LOCATION
Where are we?
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- Latitude
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- Longitude
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- Course over ground
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CATALAC 9M · LIVE BOAT LOG
Welcome
aboard.
Follow Dan and Sandra’s adventures aboard Half Cocked—wherever the next anchorage, crossing, or good story may be.
Position and environmental readings below.
Read the ship’s journalTHE SHIP’S JOURNAL
The stories behind the position.
Daily notes, photos, short videos, hard-won lessons, and the moments that make a passage memorable.
HALF COCKED · UNDER WAY
Sailing Dashboard
WAITING FOR DATAConnecting to instruments
STAGING PREVIEW · 000° SIMULATED HEADING · True wind unavailable
COURSE & APPARENT WIND
HEADING · TRUE REFERENCE000° SIMULATEDDisplay only · not a sensor reading
COG · TRUE—Waiting for data
APPARENT WIND ANGLE—Relative to bow
Temporary demo: boat and ±55° zone face north. Real AWA is relative to this simulated bow, not a measured north-referenced wind direction.
TRUE WIND
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APPARENT WIND SPEED
—Waiting for dataSPEED OVER GROUND
—Waiting for dataPITCH
—Waiting for trusted sensorIllustration amplified 3× · capped at ±8°HEEL
—Waiting for trusted sensorIllustration amplified 3× · capped at ±8°ON BOARD
Comfort and weather.
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- Cabin Temperature
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- Relative Humidity
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- Barometric Pressure
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Collecting trend data…
Past 24 hours · inHg
Collecting pressure history…
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Half Cocked data unavailable.
HALF COCKED · ONBOARD ENERGY
Electrical System
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Battery status unavailable
Solar Panels Generating
—UnavailableWaiting for solar dataPower from Controller
—UnavailableWaiting for solar dataBattery Receiving
—UnavailableWaiting for battery dataBattery Charged
—Boat Using
UnavailableUnavailableEstimated · waiting for synchronized dataTV
Fan
Lights
Illustrative loadsLast updated: —
Battery details & runtime estimate
House battery
- Voltage
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- Current
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- Power
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Solar charging
- Charging current
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- Charging stage
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Estimated time to 50% SOC
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Available after sustained, steady dischargeLive measurements · detailed readings use 60-second averages. Battery flow and estimated boat use use synchronized latest readings. Estimated boat use = controller output − net battery power; amps use measured House voltage. Assumes solar is the only charging source. Individual loads are illustrative.
ABOUT HALF COCKED
A Catalac 9M catamaran built for a life underway.
This site is Dan and Sandra’s public logbook: a window into Half Cocked, his travels, and the conditions aboard.