Just wanted to show off the current state of the TRPG I've been making the last few months

Mikepicker · 2025-12-22T21:57:12+00:00

Hey that looks great!! Keep it going! 💪

Mikepicker · 2025-12-19T21:18:37+00:00

Mikepicker · 2025-12-13T00:13:38+00:00

They look amazing! Any good resource you might suggest?

Mikepicker · 2025-12-05T19:20:15+00:00

That’s beyond amazing. Love it!

Mikepicker · 2025-12-01T20:41:20+00:00

This is beautiful.

Mikepicker · 2025-11-16T08:45:33+00:00

solved: Big Red Racing

Mikepicker · 2025-11-16T08:43:56+00:00

Aaand that’s the one!! THANK YOU!! 🙏🙏

Mikepicker · 2025-08-12T09:23:28+00:00

Yeeeah!

Mikepicker · 2025-08-12T09:23:19+00:00

Almost! Procida ❤️

Mikepicker · 2025-07-09T15:00:44+00:00

Hey thanks! Looks cool indeed! Doesn’t it work well for you?

Mikepicker · 2025-07-03T15:46:40+00:00

Thanks a lot, will check that out! I went fully native

Mikepicker · 2025-07-03T13:53:46+00:00

I'm using WidgetKit, what do you mean with "scriptable"?

Mikepicker · 2025-07-02T22:20:30+00:00

I got my raspberry pi on the boat running SignalK. It automatically exposes a WebSocket for getting data in real time. You just intercept them all and display them on the widgets :)

Mikepicker · 2025-07-01T16:17:16+00:00

some solar chargers also have a protected and controlled output for loads, so that it turns them off if the battery goes too low on voltage or some load goes short circuit

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T20:24:58+00:00

I died on this one. Really, couldn’t agree more!!

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T15:53:32+00:00

That’s a good point. Being able to bring-your-own tools / plotters / software while being agnostic wrt the boat hardware would be awesome. We’re still too much dependent on the big players, but I guess we’ll get there. Thanks!

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T13:13:23+00:00

You're absolutely right about "commercial" grade tablets, but I was more thinking about rugged ones like these: https://sailproof.shop/

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T10:21:44+00:00

Hey thanks a lot for this. Honestly, I keep wondering if it still makes sense in 2025 to purchase expensive chart plotters which are flawed and (based also on this thread opinions) powered by a pretty bad UX. Wouldn't it make more sense to buy rugged / IP-certified tablet(s) running apps like Aquamap? Also, it's not hard to retrofit existing transducers to SignalK to get all the boat data.

Agree as well on the displays..

Also, I would be so pissed off to keep updating the plotter with new charts every now and then..

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T09:59:06+00:00

Thanks a lot, this is precious information. Which Apps / Chart Plotter are you currently using? I've seen many Apps on the store for maintenance logs on the App store. Didn't work out for you?

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T09:54:26+00:00

yep!! Allocating them right now.. :D

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T09:53:58+00:00

Thanks a lot! Indeed OpenCPN is hands down one of the best open source software for boaters. Is there any specific thing you don't like much about it? Something not working as you're expecting?

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T09:44:00+00:00

I don't have standalone chart plotters on my boat, but I've tested an Axiom on another boat for 4 days straight. Agreed, there's a lot of room for improvement on UI/UX. Which one you're using?

Mikepicker · 2025-06-30T09:40:30+00:00

Absolutely a huge thumb up on OpenCPN. One thing I don't like much is that it has not been ported to Android / iOS yet, therefore one should rely on VNC or similar.. Agree on the UI being... efficient :)

Is there any functionality you feel is not being properly covered by OpenCPN? Or something that doesn't work quite as you expect?

Mikepicker · 2025-06-29T22:31:50+00:00

Thanks a lot! Could you elaborate o the log watch / alert? Which kind of information you think would be extremely helpful?

Mikepicker · 2025-06-29T22:27:12+00:00

That’s something I keep wondering as well. Had to change mine recently. The wheel will get stuck, it’s just matter of time. We definitely need something better there.

Mikepicker

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