Ooh my head hurts. How about a diagram & simple explanation for non tech bods. ? I know I'd buy stuff not knowing if its right & toss it in a draw

Option B, knead less build up your jaw bones.

Ah, you've fed my hunger for Jesters in simple twenty something foot boats sailing the seas. Burp!

A video about open CPN vs Navionics...kind sir?!

A very handy video, thank you for putting this together and sharing the knowledge 👍🏻

Whoa there lad.... whoa.. those self sealing connectors... I bought some from Lidl and had a warm air gun, lighter, hot air gun, fuckin MAP gas torch on them. Did absolutely nothing (ok, the torch burned everything away, but I'd seen my arse by then). Are you sure they're good ?

Loved that! Thanks. Looking forward to more adventures.

Another fun video. Personally if you have a loose footed main I’d put the reefing lines round the boom with a bowline and use the plastic eyes just as a guide then they don’t have to take any strain. That’s how I have always made up my reefing lines and never had an issue n many thousands of miles off shore. I also always put ceasing wire through my shackles if I’m going off shore to ensure they don’t come undone. E.g. bang, topping lift etc.

How do you charge the DooGee R10 from your house batteries please. Please forgive if already answered.

Even with your stainless steel fitting I would not trust it because it relies on screws which will eat their bedding with electrolysis. Besides that, the forces working on that fitting are trying to pull the aft one out and that is a serious weak point. Why not consider some dyneema lashing and stainless shackle as this would be much stronger.

Good Job. I've been using OpenCPN on my last 3 laptops, with a USB GPS puck receiver. I download charts with my 'home' computer and store them on a NAS drive (Western Digital with wired network, not usb - it was a couple hundred USD several years ago) and just copy them over to the network when needed on the traveling laptop. US Charts are all free - either raster scan or ENC-style; But the US is deprecating all the paper-based (raster scan) in the next few years. IDK about any other country's charts.

Thanks

You mentioned the charts you are using on OpenCPN, but you haven't mentioned the source. Whos charts are you using?

Really enjoy your videos and nice job. Can I ask, do you recommend any particular source for your charts for open cpn?

As a more general comment. Did you consider just a receiver? The full system is both expensive and power hungry. Do you run it 24/7? In good weather, daytime, it is not necessary. Can you switch it to receive only.

Put a lanyard on that tablet.

Thanks. Once I get my boat sorted I will be installing AIS. Be interested to hear how much the complete system was

Bought the yakker 4 years ago. Put it on my VHF/ais transmitter so I can send to my tablet. It's a good redundancy for my Raymarine plotter/ais.

Can you explain how you got the nmea out from the ais unit?

Where do you source your charts for the open CPS please? Great videos bye the way, I absolutely love them!

I am running a tablet bt not waterproof, what is yours chines called?

I got my hands on a Shipmodul multiplex unit for cheap, and feed that to the Yakker. ALL the NMEA data appears on my tablet through WiFi, wind, speed, yada yada. Great little unit! OpenCPN is the bees knees, Navionics, not so much...

If your new WiFi device fails, go to the "pitufino" page 👌

I loved that little matchbox! No need for it anymore as I have an AIS with WiFi now but it worked flawless!

That's great. I ahve one from London Chart Plotters. The only problem with touch screens 'outside' is that when the screen gets water on it you can't use it

Great video. Would it be possible to post the link to the tablet please? I'm interested in using one too. Thanks.

What a fantastic trip, thanks for sharing I've really enjoyed your productions . I suspect you've been further in your little boat than most in that are berthed in the Bristol channel. Great to see an affordable, simple small yacht and skipper achieving so much .

It's wonderful what you can do these days, I wish I was still sailing, in my day it was a sextant and a DF set. Well done for showing us this clever tool. I love your Contessa too. Safe sailing .Ken

Lovely. Facial in the background

Brilliant well done.

Nicely done!!

Brilliant video, this is exactly what i want to do on my little boat. Like the open cpn but seems way complicated for a non techie! Cheers and Happy Sailing

good job now i have to see how to take my ais off of my radio. thank you

So many (13 as vimeo reminds me) years ago I built my own version of this device to push the NEMA from a NASA AIS3 over wifi for use with Navionics on an iPad with wifi and GPS, the world doesn't seem to have changed much looking at what's around today!

Thanks

What charts are you using with Open CPN?

Knowing next to nothing about connecting up 12 v stuff. Can I ask are you taking a power supply from the ais transponder or bringing in the +ve and -ve piwer from elsewhere. If so where abouts please. Been considering one of these for a while.

Well, that was as clear as mud. Lol.

instead of trying to shove wifi in some place hopefully dry- you could just open it and cover the pcb with nail polish

Its a lovely video, but I feel it would be better with more views of the sea, the boat etc rather than your face most of the time.

Grt tip re the tea pouring... great vids, ur a real sailor sir.

Contessa 26. One of the most overrated sailboats, at least the ones built in Canada. Terrible glasswork, delaminating decks, drooping mast steps, overcanvassed and under-ballasted making them very tender, and a truly awful engine installation. Maybe the British built ones were better

Lovely. Nothing better than offshore in a small boat. I chose an extra couple of feet so I have standing headroom but was very tempted by a CO 26. Ive been using the same weather fax method for years and it's all you need. I actually prefer it to using windy when Im close to. the coast as it simplifies things which makes decision making easier.

I genuinely enjoy watching your antics/the fact you’re putting yourself out there, regardless of how amateur or unpolished it may look at the time. Slow, steady camera movements seem to be the key to youTube success, like the most basic requirement. And I think you’re proficient in a way, that everything you touch-on is greatly appreciated by people like me who dream about sailing. I need you to look out for your health because in a year or two I’d really enjoy having you show me how to sail. Something tells me a well sorted contessa 26 can make a competent sailor out of any of us. I really like the wind vane setup you have., the way it’s attached onto the rudder, the copper bottom paint, etc. etc You & the lil boat make a great team, like you compliment, complete & look after each other. I caught some older content from when you had her in the Caribbean. Could you simply retell those stories while sitting at the mooring? Yeah the footage of the snorkeling, bottom cleaning wasn’t Jacques Cousteau-like. When did you buy her? What was it like sailing down and back to the Caribbean? Does a pocket cruiser like green T even need new fangled winches? What kinda shape is the standing rigging, could you DIY some new shrouds if necessary? If you sailed as far as the Caribbean did you take along a life-raft? It goes without saying your participation in the jester challenges are epic, if I had some xtra dough your channel would be my 1st pick to support.

For gods sake, man. Don't get excited. Remember that you are English and carry on. gary in japan.

No paste to separate alloy and stainless, to minimise electrolysis?

Thanks. You have the same boom and fittings that I have on my Invicta 26. It's made me suspicious of them. As a veteran vital part and salt water interface facilitator, I salute a fellow aficionado. I've joined, but have never struggled to hear you.

Thanks for sharing, brian in nz.

Come on Jim , surely you got a fine adjustment tool aboard , every one has a fine adjustment tool . I've got three , all different sizes of course . Right lets get serious here , i had no doubt it would fit , you got too deep into this job seemingly straight off . I would have released the boom fitting and then checked it fitted before i got too deep into it , and i'm 90% sure that's exactly what you did . Get an oval shackle for the vang , their rounded at both ends with a side screw/bolt that won't jam . Further thoughts are that i personally i would get more than one of those parts , and replace all those plastic eyes , reefing and all . I can't think why any serious mast outfitter would use plastic , but there you go . Maybe a bit pricey being stainless , but at least you'd know you're fairly secure in a blow . What would happen if you put a reef in and a plastic eye broke again , you'd either have to double reef , or shake the reef , and go over canvassed . Yes you could jury rig something , but would you want to on a pitching deck . Loosing a roller over the side , yeah well it happens , at least you can make another . A mate of mine lost his phone over the side , he couldn't make another one of those . I've been lucky , i've only ever lost pins . And now on saying that ?????? . Camera work was good mate (after all you were trying to do a job) , and surprisingly voice was the same . Wind had very little effect , but i know what your saying , and yes it will happen at some point .

A new microphone isn't as snazzy as a new camera, but good audio matters!