Ash Qin 📷

The seas between #NorthernIreland and #RathlinIsland are known to be treacherous, poor visibility... I got to sample a bit of the idea when approaching Northern Ireland from Rathlin and the island was completely cloaked by fog, however as I got closer, some of the fog started rolling down the cliff and you could start distinguishing the land was there. Imagine if this wasn't optimal weather...

#Photography #Landscape #Seascape #Nature #Scenery #Fog #Cliffs

Nov 15, 2024 at 4:16pmWeb
Show threadcohanNov 15, 2024
@ashqinmoe and imagine shipping with only pre-modern navigation technology!
Show threadAsh Qin 📷Nov 18, 2024
@cohanf Even with 90s technology, stuff like radar would have been on an ugly LCD screen that someone had to use at the navdesk or plot where they were on a map using GPS coordinates and that was a pain even then!
Show threadJohan DiederikNov 15, 2024
@ashqinmoe I would certainly use my quantum radar😵‍💫😨
Show threadAsh Qin 📷Nov 18, 2024
@JohanDiederik I hear you! My sail boat has a old JRC-1000 radar on it and I'm really tempted to swap it out, the display is at the navdesk which I obviously can't use at the helm. 😅
Show threadJohan DiederikNov 18, 2024
@ashqinmoe my former was a JRC-1000😎 Worked very well. Saved my ass a many times (I think). Both our radar and plotter are at the navdesk. Better for planning with paper charts and protect for moist and theft. I used to mix several brands together with NMEA 183 but switched to all- Garmin.
Show threadAsh Qin 📷Nov 18, 2024
@JohanDiederik Because my fiance and I do a lot of solo sailing (one sails, the other rests), anything that's only at the navdesk usually won't get used in my experience which is unfortunate.
Show threadAsh Qin 📷Nov 18, 2024

@JohanDiederik My only issue with the JRC-1000 is our screen is pretty dim and I really struggle to see. Boat came with a lot of other old not well functioning instruments.

I've mostly swapped out all my transducers and instrument displays for modern Raymarine and using Orca & Navionics tablet apps for our chartplotting.

In theory we could get a Quantum radar, connect it to the NMEA OneNet network we've got and the Orca app should be able to overlay it which means we'd have radar at the helm.

Show threadArtGeek (Ken Tryon)Mar 10, 2025
@ashqinmoe Heading to Ireland (mostly in the south) in August for our 30th anniversary, delayed 1 year because I was hit by a car. Bringing a good camera. 👍🏻
Show threadAdrien FaureMar 20, 2025
Those aren't mountains, they're waves !
Show threadAdrien FaureMar 20, 2025
ho! it's actually mountains. Awesome shot.