Card lifehack 1:Modified price triangle shows contact lines
Through my work as an ocean sailing instructor, I have a few tricks to give less experienced fellow sailors a better overview. One of them is this course triangle on board. The paper strip with the wind arrow immediately shows which courses are feasible on the nautical chart, based on the current forecast. The 90-degree corner is placed like a wind arrow in the centre of the course rose. In this case a north-easterly wind. The areas covered by the triangle cannot be sailed directly. The triangle always shows a tacking angle of 90 degrees and therefore only provides an approximation. Nevertheless, it helps beginners enormously.
Udo Tennigkeit, Oyten
Card lifehack 2:Improvised course ruler from the toolbox
A fragment of a folding rule with a well-functioning articulated notch can be used in the cockpit as a substitute for an expensive course ruler when navigating "by hand". Courses can be transferred by placing it on the chart rose, positions are determined with the help of the 90-degree position in the joint notch and by placing it at right angles to the edge of the chart. Distances can also be determined at a glance.
Fritz Giger, Oberhofen/Switzerland
Card lifehack 3:Simple update
We still navigate with paper nautical charts, and it is particularly important to us in the tidal area that the information is up to date. Many publishers provide small nautical chart extracts with the new conditions in PDF format for corrections. These can be printed out and pasted onto the chart. We print the corrections directly onto DIN A4 adhesive labels. After cutting out, the film on the back can be peeled off and the snippet neatly glued into the right place.
Stephan Lippert, Pinneberg
Card lifehack 4:Sleeping place for the cards
We sail our Oceanis 36 with centre cockpit in the Baltic Sea every year between April and September. It goes without saying that very detailed charts are required in the waters there. Too many for the compartment in the chart table. I built a compartment from plywood above the forward berth and painted it to match the rest of the installation. Thanks to a slight slope towards the bow, the contents cannot slip out. You have to pay particular attention to good fastening, because the charts weigh quite a bit.
Adri Drijver, Kamp-Lintfort
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