The-LogBook MANUAL2
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1. Work Orders are initiated from a piece of Equipment hence a Child of same Keep in order all your spare parts No longer search for part numbers vendors or dimensions Keep proper stock and be warned when you need to replenish Generate detailed shopping lists or impress someone behind the counter by pointing to a picture and description on your iPad Keep track of all your Point of Interest in each Port Holds complete details including pictures notes positions and contact details of everything from boat stores to restaurants and cinemas POls are included in the map view of individual ports Our recommended mapping function includes off line street maps so much easier than trying to find a hairdresser on a nautical chart The CoCo LogBook s user interface provides for easy and intuitive navigation with a common logic look and feel throughout The fastest way to learn your way around is to simply start browsing Here is a few terms and principles to get you started The data from the various sections all have their own layouts which from now on are called Portals Most portals have a preceding Portal List The Portal List displays naturally a list of all the data in the respective sections The corresponding Portal takes you one step deeper displaying detailed information of the selected record When inside a Portal you have access to related information from other Portals For instance when in the Cruise Portal you2. can see what ports you went to on that particular cruise Clicking a port from within the Cruise Portal will take you to the Port Portal for a more detailed view of that port The same applies for other related information The Portal List name in the above left corner of your screen will tell you where you are There are 4 main methods of navigating through the logbook 1 From the Home Page press the icon of the Portal you want to see In most cases this method is only used at the start of a session and Cw it will typically take you to the chosen Portal List Starting from the A Home Page triggers some underlying fresh start functionality so in the unlikely event that you experience unexpected behavior or you HOME simply got lost a trip via Home can be a rescue as in many other aspects of life 2 Use one of the pop up navigation bars accessible by clicking either the upper left or the upper right corners of your screen The bars have more options than the space allows so slide sideways to reveal When pressing one of the portal icons you are taken back to where you last visited in that particular portal Because of all the options to move from one Portal to another throughout the system this functionality helps you keep within the path of your session You will also notice the Mode icon By clicking the lock it changhes from locked to unlocked and vice versa The purpose of this is secure browsing with
3. children of Equipment Therefore the spare part section can only be accessed from a detail slide in the Equipment Portal You will note that the layout is made without the otherwise commonly used side low bars hence the new record button is placed in the upper right corner of the body MAINTENANCE MANUALS SPAREPARTS SPAREPART amp Dieselfilter Related Eq Main Engine STOCK REQUIRED SHOP Category ENGINE fe Loc Descr P Oilfilter Related Eq Main Engine 7 y EQ CATEGORY RELATED EQUIPMENT ENGINE Main Engine STOCK REQUIRED SHOP Category Loc Desc Impelle Related Eq Category STOCKS DETAILS CONTACT Loc Desci DADE Related Eq Model no til Loc Desc Add Sp Related Eg Category Loc Desci As you can see from the above the new edit pop over has been called up ready for entering data 17 Also note that both the equipment category and equipment name has already been filled in The name and the main details of the sparepart as well as pictures and notes are inserted here under the tab DETAILS highlighted above Two more tabs are available one for contact details typically vendors and one for stock management It is fairly self explanatory and we suggest you start playing with fony parts and you will quickly learn They are easy to delete afterwards amp Editing a spare part is done by pressing the pen in the top left corner when B in the read on
4. friends and crew to browse through SNeaee their own participation on your boat Generate crew lists for official purposes including passport details ports of embarkation and disembarkation roles onboard etc personal notes and tips Pictures and map links and Geo functions estimate bearing and range between ports Links to Cruises and Crew to enable great where when memories Comprehensive POI section as MOES Child Port and POI details can be shared with other users of The CoCo LogBook i Your own port register with all necessary information at hand including own defined categories Space for photos vendor logos and all other relevant details including all your user manuals Two important Children spare parts and Maintenance Work Orders Easy to manage inventory Se aiam requirements levels and where stowed Generate shopping lists and email directly to your vendors of choice The full and complete catalogue of all your equipment organized in your Make To do lists and generate emails messages to your crew This is your boat s notepad where everything not fitting elsewhere in the logbook can be stored Particularly useful in a multi user environment but nothing stops you from writing to yourself as well Tick off your own defined departure USJ and arrival checklists Color coded and categorized to keep track of read not read Completed etc Comprehensive item list already installed in most thinkable categor
5. OP OVERS A Pop Over is a layout object that will appear on top of everything else on the screen when activated It s a very useful way to show you additional information without cluttering the base layout too much You will discover that we have used Pop Overs in two Sub Sections in the logbook in Spare Parts being a sub section of the Equipment Portal and in POls being a sub section of the Port Portal In both these cases we have found it more useful to put the more details view into Pop Overs rather than making the more heavy solution of separate Portals as in Cruises Crew Ports etc Another Pop Over worth mentioning is the Geo NMEA management Pop Over that is used to capture Geo and instrument data for Log Entries Ports and POls More on that later when we explain how to enter data into your Logbook Here are two examples of Pop Overs taken from Spare Parts and Log Entry SPAREPARTS Dieselfilte Dieselfilter Related Eq Category Oilfilter STOCKS Related Eq Categor STOCK REQUIRED SHOP Impeller Related Eq Impellerh Related Eq Category 20 ARC prep weekend j C Apr 6 2015 POSITION AND INSTRUMENT DATA 44 57 hrs s Peter 13 famileferie LOG ENTRY Guttetur Petern Tuesday 9 December 2014 DELETE Guttetur Petern Where Where to Rodney Bay Activity Sailing N 14 3 164 W Describe your position Atlanterhavet Notes click t
6. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Thank you for your interest in The CoCo LogBooK It is the result of more than two years of development backed by 100 years of combined sailing and professional nautical experience The design brief derived from 15 years of co ownership of our Baltic 52 CoCo Being owner driven and maintained and extensively used we needed a proper system to keep track of items and events related to the boat Equally important for ourselves our families and friends a safe storage for all the invaluable moments and experiences that come with boating The CoCo LogBook meet all these needs and we are proud to invite you onboard The CoCo LogBook makes it fun to keep a tight ship Best regards Brian and Peter support cocologbook com Mother tables holds data that can stand on Its own feet such as a person a port ora piece of equipment Your trips and passages long or short A Cruise is an important organizer of data as it relates to Crew Ports and Work Orders and of course it s important Child the Log Entries Links to map to show you where you were and what happened Comprehensive summary report functions for immediate transmission to crew and friends Your contact register with complete details on each crewmember Includes their cruises their fellow crewmembers the places they have visited while onboard with map link and the maintenance work you have assigned to them A great way for your
7. W and PORTS at the same time making it faster and easier to enter and make LOG ENTRIES as you go along Adding LOG ENTRIES are dealt with ina separate paragraph below e Entering new PORTS or at least its main details is a pleasant activity at anchorage or at home Thanks to the MAPS ME geo capturing it s easy to sit 10 anywhere off line and plot the correct positions of your ports Using the Geo NMEA capture is dealt with in a separate paragraph below 6 ADD EDIT DATA RECORDS CHILD TABLES When entering data in Child Tables we have to make sure that the data gets the correct Mother For this reason you will not find the in the header over a list but most of the time on the Side Low panels within the Portals under the relevant Mother record Before adding for instance a new Log Entry make sure that you are in the actual Cruise in question The same also applies for other child data as described under para 2 above The general advice is to press the relevant and add data in the fields you have available and press save close when done Learning by doing is the motto here as in the rest of The CoCo LogBook LOG ENTRY A lot of fields are available to you and in order to make your logbook valuable you should endeavor to fill in as much as possible After some practice it s quickly done Have a look at the below picture of the Log Entry Edit slide and read the corresponding explanations below
8. at Lon from your iPad s built in GPS Of course no instrument data here but a very quick way of capturing the position Auto selection option as above A special 4G router with built in WiFi which we have used on CoCo for many years Instrument data delivered to the router and captured from there No advantage to NMEAremote when using an iPad but can be used when the logbook is installed on a PC Not yet a commercial option but you can contact us with your eventual needs 2 great ways of capturing Lat Lon when you are not present in the actual position yourself for instance at home doing plotting of past events or updating your port register Press the appropriate selection and plot your position in either MAPS ME or GoogleMaps You will be presented with the Lat Lon values usually in decimal degrees which is OK Simply copy them to your clipboard then press the PASTE button The LAT Lon fields will now be populated automatically NOTES In the Port Portal there is no option to AUTO set the Lat Lon method meaning that you have to press your selected method each time Furthermore in POI your Lat Lon options are limited to iOS Location plus the map plots and the manual yellow field entry POI Adding a POI is easy and mostly self explanatory When pressing the above button you are presented with the POI details pop over seen here Its blank i e ready for your data input DELETE REGRET NEW You
9. changes to green when the job is done Write a more detailed explanation of what how to do Write a report to finish off once the job is done 15 Any contact you think might be useful to have for the person doing the job lf applicable assign the job to a cruise In doing so the Work Order will appear in the Cruise Portal under the relevant cruise 7 Assign the job to a crewmember of the cruise In doing so the Work Order will appear in the Crew Portal under the relevant person This is a great way to keep personalized task lists Onboard CoCo this has been a useful feature to add motivation fun and involvement from everyone onboard Tick off when completed and add the date lf needed you can add hours and costs for the job A pop over containing photos for the job You can add take as many pictures as you like to illustrate the job to be done and or to document the result after completion Press the button and generate a PDF of the Work Order Email straight to a hired helper or print and hand out to the crew S After finishing the Work Order press save close your new record enters B the database and you are taken to the Read Only slide of the same record Press the pen in the upper left of the Body to open the record for EDIT editing Simply overwrite or change as you please and press save close again afterwards 16 SPARE PABTS p I FS P P i e SPARE PARIS Spare parts are quite naturally
10. h one of the Log Entries highlighted and a Port view from one of our favorite places in Croatia with a nice restaurant highlighted eesee NetCom POI Passarola Restaurant Hvar City A very good restaurant Relaxed not flashy excellent wine list Preorder of lamb peca is a good suggestion Building a ee aA grog dru tva c z P O S i i w pe i ety f gt ca 4 7 ca om H ks A 79 ma oO Mat Ka Mili i a a HI A la a w Marije i 1 rA sv Marko v co o 1 Secret Hvar too Veli dardin archie s mn amp Seow eevee a Pizza Feta Ive iz y F a i Gi A Hi i 3 2 A anh Sv pe Yop o KAIA Po teri F mi 2 Cs a i P N F Adriana ee m 5 ly TE l ar i ana Fr rane Bian fines Novaka iil t OT Gtr Wi idn doy y Kod Kapetana rs om oon a Ss gu D 2 But Pa M j _ Eip Ap g Moie Muzej Hvarske mime 7 tc Pr d 4 Pomp te ba tine Ir amm ri APARTMAN Zvizda mora Ao g i wit aum ta essee NetCom F ARC BLOG December 3 2014 12 00 hrs UTC Day 9 DIST SAILED 1427 nm DIST TOGO 1068 nm PRESENT SET SPINNAKER Becalmed mid Atlantic with 1000 nautical miles to go a somewhat frustrating situation Our minds tend to project the present on the future which in this particular case could look like Christmas at sea But fortunately we are all rational people knowing that the wind will indeed be bac
11. ies 1 Set your stock requirements and generate shopping lists with only one fingertip Easy user friendly layout with icons understandable for everyone epee onboard Space for photos and even self generating graphics for your ayaa favorite wines Doubles as a home tool for off season use Child tables holds data that belong to Mother such as a Log Entry to a Cruise a Work Order to a piece of equipment or a POI to a Port ee This will quickly become your largest set of records The Log Entries are the real nautical logbook that makes the navigator s blood run faster This is where you keep track of your positions nautical miles engine hours fuelling and weather information And of course all those interesting GASIS events stories and photos to be remembered Different ways to link to your NMEA data for auto capturing or easy to do manual inputs Links to map to show you where you were and what happened psig sees ten Maintenance is the group name for all your Work Orders Everything you need to do on the boat Assign tasks to cruises and crew or email work orders to your marina mechanics Color codes and lists to keep easy track of due dates and what has been done or not Write work reports as useful references for future similar tasks If you ever want to sell your boat a proper maintenance log can be very valuable Do you let others use your boat from time to time Assign work and instructions for them to follow All
12. ill find the same under Ports and POI and the below explanation covers the use of this function throughout POSITION AND INSTRUMENT DATA DEFAULT AUTO CLEAR SELECTION Speed NMEAremote APP TO APP DIALOGUE i24 Includes instrument data when available 0ng Ee e7 y i e D02007 T0 No instrument data DIGI 4G WIFI ROUTER CUSTOM SOLUTION Includes instrument data when available MAPS ME APP TO APP DIALOGUE PASTE SAVE Manually copy paste Lat Lon values 17 D Dolo 0 o ED D DE e o o GOOGLE MAPS OLOT C1001 E D 1 R0 C10 Manually copy paste Lat Lon values MANUAL LOCATION INPUT N DD MM mmm 59 55178 S D dddd 59 9196 DD dddd 10 6853 N 59 55 178 E 10 41 116 The yellow fields provide the basic manual input of Lat Lon values and pressing the N S W E puts you in the right hemispheres Please note the standard nautical format i e minutes dd rather than mm ss Automatically populated decimal degrees Automatically populated the proper format for display purposes throughout the logbook Our favourite NMEA capture app The CoCo LogBook has a built in interface to NMEAremote when installed on the same iPad Simply press NMEAremote and let the two apps talk to eachother When data is available in NMEAremote not only Lat Lon but also instrument data see 5 If you want the logbook to use this method automatically simply press the button to the right 13 Captures L
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14. ly browsing details pop over This will take you to the edit popover the one you see above looking the same but open in all fields for entry changes additions TIPS As suggested under Work Orders use the piece of equipment you entered lt your boat s name gt to register spare parts which does not naturally belong under other equipment This could be items like tape glew spare screws and other unidentified consumables Gjenstar FandB Messages SETUP and MANUAL pages 18
15. o LogBook Nevertheless we wanted to include this chapter to share some names and concepts creating commonly known references for your eventual future support and or new feature requests a T RODNEY BAY HEADER SONAN PORT POR PORT DETAILS A Rodney Bay Marina o Ml Rodney Bay N 14 5 003 W 60 57 66 2 _ fer Sta f x H Master An r mm Phone Px Hs Fr E mail oe j AuR E Webpage i E 3 haw gree Bearing and range from Location St Lucia 5404 n m Country Carribean No of Visits Modern marina with all facilities No of POIs Berthing Mooring SIDEBAR in Screenmode Landscape Buoys Anchoring Fresh Water XEXE E EE Diesel lt 86 128 gt Rodney Bay Location St Lucia i A E A E T LOWBAR Country Carribean in Screenmode i et ae he Bs s Frs No of Visits Portrait See S Marina lt 86 128 gt HEADER The upper part of course above the orange line Contains the portal name in this example PORT PORTAL and the earlier explained heading texts identifying the available related information Also holds a selector drop down now showing Rodney Bay where you can find and select all the ports in your port register This selector is found in many headings making it possible to change item in this case a Port without having to go back to Port Portal List to make a new selection SIDEBAR LOWBAR These m
16. o expand Fin morgen med godt driv meq Spinn rep for nte gang sent ig4 MAPS In order to display position data and related information in a map we have opted to link The CoCo LogBook to a great free iPad App called MAPS ME 8 You will find iton the app store The beauty of MAPS ME is that is uses free OpenStreetMaps which can easily be downloaded to your iPad from within the app making is very usable for off line use It is not a navigation tool for seafarers but the OSM maps are very detailed on shorelines making it suitable for your overall plotting purposes Furthermore since it is primarily a street map it is great for displaying all your POls as well something a nautical chart cannot help you with We are working on a solution that will make use of the OpenSeaMaps instead also containing street city data but until further MAPS ME is the solution MAPS ME has also provided the necessary coding tools to enable an almost seamless workflow between the map and The CoCo LogBook You start the different map views from within the logbook and safely returns straight back to where you came from MAPS ME also displays relevant information from the logbook in addition to Lat Lon so for instance in a Cruise Map you can press the various markers representing your Log Entries and read your Log Entry Notes right there in the Map Below is a couple of examples a Cruise view taken from CoCo s recent Atlantic crossing wit
17. odules show some of the main details related to the chosen item and they remain the same throughout the entire Portal as well as in the Portal Lists The purpose is to have access to these main details even if you browse away from the details slide and further into related information The content of the Side Low Bars are identical except for a different field distribution and you will see only one of them at the time depending on how you orient your devise Landscape or Portrait When in a Portal List the Side Low Bar is used as a preview of the content from the chosen item in the list without navigating away from the list In this case you populate the Side Low Bars by clicking the blue turns yellow button on the extreme right of the list see illustration DELETE CRUISE Another very important function of the Side Low Bars is to hold most of the controls for editing records We will address this issue later but for now simply show an example of a sidebar after you select to go into Edit Mode in this case a Cruise BODY This is the main central section of your screen As with the Header it stays the same in both Portrait and Landscape Modes In the various List views the Body has nothing more to offer than the list itself However when entering a Portal The body usually consist of several layers of related information a stack of slides accessible either by swipe gesture or by clicking the header texts P
18. out the risk of entering editing or deleting data unintentionally So safely hand over your device to friends and family and let them enjoy the fun of logbook browsing 3 When within Portals you will find headers in the upper part of the screen describing related information available Click any of the headers to reveal In many cases throughout the Portals not the Portal Lists you can also access the same information by a swipe gesture in the main body Both highlighted headers and the portal name will keep telling you where you are 4 When viewing lists of records be it ina Portal Lists or anywhere else where information is listed clicking the desired row item will take you to a deeper level of information on that particular item Where popup windows are not used for such deeper level you will be taken to the home Portal of the selected item record We call this navigating by selecting as the trigger here is your wish to see more of a particular item rather than changing the subject This should be enough information for now and we suggest that your next step is to browse through The CoCo Logbook viewing the demo data provided and getting acquainted with the system Enjoy 4 LAYOUT PARTS EXPLAINED The layouts which we agreed to refer to as Portals are built up of different modules That s pretty much self explanatory and for most of you the following information may not be needed to learn to enjoy The CoC
19. to help you getting started Apr 22 2015 VW LOG ICIS CONFERENCE 16 59 hrs LOG ENTRY LOG ENTRY EDIT Wednesday 22 April 2015 CANCEL osre 16 51 hrs PORT HEADING WIND TWD O o O 0 BOAT SPD kn Where to Blue Cave 65 wow Activity Sailing 2 DEPTH m 5 TEMP AIR O p a N BARO Mb TEMP SEA O sw Describe your position 1 020 24 0 Sunny Calm or smooth 0 0 0 2 m Notes click to expand Characters 246 COPY NOTES FUEL We got the spinnaker up just after kunch and are presently enjoying very pleasant sailing Fred Now is making a huge effort on sail trim despite the otherwise relaxed atmosphere But hey whatever keeps him happy ENTERING DATA INTO THE LOG BOOK LOG ENTRY 11 The date and time is set automatically to NOW but you can change them if required Drop down lists of all the ports in your port register Simply choose one or use the PORT shortcut to add one if you need TIPS Add a port in your port register named AT SEA or similar which can be used to populate the Where field while underway Drop down list to describe your present activity TIPS The option Arriving is used together with the port under Where to generate port statistics Therefore you should use Arriving on the Log Entry describing the arrival in the port and for subsequent entries while in port use In Port A free text description of your present position sta
20. tus as found in traditional proper logbooks EXAMPLE Steering SW in the Bay of Biscay The free text area The field can be expanded to full screen if you have a lot of things to tell You can also cut paste text from elsewhere if you want This area contains the typical instrument data Type as much or as little as you want If you have NMEA over WiFi onboard this area can be populated automatically see below Your triplog and your engine hours as taken from your instrument readings The trip log can be populated automatically together with the other instrument data see above and below The position geo and instrument data pop over Will be explained in more detail below Two dropdowns for weather insert self explanatory Fuel bunkered not remaining onboard To be filled in only when bunkering ith a separate Log Entry ek bunkering and select Fuel in the Activity field What is says take a picture or insert to illustrate your Log Entry When in Read only browse mode the picture will appear as a slide in the same area as the instrument data To edit an existing log entry press the pen in the upper left corner of the body The layout changes to Edit Mode and all fields open for your changes inserts including the Position instrument pop over Press save close when done Paaa a a ee aria ai 12 The position and Instrument data pop over becomes available after pressing this symbol You w
21. which means organizing fields slightly more efficient In any event we are confident that you will quickly learn to insert new records quickly and correctly More often than not you will likely make a limited entry not bothering about all the fields and then leave it for later to fill in the rest Edit This is of course totally acceptable Once done just press Save Close and the Mode changes back to Read Only Browsing When in Edit Mode and working on a CRUISE you have the option of entering Crew members and Ports of start stop as well as embarkation and disembarkation Both these values are available to you in drop down selectors but of course it requires that the relevant Crew or Port is already in your logbook If not we have provided a shortcut for CREW and PORT into the database from here as well amp This is the universal symbol for editing changing existing records You will find 4 it in the top left corner of the records details page popover When pressed the layout change and all fields open for editing Simply insert delete write over and amend as you like and finish with save close TIPS e When entering a new EQUIPMENT make sure you assign your desired Equipment Category and that you follow up in a consistent way for further entries The categories you assign is used in filtering making it much easier to find what you are looking for e When entering anew CRUISE we advise to update enter relevant CRE
22. will recognize the globe for Lat Lon inserts which has been explained under Log Entry You can add as many photos as you like scroll up down photo box simply by pressing the camera If you don t have the www address to the POI you have some smart searches Last Name rs available incl Tripadvisor First Name Modified by Peters iPad 4 23 2015 10 27 20 AM CoCo 493 14 EDITING a POI is done in the same layout as viewing browsing meaning that all fields are open all the time and there is no pen to press Beware that this puts your data at a slightly higher risk of unintentional changes WORK ORDER Work Orders are stored in the Maintenance Portal but we are adding them from the Equipment Portal to make sure they get the right Mother a piece of equipment If you want to create a place for unrelated work orders add a piece of equipment with your boat s name and use this as a basket for miscellaneous jobs When initiating a new Work Order you are taken to the Edit Slide below In the example here we re adding a work order to the Main Engine WO Main Engine Pet 1077080091 45 04 MEAE 4 23 2015 ue Date i ep Subject eee Wee aecieaem DELETE Assigned to cruise WORK ORDER Om b d Assigned to done By paaa A N N y x d e The date on which you want to have this work completed Brief one liner describing the job The red color
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