Do you? Interesting. The MFDs of my current boat (and of a few others which I helmed) do allow overlay, but I never use it. Just a matter of habit...
Agreed, I can't actually remember to have ever used the mag compass, but it does look nice in the p/house!
Sorry, can't answer your last question. Those gizmos never interested me enough to bother understanding them. Ref. GPS accuracy, I did see your...
Your "unless" is precisely how a sat compass works, except the "far apart" bit - see my previous post. In fact, the really impressive bit is that...
Someone with a higher pay grade than myself will surely be able to give you more details, but essentially the principle is that there are at least...
I don't think that's correct, CR. I'm aware of some Furuno stuff capable of giving the vessel heading (i.e., not the COG, which you can get with...
Now U R talking!
Can't recall any engine above 1000hp, in VP range. They just don't have the standing to compete with the big boys. I guess you're referring to the...
I struggle to understand what your point is. In my first post of this thread I wrote... the fact that S/skr offers the choice between pods and...
Nope, never done that from the driver's seat. But I've been onboard jetliners in several hairy approaches, and even if I don't think the pilots...
You are referring to some of their modern stuff, I suppose? In my second to last boat, which was originally built with Furuno instruments, none of...
Yup, D13s I believe. But if you mean shafts ONLY, that's not correct. The builder offer a choice of either that, or IPS propulsion (IIRC with the...
Nah, the great dinner I had tonight made me much happier than any "last word". :) In fact, I'm not the one who started this irrelevant OT, in case...
Ok, so you are unaware (or ignorant, in your own wording) of what that expression means. Which is fine, mind. But just in case you're interested,...
I know what ignorant means. Both literally in English, which is what you are referring to, and also in colloquial American English, which is not...
Un uncalled-for remark, if I've ever seen one. I would never jump in any firm conclusions about people I never met, so that is also true of...
The engine room actually looks in pretty good conditions, in those photos. Maybe taken 20 years ago... Who knows?
Agreed, but there's an easy fix for that, don't buy them. In commercial world, many dashboards and their electronic instruments would be laughed...
