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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-03-2024, 14:16
Replies: 43
Views: 5,014
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Go small and go now?

Unfortunately not. A friend has a Nicholson 32 and the gelcoat literally fell of his boat a few months ago when being hauled out. I mean: they pressure washed his boat and whole sections of gelcoat...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 06-02-2024, 01:36
Replies: 45
Views: 3,318
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Outboard motor lifetime fuel usage and emissions

The difference in fuel consumption is irrelevant… we use maybe 10 l of fuel per year for our outboard. Even if the outboard would have twice the consumption, the difference is irrelevant. And almost...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-02-2024, 07:27
Replies: 43
Views: 5,181
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Is this a keel problem?

No, it is not a problem. It is simply the bilge as others stated. Clean it, treat it and you are good to go. And rust is quite normal on keels of older boats. Just treat it annually and it will be ok...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 17-11-2023, 07:30
Replies: 52
Views: 10,467
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Broker is privately "flipping the good deals"?

We sold our previous boat through a good and competent broker. A potential buyer managed to get my phone number and gave me a direct low ball offer. When i said that: 1. I was not interested 2. He...
Forum: Navigation 06-11-2023, 08:43
Replies: 84
Views: 14,497
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Navionics just updated their terms to limited logged users to two per account

Just downloaded TZiBoat and it seems to be a very good app. However, their map coverage is incomplete. I would love to have the cap verdian isles, since we will be crossing the atlantic via these...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-10-2023, 11:19
Replies: 45
Views: 5,243
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Boat weight - construction quality?

We are sailing the oceans since a few years, living full time aboard our beneteau oceanis 43. We had of course different weather conditions, ranging from no wind to a quite strong blow somewhere...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-07-2023, 07:11
Replies: 93
Views: 10,430
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Orca attacks off Norway, moving 3,000 miles. Learnt behaviour?

No they are not, you are misinformed. We sailed this region last year and saw lots damaged boats on the hard in every harbour. Steel boats, long keel boats, skeg hung rudder boats were attacked. Ok,...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 16-06-2023, 09:32
Replies: 47
Views: 3,138
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: New Gels or LIPO4

That is not even close to an argument. You can even get 100 years out of gel batteries ! At the end they will have the charging capacity of your smart phone, but they will still work 😂😂😂😂
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 16-06-2023, 09:30
Replies: 47
Views: 3,138
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: New Gels or LIPO4

What a long message which can be answered with just one phrase: there is almost no cost up front anymore…:peace:
Forum: Powered Boats 16-06-2023, 09:24
Replies: 163
Views: 21,710
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Fuel consumption: sail/motor. are you serious?!

Your figures are way off. Sails cost half of what you are saying, we burn about 1/10 th of your estimated fuel consumption for a sail boat. Nothing holds together, except maybe speed. But we are full...
Forum: Powered Boats 16-06-2023, 07:30
Replies: 163
Views: 21,710
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Fuel consumption: sail/motor. are you serious?!

Fully correct: a full service kit, including all filters, impeller and some joints cost about 50$, a V-belt is about 20 and 5 litres of engine oil about 30. As we do all maintenance ourselves, this...
Forum: Powered Boats 16-06-2023, 07:24
Replies: 163
Views: 21,710
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Fuel consumption: sail/motor. are you serious?!

Sails last over 10 years. Our first set of sails, which were not so good quality, lasted 12 years. Replacement costed us about 8k$. Replacement cost of the sails is much much lower than the fuel we...
Forum: Powered Boats 16-06-2023, 07:17
Replies: 163
Views: 21,710
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Fuel consumption: sail/motor. are you serious?!

Well, i just want to add our real life experience when we motored from the Canary Islands to the Capverdian islands due to no wind at all. We had, with our beneteau 43 and a 55 hp yanmar, a fuel...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 29-05-2023, 09:15
Replies: 135
Views: 10,576
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Outboard decisions: 2 vs 4 strokes

As live aboards, this is not at all our experience… we rarely idle, we go from our ship to the dinghy dock and cut out the motor. The manoeuvering and idling is extremely limited. And the huge weight...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-05-2023, 09:19
Replies: 135
Views: 10,576
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Outboard decisions: 2 vs 4 strokes

We live fulltime aboard our board and have a Tohatsu 5hp, 2 stroke. We use between 10 and 15 litres of gasoline per year. The climate difference is not worth talking about…
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-05-2023, 09:17
Replies: 135
Views: 10,576
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Outboard decisions: 2 vs 4 strokes

It is true that 2stroke consumes a bit more gasoline than a 4stroke, but 3-4 times ? :facepalm: it will probably consume 20 to 30 % more and that’s it
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 13-03-2023, 07:10
Replies: 19
Views: 2,781
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Solar array advice & MPPT

We have 4 semi flexible Renogy 100watt panels on our bimini. They are now 4 years old and still doing their job as new. 1 panel had to be replaced because of delamination. Renogy replaced the panel...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 15-02-2023, 01:49
Replies: 159
Views: 16,417
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Boat Fire and Sinking in Route du Rhum

This article clearly makes the distinction:
https://lithiumhub.com/lifepo4-batteries-what-they-are-and-why-theyre-the-best/

Since you like citations:
“Dumb people don't know they're dumb.”
―...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 14-02-2023, 12:14
Replies: 159
Views: 16,417
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Boat Fire and Sinking in Route du Rhum

Again not true. Why don’t you try get accurate information? The batteries on this boat were sponsored and were in fact really Li-Ion and not LiFePO4… and no, please find the information yourself. You...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 14-02-2023, 09:51
Replies: 159
Views: 16,417
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Boat Fire and Sinking in Route du Rhum

Yes of course, this is an excerpt of the report:
“ Shortly before entering the harbor the crew had to deploy specialist fire extinguishers to deal with the boat’s now smoldering Lithium-Ion...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 10-02-2023, 12:14
Replies: 109
Views: 9,309
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Ideal Drop-in Lifepo4 Battery Purchase Strategy

Although this is fully correct, the important message is that LiFePO4 batteries will outlast LA 5 to 10 times even when discharged way below what is good for the health LA batteries
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 10-02-2023, 09:39
Replies: 109
Views: 9,309
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Ideal Drop-in Lifepo4 Battery Purchase Strategy

Except of course if you discharge too far…
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 10-02-2023, 09:36
Replies: 109
Views: 9,309
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Ideal Drop-in Lifepo4 Battery Purchase Strategy

I think it is better to speak about “useable energy” rather than stored energy. The useable energy of a LA battery is only half of the stored energy. If you discharge more, you damage the battery and...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 06-02-2023, 06:35
Replies: 49
Views: 4,582
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Your Lifepo4 just hit 80% depth of Discharge, how were you informed?

Ou Victron battery monitor is within a few % showing the same state of charge as the bluetooyh BMS.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 05-02-2023, 11:42
Replies: 55
Views: 7,309
Posted By Sailing Hanse37
Re: Multimeter for the Boat

Agh, as an electronics engineer my experience is: buy the cheapest multimeter you can get. You hardly never ever need precision measurement on a boat. BUT i have a good reputable brand clamp on DC...
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