Inverseyourself

Did you guys end up going out? Predicted temp, wind, sea vs experienced temp, wind, sea? What were people wearing? Who except David rolled?

David, don’t commit!

I’ll stay out of the rocks....but only if Mike does! Absolut Interest

Interested!

Awesome! That cockpit rim alone looks like a piece of art. I don’t watch any series on TV - watching you build your boat over the winter will do it for me!

Is a wig acceptable?

Very sad. I only met him a couple of times. He impressed me as a gentle, humble guy with a great sense of humor. Knowing that he was fighting MM all along increases my respect for him further.

Interested, if I will find time on Saturday

The very opening shot looks like a painting! I am playing it time and again at the office. Thanks Joe!

Wait, are you suggesting that Joe d i d n ' t go out an paddle into the storm?

What a glorious sea state! Thanks for sharing. Have to agree with David M, foreboding and tempting. If it was a tide race and not so close to rocks......

Great job ladies, well deserved. You have been sea leaders for a while, this just makes it official. BTW, there are actually 3 new sea leaders in the picture, congrats also to Bruce from Canada.

Will try to make it.

I'll see ya'll at NKC!

It's a little bit of a dump. Most of the NBP places are open...but I see your point, Pru.

Most or all restaurants appear to be closed, including the Greek restaurant in Ipswich. I'll look some more.

American BBQ is closed today :-((((((((

5:30 @ BBQ

Nice rides. Video never does justice to the real size of the waves, though. I'm sure they were quite a bit bigger than they look here.

I'm going. Unrelated: Hey Pru, where's your Croatia trip report ?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain it so thoroughly, Lisa. I'm Mac-based so probably will have to go with BaseCamp.

Hi Lisa. Glad you have the 78sc, too. Now I can feed off of your device-knowledge :-). Regarding above, what OS do you use, what program and how do you do download your route from the computer to the device?

Leon, I get that. I probably got confused ?. Lisa: Heading, not bearing, of course. Here's where I may have become confused, like you suggested: The Garmin 78sc's SightnGo function uses a compass. You aim that compass at B (and doing that gives you a bearing from where you are to that point) and then put in a distance (you're probably right that you can't put in a much higher distance than the actual one, although that may depend, as you questioned earlier, how fast XTE wants to get you back "on line". If the distance is high, possibly slower). It then goes to GPS function, no longer using the compass but showing you the same or similar arrow that you used moments ago on the compass, to guide you to B. I'm just going to have to play around with that thing (Garmin 78sc, decided against the watch, more expensive by factor 2.5) on the water before I understand it really...something you 2 have obviously achieved long ago.

"With a true Goto function you don't have to perform a new Goto when you stray off the original line. That's because the line is always a straight line from your current position to the waypoint. The GPS will always try to keep you on the current line whether it's the original line or a newly computed line. It knows the location of your variable position and the fixed waypoint. So if you're to the right of the current line just turn a little left until you're back on the line." Leon: When you say: " That's because the line is always a straight line from your current position to the waypoint", how can you be of the right of the current line when the current line constantly changes with your changed position if in current? What you state in above paragraph are 2 different things. The first would make you chase the target in current in a curved fashion because when you always have a straight line to the target from your current position and the current position moves constantly in current, that happens. The second is XTE.

Sorry Leon, I completely omitted that you have to, as a second step after determining the bearing, enter a distance for the Sight'n Go function. But I also simply assumed, perhaps falsely, that the SightnGo recognizes your current position and just creates a straight line along the bearing you determined to want to go towards to reach your point B. Shouldn't that work or am I caught in the wrong thought process? You need your current position and a bearing to your point B, where exactly B is along the straight line from you to/before/beyond B is irrelevant, at least in some cases. Your point B will be on that line and you'll recognize it if you know what you're looking for. If you need to reach a point B very accurately, e.g. in dense fog or a moonless night, when you have to be on top of point B to recognize it or simply don't know what point B looks like, then you need an accurate distance. I guess that putting in any distance that's greater than the estimated distance to the point you want to reach is ok, especially if visibility is good and you don't know the distance or are too lazy to calculate it on your chart. I think "remembering" the old line is the very purpose of XTE-function. You create a waypoint from your current position and there's only one straight line to that waypoint from that current position. It gives you the course over ground you need to be on to reach point B. If you have current or wind you adjust your heading to account for it so that you stay on the old line. It allows you to reach point B on a straight COG rather than chasing B in a curve. You could of course perform a new SightnGo action once you have strayed off the original COG-line substantially but that'll still make you chase B in a curve somewhat. Maybe I'm just in silly-mode and not getting it or am overthinking things ad nauseam.