I'm working on implementing an autorouting feature for our navigation app. It considers depth and distance from land and is very fast. What features do you want to see in a navigation app that can autoroute between waypoints?

#sail #sailing #boating #navigation

The "gusts of wind" in the weather forecast were so loud, they woke me up. Roaring.

Also, waves slapping the hull and dishes clinking as the boat moves.

I fear for my chimney and its rain hat. (I know what it's actually called, but since I assume that term has a racist derivation, rain hat it is.)

EDIT: chimney cowl. Thanks @mike

#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #weather #UK #Midlands #storm #chimney
@ukwaterways

I read that using groups is more effective than hashtags for wider circulation in the fediverse.

A new FediGroup is now live. It's for any toots concerning the UK's navigable waterways, whether #canals or #rivers managed by the #Canal and #River #Trust, the #Environment #Agency, the #Broads #Authority or other body.

If anyone mentions the address:
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in a post, it will be boosted to everyone who follows the Group.

You can follow the group at:
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Public posts and replies are boosted. Private messages to the Group are rejected.

Please boost!

#boat #boatlife #boating #boatsthattoot #canallife #ukcanals #norfolkbroads #broads #sailing #yacht #cruiser #narrowboat #widebeam

There's an old-fashioned Vacant/Occupied dial on the boat's toilet door. This door is angular to fit the cabin wall's inward slant, or tumble, as it swings open.

The shower is in a walk-through room. Its wood doors don't lock. In an emergency, I want people able to move through in a hurry, not blocked by a locked door for fear of exposed naked bits.

(There've been no emergencies or nonconsenting nudity.)

@hmallett

#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #safety #EmergencyExit #lock #door #exit #UK

For the stern hatch, I bought much larger, sturdier, brass sliding bolts.

Oak is hard wood, so it took a chisel and mallet, drill, hacksaw, and screwdriver to mount them. But it wasn't difficult.

Opening the hatch takes only 2 seconds—faster than I imagine it takes to open an airplane's emergency exit. It's satisfying to have a decent locking mechanism on the hatch that doesn't block emergency egress.🔥

#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #safety #security #lock #bolt #FireExit #hatch