Is Your Roster Information Correct?

February 3, 2012

The 2012 Roster is being assembled. If you have any changes from last year that are not in the system, send them to Maureen (m.samuals@insightbb.com) ASAP.

The roster is one of the many useful benefits available to our squadron. Many members keep a copy on their boat to contact friends they see on the water or when visiting a marina. It's easy to lookup a boat name and call on the marine radio or the members cell phone.

Again this year a copy is available in electronic format to use on your computer, phone, or ipad. Let us know if you want one.

It's Getting to Look a Lot Like Christmas

December 16, 2011 2011 Christmas Party  

Kim and Kyle make Heartland

6 August 2010 

Brothers Kim and Kyle Fisher grew up exposed to the water. They boated and fished with their paternal grandfather. Vacations were often spent boating on various lakes and rivers. As adults, they both ended up owning houses on the Ohio River and boating around their hometown, Jeffersonville Indiana. Both are members of the Louisville Sail and Power Squadron. Inspired to “expand their boating horizons” by a HeartLand Boating article by Molly Blum, their Power Squadron education gave them the confidence to actually do it. They have now traveled the entire length of the Ohio River in an open bow-rider. Continue Reading

Charts and Navigation

5 November 2010 

LATEST UPDATE: Development work continues. On a recent trip from Ft. Meyers Beach to Goodland FL we tested the the latest system. There from the flying bridge we had a NOAA chart on the laptop with our boat tracking us turn for turn. Also available was speed, average speed, ETA, and a directional arrow to the next weigh point. Everything worked. Will continue with the series after getting ready for the snow.

UPDATE - System development continues. We now have every chart from Ft. Meyers Beach FL to Tartan's Landing on the system along with every waypoint between. Real-time navigation is tested as well as downloads of waypoints to a backup GPS. Every mile has been surveyed via Google Earth with the routes converted to kml files. Total cost to date: $0.00.

The LSPS web staff is working on an article about using software and NOAA free charts for planning and a complete on-water navigation system. One is absolutely free. Working models of several are ready for field testing on an up coming  trip from the Cape Fear River to the West coast of Florida.

Requiring only a laptop computer, an inexpensive GPS, and access to the Internet during development, any boater can duplicate systems formally available only on million dollar yachts.

Two chapters now available