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Re: Cap'n tips
From: Lynn Ogden
Date: 1999 Feb 14, 08:31 EST
From: Lynn Ogden
Date: 1999 Feb 14, 08:31 EST
I didn't attach it. I cut a piece the size of the laptop and set the computer on it. It grabs the chart table as well as the laptop so it won't slide. Lynn -----Original Message----- From: Ed Doran <ecdoran@XXX.XXX> To: Lynn H. & Kathy Ogden <logden@XXX.XXX> Cc: Rick Emerson <rick@XXX.XXX <navigation@XXX.XXX> Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [Cml] Re: [Nml] Cap'n tips >I just happened to pick up and look at a roll of the rubberized non skid >material at Home Depot today. It was in the wallpaper section and cost $1.48. >Looked like a good buy. I suppose it could be attached to almost anything to >keep the article from skidding around. > >Ed > >Lynn H. & Kathy Ogden wrote: > >> I've been using Cap'n for years, and find it to be a complete program. Like >> you, there are some things that could be better, but I've learned to live >> with them just as we all have with other programs. >> >> To secure my laptop: I place it on a piece of that non-skid stuff they sell >> in all boat stores as shelf liner or place mats. It's kind of a rubberized >> mesh. Then I secure it to a bulkhead with a piece of elastic cord around >> the screen, low where it is hinged. It hasn't moved yet! >> >> Lynn Ogden >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rick Emerson <rick@XXX.XXX> >> To: navigation@XXX.XXX> >> Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 6:29 AM >> Subject: [Nml] Cap'n tips >> >> >I'd like to hear from Cap'n users about any tricks, tip, or bugs >> >they've run into. To forestall a potentially useless thread, I >> >already own the product and like it although there are some oddities >> >and a couple typos that ask for a bit of sanding and paint to put >> >right. >> > >> >Also, how do people keep their laptops anchored on their nav desks in >> >a seaway? >> > >> >Oh, for the record, having The Cap'n hardly means I'm putting my >> >sextant away. >> > >> >Rick >> >S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 >> > >> >P.S. For those with sextants or a *reliable* sun filter for a >> >telescope or binoculars, in the past few days I've been watching one >> >large, possibly naked eye sunspot and a dusting of "freckles" in >> >higher latitudes. Check it out, d00dz! [wink] >> >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= >> >=-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= >> >=-= unsubscribe navigation =-= >> >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= >> =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= >> =-= unsubscribe navigation =-= >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= >> =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= >> unsubscribe cruising >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= unsubscribe navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=