Can I get a clear definition of "Pan-Pan", who and when may it be declared.

I have hard the USCG declare "Pan-Pan", followed by a requirement that all
none "Pan-Pan" traffic on channel 16 traffic be suspended.

Can an individual boat declare "Pan-Pan", say when a crew member is lost
overboard, etc??

I fairly sure I understand when I could send a "May Day" but, to me, Pan Pan
is something more recent and I must have missed out on earlier definition..

Thanks

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

In article <dkfb31taitu3m3pm5gaf3sh3pj3ea8t…@news-east.newscene.com>,
D…@nothere.com says…

>You gonna be at the NY Sailing Club meeting on Thur.? If so I’ll look for
>you.

Arghh! My cover is blown!

I hope so.

Hi,
Anyone been down the Pee Dee River in SC?  I’m wondering if you can get
a powerboat down the river to the coast starting in Chester, SC.

Thanks,
Billy Cook

Hi, I am considering getting the HW6500 when it comes out (trying not
to think about the price tag) but wanted to know about GPS software for
the Mobile Windows platform.  I see some stuff that offers maps for
places within the US but I have to travel a lot internationally all the
time so maps of the US are of limited use.  Does anyone know of GPS
software that has maps of "the world" (Mostly topographical and
cities in Europe, Asia, and everywhere in between).  Any help,
suggestions, commentary would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers

-Gaiko

Anyone out there have any experience or words of wisdom to offer on
removing the internal regulator from a small alternator like a Hitachi
LR135-31 so as hook up an external unit that will properly charge GEL
or AGM batteries?

–

Roger Long

Calder points out how battery life is increased by minimizing
discharge level. No matter how many batteries you have in the boat,
you’ll get maximum life by putting them in one bank. Keeping a
starting battery isolated and in reserve is obviously a necessary
compromise for most craft. However, with a 20 hp diesel, modest
starting loads, and the ability to hand start, I’m thinking that the
simplicity of a one bank system might make sense for a daysailing,
short cruise boat, that is docked with shore power. If the batteries
did get run down away from home, I’d be willing to hand start in
penance.

The key question is whether a two cylinder diesel like a 20 hp Yanmar
2QM can really be hand started or if it is an "only when your life
absolutely depends on it" kind of operation. I don’t have much
experience with engines under 200 HP so I’d appreciate the benefit of
actual experience.

–

Roger Long

OK, I’ve got a tarp I’m going to be removing from my boat and I know
there is that horrible dark red/black bird crap waiting for me.

What’s the best stuff to clean it up with?   Also, I would really like
my boat to look good this year, anything recommended for gelcoat? (it’s
only a 1999, so the gelcoat should be in decent shape once I clean it
and treat it).

Doug

St Francis 44
Annapolis, MD

While picking people’s brains about batteries today, I learned why I
haven’t
seen a friend of mine around the waterfront in a while. He isn’t in
Florida.
He was bending over the battery in his boat a couple months ago when
it blew
up for no apparent cause. In addition to acid burns, the force of the
explosion threw him against the bulkhead of his boat so hard that he
broke
ribs and punctured his lungs. He’s been laid up for weeks.

I don’t think wet cells have any place on a boat except maybe one that
is
large enough to have a dedicated battery compartment.

–

Roger Long

Hello Bruce,

Tried to use your mailing address – no success … sorry!

In the newsgroup aus.sport.sailing – 12-02-2005, I read with
great interest about your set up in your boat … It is a
solution, I’m very much after.

Just recently, I bought a ‘new’ sailboat – 15 years old…
It is equipped with rather new Raymarine instruments – ST60
series – 230 VHF, RC 530 Chart Plotter, and 4000 tiller
Autopilot – all elements are connected in a SeaTalk net …
The instruments are visible from the cockpit, but the VHF
and the chartplotter, are mounted ind the cabin. As I do not
want to make physical changes to this set up, and as I do
have a notebook and a PPC with a GPS (a little RoyalTek RGM
2000-thing), I’m looking for a cheap solution to my
‘cockpit-chartplotter-problem’ …

I find the prices of the Raymarine hsb2 interface plus their
RNS navigations software far too stiff for my budget, and as
I already do have some sea maps from Maptech and some nordic
electronic maps => versions, that are not compatible with
anything else in the world – (called ‘the living seamap’ =
DLSK – but they cover all of Denmark, Southern and Western
Sweden and Southern part of Norway) … I’m pretty eager to
use, what I have …

I have – therefore and for the time being – reduced my level
of ambition from a totally ‘Raymarine’ integrated system
based on C-Map charts and RNS 5.0 – to a more modest level:
Run my notebook with the maps/applications I have (Navigator
Lite from Maptech and DLSK) – ‘hook up’ a USB-GPS to the PC,
and somehow ‘connect’ the PPC to my notebook PC (Win XP) so
I can keep my notebook ‘down under’ but with access from/or
‘controlled by’ my PPC.

I don’t have bluetooth, so I will have to accept cables – or
what? … at least in the first implementation I’m afraid
…

As I’m not at all competent within this field of ‘system
integration’, I would very much appreciate, if you would
accept to give me a little more detailed information about
how I should go about, if I want to implement the solution,
you have outlined in your ‘letter’ to the newsgroup.

I do not intend to integrate the system with the RayMarine
system. So my problem is ‘only’ to establish a
‘cockpit-chartplotter-function’ i.e. the right connection
between the notebook PC and the PPC running windows …
Microsoft Pocket PC vers. 3.0.11171.

As I’m very ‘intrigued’ by the wireless solution, I’m
curious as to what it takes to implement that set up in my
case … I have been at the vnc homepage, which I find very
interesting, but hard to understand … my age and my weak
background within this field – unfortunately … If you will
help me, I will be happy – thank you!

Being a Dane, I have problems finding the correct words
etc., but I do hope my mail is understandable.

Best regards

–
Flemming Torp
‘Even the worst day sailing is better than the best day working’
…

A big issue currently being debated in Australia – what are the criteria for
establishing "safe" vs "non-safe" mooring areas?

Any comment most appreciated

Mick