By Russ, on May 16th, 2007
Since a lot of this blog is about electronics I presume that you – like me – may have been busy adding all sorts of gizmos to your boat. Well, the time comes when you had better check the electrical consumption of all those useful devices and aids!. I thought I would do that and see if the battery and alternator configuration that I have is adequate.
I have two domestic batteries and one engine battery each of 60 amps and normal lead acid types. This is a perfectly standard installation and is charged using a 120 amp alternator.
So my maximum
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By Russ, on May 15th, 2007
Having upgraded my Garmin MapSource chart plotting software I thought I would just check out a few of my previously saved routes and fell over a menu option that I had never seen below which simply said “View in Google Earth” – ok, I am losing my sight, but I had honestly not noticed this before – so I clicked – and to my amazement, Google Earth loaded and zoomed right in on the exact lat/long for my route, and superimposed the route on a map of the English coastline with waypoints all labled and shown in the correct place
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