Recent content by affinite

Last time I checked, Kalymnos was not a port of entry. (Except maybe in Summer) May have changed but do double check.

Thanks for the tip - I've already emailed the yard to see if they have some.

The leak is on a seam and yes Ive tried patching it myself ..... I need someone with the proper 2 part glue and not the bicyle repair stuff that came with the dinghy.

My boat is ashore in the Basimakoplous yard in Kilada Greece. I'm trying to find someone who can repair a leak in a PVC dinghy before I next go there in a couple of weeks. The yards registered contractor has not replied to my emails. Has anyone on here any contacts in the area who I could...

I'm there next Monday. Only for a few hours but PM if I can help with your problem

Rosie @ 3:55 "Do you want a bit more speed ? " Antoine "NO I (the drone) cant go any faster" !! :)

Don't forget this thread is nearly 8 years old !

You can run Venus OS on an RPi see here

“I’m super-happy with the performance of the boat and the team,” said a jubilant Herrmann moments after the finish. “It took nearly three days before we could even speak to each other as the boat was so loud and brutal in the tough conditions after the start.

Fair point :)

Anyone else nervous at the thought of the IMOCAs charging through the Canaries at +30kts, on autopilot, at night with on-watch crew "watching" from a bubble in a fully enclosed cockpit ? Brings back memories of the incident in Hong Kong during the last race.

Just returned to Turkey after a few years in Greece. Difficult to get a berth in a Turkish marina at present but we did get in at Finike again. In fact the cost is not too different from 2015 ! 43,677 TRY (Approx. £2200) for our 13.1m boat for 12months

Thanks for the great advice chaps I'll start experimenting with manual parallel connection when I get to the boat on Tuesday and I'll ask the admiral to put the Victron Orion Smart on my birthday present list. Hang on. its my birthday on 29th May mmmmm

House bank is comprised 4 x Trojan 31 XHS (4 x 130Ahrs) Last summer I installed the new PV panel so I did observe the charging profile carefully. using the Victron App The MPPT did run a full Bulk/Absorption/Float charge every day reaching float after 3-4 hours (Boat is in Southern Greece so...

I just checked and bulk charging voltage for both my FLA bank and the new AGM are exactly the same at 14.82v so maybe the Victron Cyrix is a goer