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Welcome aboard ! May have quite bit of questions about the Spanish coast (whether it is worth going there or not) since we are more or less always in Greece, Turkey and Croatia.

We have a Defever 49, twin engine, stabilized and I regularly have to bring her in with 20 - 30 kts of wind. Here in the Med (Aegean, Greece) strong winds are basically the norm and we have to go stern to every single time. If we have to do that on the anchor it is not a problem, just keep the...

For anyone wanting to make the calculation for their own boat herewith some additional figures. Windspeed it usually calculated at 10 mtr above the surface, but our boats are usually between 2.5 and 5 mtrs off the sea level. Therefore you can deduct a bit to get to real wind speed on your boat...

Welcome aboard, nice boat and judging all the fishing rods you do some serious fishing.

I replaced my wipers yesterday. Could not find the correct wipers anywhere, so bought car wipers of the same length, modified them a bit and they work perfect now. You may want to give it a try, will save a lot of money.

I had a remain of the zinc on top of the heat exchanger, that was indeed still stuck. But the bottom one had salt built up on the remain part of the zinc, so not sure there was a lot left of that zinc. Only problem is that i don't know what the bottom 'zinc' was for ? Is there a double zinc in...

There is a youtube channel that did research on LiFePO4 batteries, in fact did very extensive tests and they found out that these batteries start performing better when the temp gets up. I will see if I can find the link to this video, is about 30 min video, they did a real scientific set up...

I was changing the zincs on the heat exchanger, which (as far as I know) only are on the top of the heat exchanger. Since I wanted to drain the heat exchanger as well to be able to open it in order to take a look at the condition of the heat exchanger, I took away one of the bolts on the...

The strange part is that LiFePO4 will actually start to perform better in high temperatures. So that is not exactly the problem. The problem is that all you other equipment most likely cannot handle it. You can of course move the LiFePO4 to a different location, but you can also think of cooling...

Will see if I can order it via my chandler, so that it will be there when we arrive in a couple of weeks.

Will pass the info to my chandler in Corfu, maybe he can order it for me. Since we are continuously on the move I cannot order it myself, it would arrive when we are long gone again. We will see him again in a couple of weeks, so perhaps it can arrive by that time. Thanks for the tips of trying...

A light behind it is indeed a great idea. At the moment the background is dark, so that would definitely help. Thanks.

I went about changing all the fuel filters in the racors and saw that the bottom part of the filter housing (the transparent part) is becoming a bit frosted. The housing is probably 10 - 15 years old, they function fine, but I would like to clean up the transparent part. Currently it is not that...

We owned a house in one country, now sold it and just bought a house in Greece. Since we live on the boat during the summer months we will rent out the house during that period. The same real estate agent that found us the house will also manage the house during the summer season. In the winter...

Spoke with Philippi today and got some bad news. According to them the ultra sonic sensors are not for diesel, they are only for clean, grey and black water. So for some reason I have ultra sonic sensors installed on my tanks which were not meant to be for diesel at all. The former owner of the...

That is looking good and should fit quite a few panels. That amount of solar can easily run the boat. I have 3.2 Kwp onboard and during the summer I don't need a generator anymore. So you will definitely see some serious savings there. Are you going to add more battery power as well ? That way...

Agree, everyone has to use what makes him comfortable. When anchoring stern to (i.o.w. with a land line to the shore) I want to know the depth below the keel. But when I am going through a canal, river or have to deal with tides, I want to know the true water depth so I can cross check it with...

I thought he owned the boat, but if he just does deliveries then this is an absolute no-no. Also lying with your feet on the couch, when it is not your property is a no-no. Have seen Youtube channels of delivery crews in the US who behave the same. Am trying to understand which part of 'it is...

He will be grateful for having a great home.

Welcome aboard. 4500 nm range is very impressive I must say.

I saw your OAT is 4 Celsius and I know that Victron has options not to charge below 4 Celsius, so may want to dive into that setting and see if the minimum charge temperature is not engaged.

We don't have a stern anchor, we have a spare anchor, but that cannot be deployed rapidly. Our bow anchor however is basically always at water level when we come into a port, since we have to do stern to mooring with an anchor in most cases. I can control the anchor from the pilothouse and the...

Read that you have Phillipi onboard and this is maybe a strange question. When I bought the boat I was told I have Phillipi ultrasonic sensors as well. Unfortunately I cannot find which model I have and since they are lying somewhere on the tanks I cannot see them. I have exactly 3 to 4 cm...

Welcome aboard, very nice boat.