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Re: Chartplotter
[Re: Sandsailsun]
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12/26/2015 11:08 AM
12/26/2015 11:08 AM
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Sandsailsun said:hallucination said: I could get all nostalgic about when I first went to the islands, a chart plotter was a set of dividers a pencil and a rule, and some airplane pictures of the islands.
By far the best tool that I have now is an APP called "my radar" on my phone. When I see a little grey on the horizon...that turns black, I can be fully prepared that I have a pretty good idea if it is just a squall, or a dreaded "squatter". You know the ones that just sit there getting bigger...and BIGGER. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cloud.gif" alt="" /> I have seen the most idiocy come from people going into a 50kts blower with full sails and untended dingies. Blown sails, flipped dingies, toppled rigs, blown biminis Thanks <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />...off to the App Store ...I am a notorious "lets reef now "gal as soon as I see the dark clouds ahead...super cautious and drive captain Ward crazy sometimes <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> Smart Woman! G
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