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Good news. Ready to start my journey back to Royan, France with a long passage along portuguese et northern spain, I will keep informed

Say hello or thank you, eut été apprécié...

Hi Patemey, I will be back aboard Balder VIII next 10 Mai , not before. I will be able to send you measurements in inches and cm with pictures of the panel. A little bit busy, send me a PM in case of I should forgot:

Au Québec, ils appellent ça "un aileron à charnière".

Thanks for these replies. Hope your coasts will not be soon concerned by this Orcas behaviour... Here two pictures of the spikes screwed on stabs before painted by antifouling. nothing on main rudder as it is just in front of the large propeller.

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Yes indeed, I have been very happy with Keypower service and Dean support when we have had some issues with a solenoid when cruisin in Med near Balearics islands. One thing I do not understand is how Keypower Kobelt fins are made? They explain it is Urethane material so not like a "classical"...

Thanks again Mako:)

Thank you Mako. Concerning the pilothouse, no issue because the heat goes up easily and my boat is really well insulated. I will certainly consider put a little fan of the heater if I can find one here. Down below, another story. I do not understand very well how design a reliable thermosyphon...

Hi, It is my turn to provide some pictures or tips to this excellent forum concerning a Dickinson install: - location of the heater: I had no many options and near the door communicating with the cockpit was the only one, with benefit of permanent fresh air intake more easy to install than on...

Hi, I know the best specialists of Dickinson are here! May I ask where do you locate the hi temp fuel shut off kit sold by Dickinson ( a well customized Teddington appliance)? Answer 1 : between oil metering valve and 12v pump ( this is my fitting )? Answer 2: after 12v pump ? About overflow...

Thank you very much indeed JDCAVE, this is certainly the most clear and clever reply I have read for a while, including "local" chats here in Europe!I have more or less 1000 nautical miles to do next spring from Andalucia to Portugal,north spanish coasts ( Galicia) and Atlantic coast of France...

Yes, several morocan fishing boats, some large dinghys also and during last summer in Med not to far from the Strait. The truth is that many yachtsmen cancel their project going north from south and vice versa. The only safe recommandation is to stay within the 20 meters depth. This is not very...

Yes indeed, from 2020, we saw more than 500 attacks and /or interactions from Gibraltar to North Brittany with a maximum near Portugal and several boats sunk. A very good friend of mine attacked by a group of orcas near the entrance of Barbate marina saw them turning around the yacht and looking...

Hello every body, Merry Christmas and Happy new year!Fair winds, following sea! I have decided to relocate my trawler Balder VIII from south atlantic spain ( Andalucia) to french atlantic coast ( Royan) where I have a berth and further north later, I hope, Brittany, Channel Islands, UK, North...

Thanks a lot for your replies. I understand that installing these heaters requires to think twice before drill- the deck - once to obtain a good result considering all parameters and necessar acessories

Hi everybody, My beefy Webasto Blue Cool Premium AIRCO with Webasto diesel water heater integrated + 4 air handlers is now working properly...( not an easy task...) But considering new trips to northern latitudes, I would like to retrofit as a back up, a Dickinson diesel heater ANTARTIC model...

RIP Simi 60 Sincères condoléances depuis ma lointaine France

This is what I have decided when finishing the project of our Dutch trawler: no add of a flybridge, more space for solar panels, less windage and all the systems in the pilothouse. Also, protection from sunshine, in Med, it can be very dangerous to stay too many summers outside!!!! Considering...

thanks again for your advice Twistedtree, this is was I have done, replace the Maretron 100 by the 200, also available. Will test soon when back aboard. To be honest, I have three GPS and AIS aboard, the only one which never failed is a very cheap 12 V Matsutec GPS AIS class B sold with the...

Neat and sturdy, a real clean work from a Dutch man! I know what I say, my trawler has been built in Maasbracht byTinnemans BV...��

Bonjour Twistedtree, Thank you very much indeed for your kind comment:)The boat was Flag blue from the origin as many Ducth trawler but the Orange ...Hermès colour ( I am a french snob!) makes it look more "modern"... ( Jotun paint) I whould not try to run a new cable through my large...

Hi everybody, One of my GPS 100 Maretron antenna in my NMEA 2000 system refuses to confirm where I am located on this small planet... I tried a cold start, no answer. Sometimes, it looks like fix will stay but it is flashing one second and stops. Voltage at the connector under the GPS 100...

The ring is here ( there are two by fish) to secure the fish on the stainless steel bracket , it is bolted .we had sometimes rough weather with Balder VIII..... The spring is to make mouvments more smooth . To be verified of course in real conditions ( Idea of spring found on TF !)

Hello, What a wonderful work! Your polishing finition is top level! As well, I told you , paravanes design and install are a never ended story! I have more modestly finished my refit in Benicarlo with a new paint and also some changes on my paravane system but my welder would be KO, kaput...