A note on paper charts
The plotter is better at everything except giving you the whole picture at once. I keep the paper folded to the current passage on the chart table, and I have never regretted it.
Logbook
Notes kept from a thirty-one foot sloop, mostly single-handed, mostly within sight of land. Written up afterwards, when the kettle is on.
The plotter is better at everything except giving you the whole picture at once. I keep the paper folded to the current passage on the chart table, and I have never regretted it.
Every job on a boat takes three trips: one to find the fault, one to discover the part you need, and one to do the work. I have stopped fighting this and now plan for it.
The alarm app is useful and I still wake at three to look at the shore lights. After a dragging incident in soft mud I do not think this will change.