for your VHF thus potentially increasing your VHF range by a non-trivial distance.



Put it back in.



Anything you just "drop" down the mast will move around inside the mast putting long term wear on at least the top where it's hanging by it's weight, plus the misery to which Gary alludes (which you're obviously already contemplating).



If you don't have a plastic / aluminium conduit in the mast, put all your wires inside some "rope cover", run some 3mm dyneema down it and stitch it at the top and bottom. Then you fix the dyneema at the top and tension it at the bottom.

I'm going to get one!