I got a neighbor with a Galaxy in his garage.

I drove my Dad's Ford Galaxy 500 when i was in high school...thing could =
cruise at 115 mph no problemo...
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Linix or if you must Unix. Or, if you really must OS X.

"Donal" wrote in message
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"Per Elmsäter" wrote in message
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Real sailors use nothing but digital charts. It is folish even to have
paper
charts as backup. What if they get washed overboard for instance, or
eaten
by the ships rat. No it is much safer to have a redundant system of
digital
charts.


What Operating System do real sailors use to run their navigation S/W on?

Regards


Donal
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Did you have to do community service or did you get jail
time?

"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:42:23 +1000, The Captains Master wrote this
crap:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:36:09 GMT, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote:

The whole world can be placed on a CD-Rom.

The Galaxy is on Orions belt

I got a neighbor with a Galaxy in his garage.





Ave Imperator Bush!
Bush Was Right! Four More Years!

I bought a Mac laptop a year ago. It's the one I take with me when I
travel. My HP laptop just sits on the desk.

Still, for serious database servers and fast logging systems, I prefer
Sun Microsystems and Solaris. It has always worked.

PDW

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:09:16 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

Linix or if you must Unix. Or, if you really must OS X.

"Donal" wrote in message
...

"Per Elmsäter" wrote in message
...
Real sailors use nothing but digital charts. It is folish even to have
paper
charts as backup. What if they get washed overboard for instance, or
eaten
by the ships rat. No it is much safer to have a redundant system of
digital
charts.


What Operating System do real sailors use to run their navigation S/W on?

Regards


Donal
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Who the hell is a USCG licensed Captain or Master? I'm not and I refuse to
spend any more money on updating my papercharts, when I can spend it on far
more superior electronic charts.

--
Perre

You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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You can't be so dumb to not know of the USCG requirement
for all their licensed Captains and Masters to have a PAPER
chart of the area aboard their vessels. Electronic simply won't
do.

S.Simon


"Per Elmsäter" wrote in message
news
Capt. Mooron wrote:
"Per Elmsäter" wrote in message
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If I had 12 bucks for every GPS or laptop that malfunctioned at
sea.... why I'd be poorer than you, even though I wouldn't waste the
occasional twelve bucks that came my way on Rum and painkillers.

Don't knock it... it's liquid courage to fortify you while you watch
yet another paper chart flying like a psycho kite downwind with all
your plots and data. It's also good for post lightening trauma while
you warm your hands on the fried circuit boards of your high tech
navigational array.


Not enough. Wanna do a joint venture.

I'm broke ... frickin cost of charts are killin' me!

CM

Don't worry Moroon. If this thread does it's job, everybody on a.s.a
will
let their paper charts fly with the winds and you can collect a bundle
of 12
dollar bills. You can also empty the spirits in your compass down your
throat. That'll save you maybe half a bottle of Overproof.

--
Perre

You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

"katysails" wrote in message
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The whole world can be placed on a CD-Rom.

That's pretty sad....I think it may be time to get a lobotomy...


Don't you even dare to think that thought.
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Perre

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"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:36:09 GMT, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote this crap:

Real sailors use nothing but digital charts. It is folish even to have
paper
charts as backup. What if they get washed overboard for instance, or
eaten
by the ships rat. No it is much safer to have a redundant system of
digital
charts.

You're an idiot. My charts are kept in the nav station, where they


Navstation. Holy mackerel. What do you think you've got? An Atlantic
freighter. Charts whether paper or electronic belong where the helmsman can
see them and nowhere else.

can't go overboard, and there are no rats on a good ship.

You're correct. You're a rat and you don't have a good ship.

What do you do if your batteries all go dead?


Real sailors don't let their batteries go dead. There is absolutely no
excuse for that to happen.

--
Perre

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The Captains Master wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:51:41 +0200, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote:

Navstation. Holy mackerel. What do you think you've got? An Atlantic
freighter. Charts whether paper or electronic belong where the helmsman
can
see them and nowhere else.

Huh?
What do you sail, an Atlantic freighter?
How do you keep the chart in front of the helmsman on a yacht?



I don't you upsidedowner. I place a screen with an electronic chart in front
of the helmsman.

--
Perre

You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

"The Captains Master" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:34:44 +1000, The Captains Master
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:32:13 +0200, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote:

I am in total agreement you headhopping kangaroo. I hope the NG doesn't
hold
that against me. If you want the helmsman to know where you are going
you'll
have to give him an electronic chart. Paper charts in the cockpit are
too
easíly lost. On the other hand the Moroon could probably use the 12
bucks
but then again he'd just waste it on Rum.

Headhopping kangaroo?
Must be the aquavit!



Oz1...of the 3 twins.
I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Like my new email address?
Heh heh, now to log onto a few porn sites with that address :-)




Please tell us. At what point did you lose it?
Must be from bouncing around upside down on your head all day.

--
Perre

You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

Don't you even dare to think that thought.
--
Perre

I will if you persist in such a lubberly fashion...electronic charts? =
Where's the romance? Where's the glory? What about all those pathetic =
little pencil marks, lovingly placed every trip with each new find? =
What if someone blows the friggin satellite up? What f you can't get =
near enough to a K-Mart to get new ones (let alone steal new ones like =
one person here)? Perre, you've been brainwashed into the 2st century. =
Technology isn't everything. I refuse to give up my wonderful rolled up =
charts (BTW, we buy them on proected paper). I refuse to give up the =
compass and dividers. =20
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein