I'm currently keeping my sailing log as a Word document. It is a bit unwieldy, so I would prefer it as a database; unfortunately I don't have Access on the boat computer. I'm testing the use of Excel, but I've hit a snag.
Each record (row) would be one day, for which there are entries for: Crew, Start, Destination, Notes, and Maintenance Notes. Now comes the tricky bit: within the Word document, on each day there is currently a second table of variable length with additional data: Time, Location, Position, Wind, Barometer, Engine, Fuel and Notes. See image below.
I want to be able to enter all the data in a form, the only way I can think of at the moment is to have an excess of columns for the sub-data (for example Time1, Time2 ...)
Any other suggestions?
-- Nigel M