I love the fact that I will have some back up;s to back ups. Plus paper charts and hand held Garmin 76 It gives me comfort to know that when done with this process I will now all of my equipment. Before i sail.
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com> wrote: > I second that. > > We left a dock last August for a short trip across a very large Bay at > 6AM. Just befire leaving found none of the boats electronics working. > Chart Plotter, Speedo, Depth all blank. We had a 30 NM crossing in an > area I had seldom sailed. Was overcast and 15-20 knots (behind us > thankfully). > > The handheld GPS, a paper chart, bulkhead compass were great. Normally > these can be considered redundant systems but really they are not. The > VHF was also working and we had a couple handhelds of hose as well so > away we went. > > 20 minutes later the problem was resoved and we had all instruments back > up and running but we do have to keep in mind that they could all go > away at any time as well ... > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of > OldSteveH > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:59 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS > > It's concerning to know there are boaters out there on the water (not > you > Steve - I mean your friends and others) who do not realize the > importance of > having backup instrumentation, and alternate means of navigating. > Imagine being out in fog (or darkness), losing ones GPS and having no > speed > or depth because they thought the GPS would just "take care of all > that". > > Cheers > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:51:36 -0500 > From: Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS > Message-ID: > > <CADdEvn7x+B+0kRfaAr=Qgj=yuph5n-r3dxdwbkoluzkggz_...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I went through a lot of trouble to install an ST40 speed instrument (and > a > depth one) on my boat last year. My friends were all "forget about that, > use > a GPS". I figured it would be useful when trimming the sails, instant > feedback. I'm happy to hear others have the same perspective. > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Della Barba, Joe > <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>wrote: > > > Also note that if you sit near the fluxgate with a cellphone (magnetic > > speaker) and a cell phone holder with a magnetic flap the boat will > > likely not go straight at all! > > > > > > > > *Joe Della Barba* > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- *At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.- Robin Lee Graham*
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