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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-12-2023, 23:59
Replies: 2
Views: 364
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Ohlson Brother Designs

Interesting! Which boat was that? You may respond as well on www.ohlson38.de or by ON
Regards
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-12-2023, 09:13
Replies: 2
Views: 364
Posted By blueprint_33
Ohlson Brother Designs

We have upgraded the website for the Ohlson designs. The boats designed by the Ohlson Brothers covered size from 22 to 45 feet and can be found including loads of their drawings, under...
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-01-2022, 03:02
Replies: 0
Views: 629
Posted By blueprint_33
Cetrek C-net 2000 Instruments

I have a series of these instruments in stock and wanted to install them. These are a wind display, 2 Multi (Type Ocean) and 2 Multi (Type GPS repeater). I have tested them thoroughly and they work...
Forum: General Classifieds (no boats) 22-11-2021, 04:07
Replies: 2
Want To Buy: KVH parts and pieces
Views: 567
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: KVH parts and pieces

I have a used cetrek wind speed mast unit running well with neam0183 output
Interested?
Regards
Forum: Marine Electronics 16-05-2021, 09:35
Replies: 0
Views: 315
Posted By blueprint_33
Cetrek 609/619 Autopilot - Rate stepper

We run a Cetrek 619 autopilot course computer with the Cetrek 730-580 compass unit attached to it and of course all other periphery required for its working. This works well.

Recently I bought a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 26-09-2020, 00:34
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

Looks like it. Can’t find it on the apple store anymore.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-07-2020, 13:27
Replies: 18
Views: 8,304
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Ohlson 38 refit

I did come across her, must be some 6 - 8 years ago. By then she had been bought on the Canaries by a German owner and sailed back to Germany for repairs, then she was sailed again by the same owner...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-07-2020, 09:16
Replies: 132
Views: 12,077
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: We have propane heaters. Why no gasoline/petrol heaters?

Wouldn't disagree. We ran the gas heater for a good 10 years but.... we had a remote controlled solenoid on the cylinder, located in an externally vented storage (mandatory required here), copper...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-07-2020, 09:04
Replies: 132
Views: 12,077
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: We have propane heaters. Why no gasoline/petrol heaters?

I guess we are talking air heaters but they are available for water as well.

All of these fuels with their dedicated heaters are technically available in Europe, Diesel, kero, petrol/mogas and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-01-2020, 21:53
Replies: 20
Views: 5,324
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Changing Pitch of My max prop

Being able to finetune the prop is one of the beauties of the maxprop.
As a rule of thumb a change of 2 degree gives you 10% change of revs. In most I Installations this should not harm the engine,...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 07-12-2019, 00:55
Replies: 58
Views: 13,176
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Change filter and bleed. Scared!

As said b4, there is no reason to be afraid of bleeding; the opposite is true you should know how to do it. Done it on Yanmar, Volvos, Bukh, Mercedes

Process can be shortened, but I always do it...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 13-09-2019, 06:52
Replies: 112
Views: 12,212
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Fuel additives? Yes or no

This matter pops up time and time again. the first question is why to use a fuel additive in diesel in the first place?In my view and coming from the oil industry, fuel additives for marine engines...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 07-09-2019, 23:43
Replies: 33
Views: 5,394
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: My attempt to murder my Firefly Batteries

Interesting reading, Paul!
Tried to get these batteries in EUROPE two years ago but they weren’t on the market. Checked northstar blue instead (same technology). Does anyone gave experience in...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-07-2019, 11:02
Replies: 63
Views: 11,908
Posted By blueprint_33
Loading NV-Charts

I have tried to load nv charts via plug-in into opencpn for the first time . I am using the Dongle as licensing, the charts are all on my pc and work well eg with the chart navigator software. ...
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-01-2019, 01:16
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

I‘ve long given up using this app. The Support is poor and the app isn’t delivering. Ie it cannot calculate twa/tws from the existing data (which isn’t transmitted by hardly any system). Same with...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 13-12-2018, 17:55
Replies: 50
Views: 9,773
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Diesel Outboards in USA

The recent interest by Yanmar to market the dtorque 111 is not in the leisure boating community but in commercial shipping/oil and gas industry. They don’t want to operate anything highly flammable...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 13-12-2018, 09:22
Replies: 50
Views: 9,773
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Diesel Outboards in USA

Depending of the spec for Kero in the us you should be able to run pretty much any simple Diesel engine in kero. However it is less efficient.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 13-12-2018, 09:18
Replies: 50
Views: 9,773
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Diesel Outboards in USA

Check https://www.yanmarmarine.com/dtorque/
They market worldwide the German development of a 2-cyl diesel eigine. To my knowledge this the only engine left, bitterly sought after by all the cruise...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-07-2018, 06:57
Replies: 18
Views: 8,304
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Ohlson 38 refit

I have recently been able to access a number of so far hidden files of the Ohlson 38 (and I will do more, time permitting). I will update the website dedicated for the boat with tech detail as much...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-04-2016, 08:03
Replies: 19
Views: 11,152
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: Recommendations for SIMPLE depth & speed

If you wish to have it simple plus expandable at a later stage, you may well buy an airmar speed/depth transducer for nmea2000 or 0183 and you find yourself an nmea capable display available from a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-12-2015, 04:53
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

Oh! I guess Edo will read N2K or will you have to "translate" this into 0183? Didn't check for this.
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-12-2015, 03:16
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Angry Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

I am not worried at all about the 20 whatever I paid for the software, I totally agree it is a bargain. I have been in close contact with the CTO before the discussion on the product was moved to...
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-12-2015, 03:09
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

Initially I had the same issue, until I realized that I got pretty old nmea equipment on board (Speed, wind, depth) which all still transmit in V1.X format. Problem is that none these devices add a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 20-12-2015, 14:26
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

We are very disappointed now.

The product was working in the end but be careful at least for an ipad it requires data in nmea > 2.0 format, any nmea data string w/o a checksum will be ignored. I...
Forum: Marine Electronics 09-09-2015, 08:04
Replies: 70
Views: 47,864
Posted By blueprint_33
Re: EDO virtual instruments for sailors

So, here is my update.
We meanwhile installed an Actisense NDC-4 multiplexer to connect the various sources (wind and speed/depth/water/temp sensors transmitting in NMEA 0183 V1.x, GPS and compass...
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