This Rat Sailed

Leaving the rat race for a life aboard a sailboat.

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Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts

Monday, January 8, 2024

A 15" Touchscreen Chartplotter for around $500?

First a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! My boat came with a Garmin 4208 chartplotter. Unfortunately, the prior owner(...

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Finding Your Way...More on OpenCPN

In my last post I mentioned the free chart viewing and plotter program for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh called OpenCPN . I've been u...

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Finding Your Way...For Free

One of the more annoying aspects of owning a small aircraft was the limitations the FAA placed on navigation equipment. Anything installed ...

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Mike Boyd: I'm an ex-software engineer living with my wife and two spoiled dogs. I hold a private pilots license and in the past owned a small, single engine aircraft. My wife and I are both PADI certified open water scuba divers. When we started this sailing adventure, other than being passengers, we had no experience on a sailboat. We've taken sailing lessons through the ASA programs in both Colorado and Florida. In December 2013 we purchased our floating home, a 1999 Leopard 38, and in April of 2015 we sold our house and moved aboard.

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