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Pat S/V Ciao!
- Male
- Lambertville,N.J.
- United States
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- Profile Type:
- Sailor
- Homeport:
- Brooklyn,N.Y.
- About Me:
- Sail a Beneteau 343
- Current location:
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Destinations visited:
- New York,Long Island Sound,Block Island,Cape May,Delaware Bay and Fort Lauderdale-Bahamas
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Cam Whitlock replied to Cam Whitlock's discussion GPS receiver upgrade in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"I was on my boat today and the fluxgate compass isn’t in the hanging locker. It’s not in any of the lockers. I think that because my boat is an early 40’ model in the production series the compass may not be in a typical location.…"
"Cat 2, I would put in a "stocked" ditch bag."
Cam Whitlock replied to Cam Whitlock's discussion GPS receiver upgrade in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"I tried the battery replacement route first and was very disappointed when it didn’t work. Thanks for the location of the compass!"
"In Cran Drac's blog there is a picture of the compass.. And btw realted to the drama of his reason to hand steer across the ocean...
http://seaknots.ning.com/profiles/blogs/first-leg-of-the-rally-tortola"
"I started that route....bought the RS150...seatalk converter... But gave up and bought a new 2032 battery for the existing gps antenna....
The fluxgate compass is in the aft cabin... "Shirt"cabinet... On the top of the side wall of…"
Cam Whitlock added a discussion to the group Beneteau 40 & 43
GPS receiver upgrade
The original Raymarine 125 gps failed on my 2008 Oceanis 40. Based on research, I’m trying to install a RS150 GPS receiver. The 150 uses Seatalk NG vs. the boat’s antiquated Seatalk 1. Not exactly sure how to tie the new GPS into the network. I purchased a Seatalk1 to Seatalk NG converter block. The Raymarine Tech on the Raymarine Tech forum has advised me to run a independent power feed to the converter block. That’s about as far as I have gotten, waiting to get a call back from…See More
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Pat, I am glad you found the video enjoyable. I am looking for another, that I used to have on video tape, of the journey of the S.& S. yacht Dorade crossing the Atlantic. I got a copy from the cooky's granddaughter and will post it when i can.