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Grego5
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Initially Posted - 05/19/2004 :  23:29:05  Show Profile
I'm fairly anal about record keeping, and my pennmanship is not the greatest. I log everytime I get underway, just to remind myself wo when I went out and who I was with etc, and would like to read it at a later date. Has anyone on the forum created an electronic boat log in Excel, Word, Access etc that records this info. I'm looking to these formats because it can be updated on a Palm, Pocket PC or on a PC.

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frogger
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Response Posted - 05/20/2004 :  07:59:54  Show Profile
That should not be difficult to do? What information would you want to log and how would you want it to look? Excel would probably be the easiest to set up. Sounds like a good idea. Thanks.
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 05/20/2004 :  09:33:31  Show Profile
I like keeping a log, too, and my handwriting is totally illegible - plus all six windows now leak so the log on the pinrail shelf gets soaked. I am good about turning on my GPS everytime I go out, though. The track function makes a good log. You overlay the tracks on a chart and have a neat record of the summer.
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ronrryan
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Response Posted - 05/20/2004 :  22:28:11  Show Profile
For years I tried writing in the log book whilst en route. The result was a bunch of indecipherable wet chicken tracks, or if conditions were lively, complete omissions of what was happening. One day purely by chance I had a small spiral notebook with me. I made a few notes on time, distance, direction, velocity, etc, the sort of thing easily done in seconds with one hand. When at rest, that night, I would then write up the log book, using the info from the "rough log" notebook, and adding other thoughts, comments, ionformation, etc. This procedure has served well for many years, and reading the logs later is very rewarding and nostalgic, taking Pat and me back to many wonderful cruises. I recommend this to all, ron srsk Orion #2343 SW FL
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 05/20/2004 :  23:22:50  Show Profile
I've thought about getting one of those little 'personal voice' recorder ho-dads to take notes to myself... and then transcribe them later or perhaps use a voice recognition program to put them word format... Mabye I'll get one tomorrow, they're not very expensive.
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 05/21/2004 :  01:01:42  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
As ClamBeach suggested, I've had very good success using a dictation tape recorder to take notes while out on the water. I can then later transcribe those into an editor on my computer. I got the cheapest AA-powered, hand-held, phillips cassette recorder I could find (maybe $20-$30) because I didn't expect it to have a long and trouble free life aboard a small boat. Within the first week or so, it went flying across the cabin and broke the latch on its tape door. I continued to use it with a rubberband around it. It takes the same batteries as many other items aboard. I keep a dozen or so of the NmH AAs on hand, and have a 12V charger for them.

I think some of the PDAs in the $300 and up range can record voice (as well as photos!) onto a nonvolatile chip up to 256MB (Sony PDA uses same chip as their digital camera), and include text editing software, although it's a bit tedious to type with such a tiny user interface. Among the disadvantages (besides the price) are that they're not waterproof, and don't look to me like they'd float worth a darn. However, if you've got money to burn and are fastinated with tech toys (you do have a boat, right?), then you might look into the latest crop of PDAs with camera/GPS/cellphone/MP3/whatever included.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 05/21/2004 :  10:09:46  Show Profile
The new generation of 'personal recorders' are digital (based on a memory chip) and about the size of a fountain pen. Cheap too.

I seem to be reaching an age where I need a memory aid shoreside as well. :>(
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