Log Book and Working Note Pen Refill

The Uniball One 0.38 mm refill will fit into a Jet Stream or Uni Ball One pen. The 0.38 mm line is excellent for both log entries and math working notes. Dries fast and has a very black look on white paper. Reasonably water proof and will not bleed through paper.

Giving a Sailor a Hand

Protecting hands underway is paramout when cruising so here is a unique pair of gloves for double duty onboard a sailboat. Wear for servicing the engine and wear on deck when working sheets, halyards, winch handles, and ground tackle. Excellent when handling power tools when in the boat yard.

The Uniball One 0.7mm, 0.5mm and 0.38mm for Logs and Arithmetic

Mariner Tool Wallet Loadout

This mini mariner tool wallet loadout weighs in at just over a pound and covers lots of applications on board

The Klein Bit Driver for Mariner

The Klein model 32611P is a spectacular bit driver for the mariner traveling light. It checks a lot of boxes when working on plumbing, electronics and rigging. Has both a micro and 1/4" bit driver with good ergonomics. Can carry in any pocket or in a sheath. A great add to the sailors tool kit.

Perfect Onboard Pocket Pliers

These WorkPro pocket plyiers are a must to complement the Milwaukee Fastback for on onboard plumbing and rigging tasks.

Nextool Mini Sailor Multitool

The Nextool Mini Sailor is an excellent compact multitool that is TSA approved. Will serve well for breaking shackles, pulling cotter pins, cutting seizing wire, trimming rigging tape/rip stop and cutting zip ties.

Radar Plotting Sheet TSD Scale

The TSD log scale from a radar plotting sheet can be taped to a clip board or chart table for convenient use with dividers. Fast quick good enough calculations can be done with just dividers to get vessel knots, days run, multiple days running and ETA.

GPS Back-up

The lightest travel freindly accurate kit to back-up GPS is a do it yourself mini Bris sextant combined with a 1 page Pub 249 sun long term almanac / 10' natural trig table and the back to the future Casio calculator watch CA - 53W. If there is extra room in the duffle bag then add a Davis MK 3 plastic sextant for completeness.

Bump Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable Bump lithium ion batteries are light weight, fast charging, x1000 charge cycles and leak proof. With circutry in the battery a 1.5 volt output is achieved so these batteries can power like Alkalines. Very pleased so far when using in AA and AAA applications in flashlights and shortwave radios.

Plotting Sheet Covering 3 Degrees of Latitude

This is a new style of plotting sheet for a standard letter sized sheet of paper (one nautical mile per millimeter).. The coverage is 3 degrees of latitude and 4 degrees of longitude. To scale a degree of longitude use the scale at the left margin that has the number of latitude minutes for one degree of longitude going from 0 to 60 degrees of latitude. The example shows scale for 35 degrees of latitude.

Compact Wallet Sight Reduction

It is possible to go very small with celestial sight reduction yet still achieve 1' precision. Kit includes: a credit card calculator, 10' sin cos tables (1 page), Wescott protractor, and mini Pilot pencil 0.5mm. The table can be printed from the online PDF of Schaum's Outlines Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables pages 247 and 248. https://www.academia.edu/41808762/Mathematical_Handbook_of_Formulas_and_Tables_SCHAUMS_outlines

Magnification Visor

This magnification visor provides both hands free for chart work, mechanical watch repair, and slide rule calculations. Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334368400401?hash=item4dd9e8e411:g:B~oAAOSwsNhfB2jg&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8A6Do5M29frhrStCgEJ3vDZ7CIdB2B1M8YD4yBIjJqmGZPPmf6A7hlWW%2BWinwr6YrovgHyfyPRW7ilBJKDhfAYvfNiaSo27wQs7OQwHrCHiEkDsWgJcYy7ZPAHjrR4b1XKhB1AdsSRCbwDX0iAmzPgOMOKeXORgxFnRBaGqRxIhUKiYHSWQg594A8LS2U49ao9rePCA66oK85GEjkAjaEH8XUJYLlX7Mm0CymzHTRnuou0OfB9fMJCRqUrdnmEA6%2F64Nmux%2BsZQVp14puXuCyxr3SsSj6isT7VsUnzOKji7rJ5t9rY%2BUAkiJa%2Be%2Bg0ZoEQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMwNmutqtj

Sharp EL-506X Calculator For Navigation

The Sharp EL-506X calculator is a very capable tool for celestial navigation at an excellent value. The best feature is the ability to store up to four formulae which is retained in the memory even when calculator is off. This model is user friendly and will serve the nav station well. https://global.sharp/contents/calculator/support/guidebook/documents/scientific_calculator_operation_guide.pdf

Perfect Onboard Hose and Hose Clamp Pocket Tools

An incredibly handy pocket tool set for dealing with any onboard hose and hose clamp issues. The Milwaukee FastBack 1505 with 6ft tape measure and a 6 in 1 Klein stubby.

Wet Notes Thigh Holder for Nav Data

Using a velcro elastic knee wrap will do a great job of holding wet notes pad, writing tools, and reading glasses for recording underway navigation data while on watch in the cockpit.

Black Diamond Cosmo Head Lamp

The Black Diamond Cosmo head lamp is perfect for sailors with a memory saved variable light dimmer and a red light night vision mode. Lots of utility at an affordable cost.

On The Go Micro Tool Kit

Here is a pocket tool kit that can handle many sailboat needs. This kit will pair well with a multi tool such as a Leatherman. A perfect combo for dealing with hose clamps, zip ties, wire, screws, bolts, nuts, shackles, Phillips, flatheads, torx and Allens.

Regulating a Mechanical Wrist Chronometer Movement

https://calibercorner.com/seiko-caliber-nh35a/

The attached YouTube link explains the regulation of a mechanical watch movement very well. The movement shown in the video is a NH 35A made by Seiko and has the potential to be accurate enough for celestial navigation when a daily rate correction is applied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz_1rhl1lvY&list=LL&index=6&t=124s

Correction Table For Nautical Almanac Exactly Four Years Out Of Date.

The above table will correct the daily page star SHA Dec list on a Nautical Almanac exactly four years out of date to the current year. The Sun data can be used as is uncorrected.