Question: Do you still do sights with a sextant? If so, where do you get the time signal from when underway? I found several shortwave frequencies for time signals on the web but the reception is extremely poor. In fact, I can’t get any useful exact time at all with my SSB receiver (Lowe HF-150 from the UK, built 1995), which otherwise works properly. I am sailing in the Med and I am a beginner with the sextant. Maybe you have some proven frequencies you could share with me?
John Harries
Q&A: Magnetic Compass
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion: Do you use a magnetic compass to augment your navigation process?
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Q&A: Custom Log Book
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Question: I read your article, “Knowing Where You Are“, in January’s Cruising World magazine and was wondering if I could see a copy of your custom log book page.
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Trident Two-stage Propane Regulator, Problems
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After two days going to windward on the same tack, returning from Svalbard (Spitsbergen) to Norway, our bilge gas alarm went off. We searched everywhere for the source to no avail until I opened the gas bottle locker to a very strong smell of propane.
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Q&A: Which Heating System?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion: What do you use for heating on Morgan’s Cloud?
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Q&A: Keeping The Boat’s Interior Dry
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Question: Is keeping the interior of the boat dry in the midst of prolonged damp, chilly weather, and/or sea spray just a matter of dorade vents, hull insulation and your Espar heater? Do you have success keeping the interior dry or does it inevitably get damp?
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Espar D8 Forced Air Diesel Heater (8KW)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter years of fighting with an unreliable diesel heater, we are very pleased with the Espar heater we installed in 2000. It is one of the bigger ones they make and keeps us toasty in all weather.
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Taming The Wimp Within
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Fear, anxiety, call it what you will, most of us have it and going voyaging will trigger those feelings. But fear doesn’t have to spoil your cruise. John shares how he copes with his inner wimp.
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EchoPilot Forward Scan Sonar FLSII
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe have found that having a forward scan sonar has made exploring in the high latitudes safer and more feasible. Instead of feeling our way along at 2 knots when off the charts, we can now travel confidently at 6 knots, since the forward scan reaches out up to 200 meters ahead. Also, the sounder makes it possible to feel our way into tight anchorages, even when the water is not clear enough to see the bottom.
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Q&A: Getting Greenland Ice Charts By Satellite Phone
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion: What can you tell me about receiving Greenland ice charts by satellite phone? Is it a good solution and more reliable than weather fax?
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Q&A: How Do We Get Treadmaster To Stick To Aluminum?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion: We are having trouble getting our Treadmaster deck covering to stay stuck to our bare aluminum deck. What can you tell me about getting epoxy to stick to aluminum reliably?
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Disassembly And Refit Plans
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It all started with six weeks of intense work last June stripping the deck for painting. Every cleat, every track, every fitting and every hatch came off and slowly a 10’x20’ storage unit filled with boat bits.
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Q&A: Getting Money And Shopping In Greenland
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion: How easy is it to get money and shop in Greenland?
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Q&A: Circumnavigating Greenland
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion: I am wondering if you know whether anyone has circumnavigated Greenland in a sailboat. Do you think it’s possible? My guess is that global warming has changed things up there and it may now be possible.
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