You know it is a crime to refer to a beer holder by any other name.
I was unaware, thanks for the info and guilty as charged. The manufacturer calls it a 'swivel drink holder', I do not have the genuine vintage article with the tan plastic beer holder...
Young boating enthusiasts may grow up never seeing a paper chart. I feel ancient.
I hear you. I just gone through about 15kg of charts, some in the Pacific date back to survey in 1800s. Given the price of charts, I can see why some people will carry 2 chart plotters.......none of that faffing around on a wet deck in a gale trying to take a 3 bearing fix. People of that era generally do not fear total power loss, knowing that the old methods work, and how to do so. The weighty almanac always took up room, i suppose all that data could be saved inside a simple phone these days?
I have been using an Android phone as plotter #2 for a couple of years, with a laptop or Raspberry Pi as #1. They both have OpenCPN and a full set of Australian electronic charts which cost about €35 PA for two devices, cheap considering other Aus electronic chart offerings.
