Sometimes, you may find that your iPhone’s GPS position has become “stuck,” reporting either an inaccurate GPS position, or an old position you haven’t been at for a long time.
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In How To Remove Yanmar 3JH2E Heat Exchanger, Step-by-Step with Photos, reader John M brought up the orientation of the core assembly within the heat exchanger. There are three things to consider to properly place the core assembly.
While sailing offshore, forecasts, NOAA synoptic charts, and other weather information can be accessed through an Iridium GO.
However, on a couple notable occasions, the forecasts—even when just hours ahead—differed significantly from real conditions.
This made me want better access to actual observations. Until now, I did not have a solution for this while offshore outside of the U.S.
This is a follow-up to How To Remove Yanmar 3JH2E Heat Exchanger, Step-by-Step with Photos.
Hopefully you never find yourself in a position where you need to replace your heat exchanger . But if you do, firstly, I’m sorry! Secondly, hopefully this article will help ease your pain.
Over the years, NOAA/NDBC buoy data has been instrumental in my weather- and condition-related decision-making processes.
These buoys offer near-real-time information about actual wind and sea state. Knowing the actual conditions where you’ll be sailing is immensely useful.
Recently I was wondering… Is this buoy data available offshore?
Inspired by a section in Heavy Weather Sailing by Peter Bruce, I decided to see what sea climate maps were available online, so I could include them in my collection of cruising resources.
It seems to be not very widely known, but recreational vessels can now renew their USCG certificates of documentation for a five year period.
Yesterday I received my first weather fax! I might be a nerd (ok, replace “might be” with “am”), but it was pretty exciting.
When I wanted to change my boat’s name, I could not find a simple set of instructions online. The USCG instructions weren’t 100% clear either.
So here’s what I did that worked, step by step.