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    Merry x-mas to all

    Hi Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you. Thanks for all your help on our 2007 Expedition!!! Regards from boring Germany Chris
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    laptop as chartplotter

    Hi We used two CF-18 Panasonic Toughbooks on board ORCA. These Laptops are absolutly great. You can read the screen even in the sun :shock: Search e-bay, they are pretty cheap used. Those laptops are waterproof !!! Regards from Germany Chris (ex ORCA :cry )
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi There is mutch more explaining text in my 2007 Expedition website :D Lots of work, but fun to :beer The c-brats community will always be a place to visit for me... :thup :thup Regards from boring Germany Chris (ex ORCA :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( ............)
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi Actually I could still look out the windows 8) :twisted: I like dedicated instruments and it is never bad to have a backup unit or two... @ Dave Well Dave take a look at: http://www.long-expeditions.de/596820.html Finally after over 8000 Km of driving from Inuvik to Toronto via...
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    Graf Spee

    Yiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa..... Thanks Chris
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi C-Brats We finished our 2007 expedition in Tuktoyaktuk :D :D :D :D It is snowing here and ice is forming in the Delta... Man, I can tell you guys it was cold , because we have no heat on board :oops: Our truck broke down in Dawson City, so we have to buy a used one here, but the...
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi C-Brats We are now the 4th day in Inuvik. We hope we can be on the 22nd in Tuk. But we have gale warnings for the coast for the last days, really nasty weather here... Sorry, but the update for my website has to wait a bit, because i don't have a good connection here, sorry :oops: Regards...
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi C-Brats greetings from Aklavik in the Mackenzie Delta. We are heading now to Inuvik and than to Tuk :D We will dive ORCA back from Inuvik to hay via the Dempster and Alaska HWY. ORCA is for sale now , we could deliver to Alaska ... The weather is getting cold now. The navigation in the...
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi C-Brats Greetings from Tulita on the Great Bear River. We are not able to go into the Great Bear Lake because the Rapids are unnavigatible with ORCA :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Even the option to go around the rapids don't work, because the trailer is way to small for orca and...
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi Greetings from the beautiful east arm of the Great Slave Lake. :D We are in Lutselk'e and heading to Reliance at the end of the East Arm. Regards Chris
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi There are new pictures on my website :D http://www.long-expeditions.de/585908/595065.html We are back in Hay River, we will install our new ICOM MR-570R Radar and than go into the Great Slave Lake to the East arm at Reliance. Regards from Hay river Chris
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi There are new pictures on my website :D Regards from Hay river Chris
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi C-Brats There are new pictures on my website :D Regards from Fort Smith Chris
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi C-brats There is an new update on my website :D The humminbird side Scan works great, but just up to 7Mph. The fishfinder function works at all speed :thup The side scan helped us a lot to see if we are going in an boulder field or where the deep channels are. Up to now we just have...
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    Orca's Expedition

    Hi Well, I would not say we have bad luck, its just a long journey... :wink: To loose me camera was just plain dumb from my site :oops: Luckily we don't hit the reefs with orca, just with our prop saver. :D The first reef was not bad because it was right under the prop saver, so no damage...
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