Gormless

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Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018
@neauoire http://goldengloberace.com/ggr/
Best race ever. Little boats, no outside assistance. really excites me.
The Race - Golden Globe Race

Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018

@neauoire I agree. But I'm very old ;) and we didn't have sat phones, data plans etc. SSB gave us weatherfax, long range forecasts, access to GRIBS, whilst at sea. There's a HUGE SSB radio net across the pacific. And for free. SSB is still a seriously positive communication system, take a look at the global race, which only allows SSB. So I'll disagree with you on that one. ;)

Nice to chat.

Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018

@neauoire Oh, if you have NMEA running on board, than you can suck data from AIS and plot it straight into OpenCPN. I don't know if Navionics does this, but it will definitely work on OpenCPN. It's amazing seeing your plotter with all these big ships on it. Not a big deal in Tonga, but around the straits of Dover, it's seriously helpful. ;)

I shall leave you as I have to go. Best Jonathan.

Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018

@neauoire The John Karl and David Burch books I mentioned will take you well over a year to master, even the basics.

(Not true, John Karl will get you going very quickly, and to me was mind-blowing.)

Decent SSB radio clearly takes a lot of time to learn, I wish I had a way of learning it here. I do rather love things which take time.

Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018
@neauoire I totally agree with that way of thinking. I would like to think I'm an exceptionally safe ocean sailor, and practicality is HUGE for me.
GormlessAug 30, 2018

https://sunbeam.city/@neauoire I didn't explain this properly. THE most useful equipment and technology I had aboard when crossing the Pacific, was a set of large buckets from HomeDepot. As we starting sinking, I got everyone to bail, for 72 hours non-stop. We fixed the problem, but no amount of high tech was going to stop us sinking, and my choice of buying a bucket per member of crew, was the best thing I ever did.

Stuff technology, the buckets were more important, and worked.

Devine Lu Linvega (@[email protected])

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Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018

@neauoire Yes, I was aware, but like so many tech things, the more involved you get with this stuff, the more you realise just how little you actually know. Which for me is GREAT.

SOmetimes mainstream stuff at sea is good. I only recently realised just how awesome AIS was, as I sailed across the Dover straits. with 450 ships in view. Unless you can really get odd software projects to help you then no amount of belief in 'open source' is actually going to help you.

Show threadGormlessAug 30, 2018
@neauoire Thanks, I'm glad that different people can agree to have different ideas about the world. It's so rare nowadays. I also suspect that in some ways we're not that different. ;)
GormlessAug 30, 2018

https://sunbeam.city/@neauoire
Oh, I had only just realised you are both vegan. I will not retract my comments on fishing(which were meant to be helpful).

We all have different points of view, different views on the world, we can choose what is important and valid for us.By mentioning fishing I never meant to be rude to your views, I hadn't realised you were vegan. But I stand by my views. ;) (If they can eat me, I'll eat them.) I do think eating fish if you're an ocean wanderer, is OK.

Devine Lu Linvega (@[email protected])

1.52K Toots, 205 Following, 414 Followers · It's always night under the ultraviolet sun.

GormlessAug 30, 2018

https://sunbeam.city/@neauoire

Please excuse me, Not sure quite how Mastodon works. Copied and pasted the above URL because I wanted a private chat with someone, but not sure it's valid. Devine, please excuse me if I've got this wrong.

Hell, I should stop apologising. My skills are in teaching children, and 'life' prison-offenders, I'm also quite good at getting yachts across oceans. Maybe I'm a bit shite at social media, but welcome the assistance of others. Plus I'm incredibly anti-social. ;)

Devine Lu Linvega (@[email protected])

1.52K Toots, 205 Following, 414 Followers · It's always night under the ultraviolet sun.