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Ep 5: Navigation Equipment TEASER
October 4, 2025 · 1 min · 665 views
What this video covers
Two second-hand laptops running OpenCPN digital charts served as the sole navigation equipment aboard Suhula for the first ten years of cruising across 57 countries.0:19 OpenCPN is free and, by this account, fully adequate for extended bluewater voyaging.0:24 The core advice: go minimalist on electronics, avoid loading the boat with gadgets at the outset, and add gear only after confirming a genuine need.0:52 Maintenance demands in remote anchorages drove the minimalist philosophy — fewer systems mean fewer failures far from help. If gadgets are added at all, the recommendation is to wait until later in a cruise when their necessity is proven.0:53
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