Using PCs on Board - Softcover

Buttress, Rob; Thornton, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713662107 ISBN 13: 9780713662108

Verlag: Adlard Coles Nautical, 2003

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A manual on using a PC on board a boat. It guides the reader through the process of choosing a PC as well as suitable software for tidal calculations, route planning, chart plotting, performance analysis, weather information, communications and the Internet. The authors demonstrate how using a PC can make life easier on board and take the slog out of navigational calculations. There is information on installing and looking after a PC on board, along with discussions of power supplies, interfacing and upgrading.

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Rob Buttress has sailed for over 20 years and has worked in all areas of the computer industry. He was the commercial manager for a leading marine navigation software company and was a marine electronic systems consultant before skippering a superyacht in the Caribbean. Tim Thornton studied naval architecture and worked on yacht design and race handicappping systems, becoming a marine computing research scientist for IBM, and one of the pioneers of on-board computer systems for racing yachts. His experience ranges from supplying systems for offshore events such as Around Alone and the Volvo Round the World Races though to the needs of superyachts and weekend sailors.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Adlard Coles Nautical
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0713662107
• ISBN 13: 9780713662108
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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