Thanks, John. Does that USB charger "Fast charge" your Apple devices? The hardwired USB sockets I've already got in Lazy Jack are supposedly 2.1 amps per port, but won't deliver anywhere near that

Most know that Pat passed a while back. His massive heart attack weakened him enough that he never really got back to 'normal'. So we were planning a memorial service for him. Maybe in July, in lieu

Here's the one I put in our boat. Keeps Claire's IPAD Mini and Iphone both charged while in use. https://www.amazon.com/YonHan-Charger-Socket-Motorcycle-Vehicles/dp/B077F4ZGTZ It's 2.4A per USB

Last steamboat in my part of the world - the sternwheeler Bessie which operated on the Rio Grande from Bownsville, Texas to Roma, Texas last trip in 1902 or 1906 depending on what authority you

For an oral history project Charley interviewed Jesse Ott, an old-timer who skippered some of the last steamboats on the Coquille and Coos Rivers, and later ran IC powered milk boats on the Coos

Skagit Chief and Skagit Belle. They were said to be the last working steam paddlewheelers around Puget Sound. But that ignores the W. T. Preston... Skagit Chief was sold to be used as a floating

The steam, sternwheel tugboat Portland worked on the Willamette River into the 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_(1947_tugboat) The Corps of Engineers snagboat W. T. Preston also worked

The last operating river steamboat in Pacific NW US arguably is the steamer Portland---built in 1947 and operated by the Port of Portland until 1981, it was the last steam-fueled sternwheeler towboat

John, Do you know when the last Steamboats ran on the rivers around your part of the world? Here is a Steamboat that I know was still operating up in British Columbia in 1950, as I rode on it!

Poking around on Wikipedia looking at steamboats on Oregon rivers I stumbled upon this shot of Echo, up the Coquille way back when. Echo isn't anything unusual, but I like the photo because it shows

Good note Bob, thanks. I found that the manual was not correct with respect to tides and currents, and there were some subtle differences in the installation, probably a difference with what is in the

Thanks, John. That's useful info. You can be our point man for OpenCPN on Linux. <g> I think I got rid of my little Linux "netbook" sfter I got the Samsung tablet... BTW, a "netbook" or laptop

On Bob Larkin's advice I got a Samsung 10.1" Galaxy tablet. That was three years ago and it's worked fine. I can't vouch for any of the other reputable brands, but I tried a cheapo Chinese tablet in

Thanks for the report, John. Make sure you have the HARMONIC and HARMONIC.IDX files that have the tide and current data. The

Some years ago I made a "scarfing jig" by welding a few pieces of angle iron, making a frame, and bolting a router on to a heavy plywood carrier to move back & forth across the 4 ft width of a piece

Since there has been some interest in OpenCPN, here is how my installation on Linux went. Start here: https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=opencpn:opencpn_user_manual and go to OpenCPN User

What tablet do you like? Does it have an internal GPS (not phone or wifi requiring internet to use), or if an external GPS used then what type (usb/bluetooth/wireless)? thanks, John A

The annual subscription for Navionics US & Canada for Android is $21.99. I believe it's $19.99 for the US alone. US dollar$. Downloaded charts remain usable after your subscription runs out, but any

I should have mentioned that the Navionics I'm addressing is for Android and Apple mobile devices. Navionics for mobile devices requires a yearly subscription for charts, and for just a few dollars

Hey John, That's the kind of stuff we PC (linux & win) sort of folks find very informative. How about adding something about getting Canadian charts? thanks, John A