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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...

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...

Since there was a topic of 2023 I was kind of curious what all the plans are for 2024. To kick it off here are our plans are basically set in stone and unless the boat breaks down it looks like this: Mid March - back to the boat in Kos, Greece and prepare for departure April - depart Greece...

I guess am getting old, but not too long ago there was a topic about deck repair of the GRP below the teak deck. I remember that the GRP needed to be stripped down to the rotten planks of the GRP hull, let that dry and then add a liquid. That liquid would saturate the rotten wood and become...

I have a Simrad NSS 12, which works perfectly fine, but was wondering if I can still update the charts in this system ? Have been searching online for answers, but even on the site of Simrad I cannot find anything. The only thing I have been able to find is an update for the NSS 12 Evo 3. So...

As some of you may already know I am in Turkey, dealing with a company that has destroyed both my steering pumps and then stuck up their middle finger. Going over the small print of the marina I found some more weird articles and would like your opinion about that, if possible. Is this the...

The unthinkable has happened. Had a company 'overhaul' one of my Capilano 250 V steering pumps. They claimed they knew what they were doing, but they didn't, so when I got it back it did not do anything anymore. As an emergency solution we decided to move the non functioning pump from the fly...

I have searched the history of this forum, but could not find anything, so herewith the question. I replaced all my zinc annodes about 2 months ago, boat went into the water, but was taken out last week again to install the stabilizers. In total I will spend about 1 month on the dry, then the...

As you may know I had the boat rewired this winter after I had found multiple cables that were completely crumbled or in simply a bad condition. On purpose I used fire retardent cables and upgraded to 24 V. Also installed 8 x 400 Wp solar which run through 5 MPPT controllers and are then...

Am not sure it is worth a full thread, but have no idea where to write this. To some it may sound completely logic and useless information, but it took several mechanics over here about a month to figure out what the problem was. As I have told before I had to change both my engines and that...

As some of you may know i now have a Defever 49, which I have been 'restoring' and upgrading over the last year. I have done the engines, rewired the boat, solar panels, installing a new Victron system (inverter, chargers, cerbo, smart shunts etc), interior (carpets, pillows, furniture etc)...

Unfortunately I had to change both my engines. Someone was kind enough to run the engines without the sea cocks open, so that was the end of them. At the moment the old engines are out and the new engines are being put together. They have been completely overhauled, which means I should treat...

In May this year we participated with our Defever 49 in the Yachtmaster series, made by SuperYachtCaptain Tristan Mortlock, sponsored by Aquabanas. Perhaps some of you know (from other threads in this forum) we bought this boat last October and since the former owner had died there was...

Yesterday an accident happened in the port of Rotterdam, a water taxi was flipped over by a tourist vessel. The whole incident was caught on camera and also the aftermath was filmed by many bystanders, which gives us a good impression of what happened. Since the accident investigation board...

Last November I bought my Defever 49 and obviously the OAT at that time was pretty low, so engine room temperatures were quite ok. My boat is lying in Greece and summer temperatures can get quite high there. 100 - 115 degrees in August is pretty normal. In May I spent about 1 month on the...

Am new here on this forum, have been reading up on a lot of topics, now decided to place my first topic. Hope it has not been here a lot in the past, I did not search through all the history of the forum. Currently I have 4 x 150 W panels, a Victron 3000 Va inverter/charger and a 200 Ah...

Hello to all of you, thanks for allowing us to join. About to retire and therefore we just started to begin fulfilling our lifelong dream of buying a trawler and cruising the Mediterranean. We just became owners of a Defever 49 and the coming years you will be able to find us along the...