The RIB stands in my yard on its trailer. It has been in the water for 7 months and despite the expensive white anti fouling came out with a lot...
This battery was part of a 500 Ah battery bank that stores power from a solar panel array. Charging and discharge currents are less than 10% of...
The previous owner of my inflatable let his children jump on the tubes causing minor damage at or near a seam. I tried to repair this with epoxy...
Because of maintenance problems we've sold our 35 years old Draco 2500 Twincab this week. One burden less! To avoid feeling handicapped living...
The boat is going to stay in the water this winter, so once every few weeks I start the engines and let them run until the temp gauges are in the...
One of my tourist guests put his Bayliner in the water by crane in a nearby city because he wanted to keep the trailer dry. After approx. 2 miles...
Below is my personal interpretation of "shore power". Advantages over the classical concept are: no need for transformers , isolators or a GFI...
Coming back from a trip through Europe last Sunday I noticed a van with foreign (Dutch) plates parked in the otherwise deserted bay. After a...
Twice a year my 3.5 tons trailer gets a quick dip in the sea. All bare metal parts like bearings and shafts are liberally coated with lithium...
This is the sort of thing you need to run a laptop from on board DC. But you'll discover that your next laptop isn't satisfied with the 16 V from...
Before putting my boat back to sea this spring, I've done a little experiment. Removed the completely overgrown bronze props, cleaned them with...
My wife complains about the icy air whenever the air con in my Kia Sorento tries to reach the set temperature on hot days. And she has a point,...
Due to my remote location I use the web for most purchases, have everything shipped to a friend across the border and pick up the collected items...
Because I found nobody within reasonable distance, I decided to undertake the job myself and dissected one of my boat engines. Theoretical...
One of our summer guests made these pictures last week in the city harbor. Judging from the houses in the background, the size must be enormous....
This is a simple circuit to switch 2 batteries in parallel when only one receives charging current. In European camper vans equipped with a...
Not my boat or engine but I'm trying to help out my son... Johnson 50 VRO from 1989, VRO pump disconnected, both carbs cleaned and parts...
The "inspiration" for this post are questions from local boat owners about the unexplicable rate at which zinc electrodes sometimes dissolve....
This happened earlier this week on a stormy afternoon in our local marina. The owner had removed the exhaust hoses in autumn to make sure he...
While anchoring in a bay, both exhausts disappeared several times in the waves of a large yacht. That cannot be healthy, so I tried to buy add-on...