All the charts, apps and books we used for sailing Scotland - how we planned our cruising season
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- Here are all the tools that we used to plan our Scottish sailing season and 5 steps to work through if you're planning a similar adventure.
Links to everything mentioned:
Overall planning:
Cruising Scotland guidebook - amzn.to/3xlSY1N
Notion - www.notion.so
Navionics Web Viewer - webapp.navionics.com/#boating...
Preparing the baot:
Nigel Calder’s Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual - amzn.to/43D7KgR
Attainable Adventure Cruising - www.morganscloud.com/
ChatGPT - chat.openai.com/auth/login
Charts, Pilot Books and Tidal information:
Clyde Cruising Club Sailing directions:
Firth of Clyde - amzn.to/4cvvozT
Kintyre to Ardnamurchan - amzn.to/4cqoax0
Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath - amzn.to/3TSte67
Outer Hebrides - amzn.to/3U2qQKk
Navily - www.navily.com/
Savvy Navvy - www.savvy-navvy.com/
Antares Charts - www.antarescharts.co.uk/
Reeds Almanac - amzn.to/4a8TKxX
Tidal Atlas - shorturl.at/ijRSU
Weather:
Windy - www.windy.com
Predict Wind - www.predictwind.com/
Hiking:
Walk Highlands - www.walkhighlands.co.uk/
OS Maps - explore.osmaps.com/
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It’s really refreshing to hear you talking through an efficient set of modern resources. Electronic charts, paper publications and a simple set of apps, which complement each other - wouldn’t challenge your list in any way. Pretty much ‘best practice’ amongst many sailors I know. (Sigh, yes many will want at least a couple of basic paper charts - passage planning and refuges - but few will actually look at them). Great video.
Thanks for the comment! I never felt like there was a major gap in our approach. The only potential issue without carrying paper charts is if the boat goes totally dark, but in all honesty, we will have bigger fish to fry if that is the case! I cannot use a sextant so I will still be relying on electronic devices for GPS if we are out to sea, and if we are close to land we have enough backup devices to get us through.
- Stu
Thanks guys. My wife and I are really enjoying your channel and hopefully you're enjoying making them so you continue to do so :)
Thank you, that’s so nice to hear! Yes we’re enjoying making them and have a few more lined up, just need the weather to improve a bit so we can do some more sailing for future videos!
@@DelfinoDiscovers so you’re full time livaboards…what’s the plan for the coming season and beyond??
Ish! We are planning to spend a few months a year back in the UK with friends and family, but the rest of the time we'll be on Delfino sailing her wherever we fancy.
We spent the winter doing some more food and travel related content as we decided to move off Delfino for the winter, but now we are ready and waiting for an opportunity to cross the channel and explore Brittany.
Nice 👌🏼 sounds like a plan. I won’t ask you the obvious question of how you’re financing this rather amazing lifestyle - I’m sure that can be the subject of a future vlog 😇
To buy the boat - we both got lucky with good jobs. I had the opportunity to build and sell a small tech business. I'm also still working part time, remotely. I have to fly to the US routinely for work, which also gives us the opportunity to film some different content.
- Stu
Great ! Just ordered the Nigel Calder bible lol + his book on Marine engines from a store near us as it was cheaper than amazon. (we're in Sweden, we have a boat but it's a full restoration job as she's 58 years old & so those books will be a godsend). Great video for us newbies, Thanks.
Good stuff! Glad you found something useful. Good luck on your restoration project, sounds like a big one!
I agree, I recommend the Clyde Cruising Club Handbook. I have been using it since the 70's. Way back in the day they did give anchoring directions and tips. Way back in the day we sailed with a paper chart and a compass. GPS, radar, AIS, plotters were something out of science fiction. How times have changed. One day, I may even have a bow thruster 😀.
The barrier to entry without GPS, radar, AIS, plotters would've been significantly higher for us! I appreciate them, but I also wonder if a bit of the magic is taken away with all the gizmos.
- Stu