Recent content by sveinutne

Sorry for slow answer The boat is on water, but the sailing season is soon over for this summer. I hope to improve the boat during the winter, so it will be ready for longer cruises. My dream is to sail it down to Tenerife in 2021, and spend the winter there before sailing to Greece in 2022...

Loren beach, Nice of you to ask. I am doing well and the boat has sailed many short trips, but I have only spent a handful nights in the boat, because the temperature in Norway is so low, it is not so nice to spend the night in a cold boat, so now I am installing a Webasto 5.5 kw water heater...

Did a short run with the iPad yesterday, and at 1200 rpm the speed was 4.9 knots and the engine was running very light. When I increased the rpm till 1600 the speed cam close to 6 knots, but I aborted the test before the speed was stable because the leaks from the hydraulic system. I got some...

Thanks for the support Loren, I feel I got too much sun this weekend. After a long winter with very little sun, the skin is so pail that some hours on the fjord in sunshine is almost too much. Regards Svein

We had nice weather this weekend, so I had a change to test the boat on the fjord. I needed a helping hand to change direction, but that was only on the first test on Saturday. On Sunday I went out two times by myself and it is possible in nice weather, but with some wind or strong current I...

Did some test run in the dock, and it looks to work OK. When I get time and the temperature will go above 10 degrees I will take it out on the fjord for the first time this year. Then I will see what the cruse speed will be on idle, and also how the speed will be at 500, 1000 and 1500 rpm. I do...

Loren, You are right, and I was planning to use such a single-handle, and control it by the same wire I used to control the gearbox. In some of the pictures you can see this on my desk. The problem was that I needed to make the connection plate where four hydraulic pipes were connected to this...

The idea was to use a special handle that switched the hydraulic flow from forward to reverse, but then I needed to custom make some couplings. It needs some drawings and the workshop will need some time to machine it and this is a very slow process. With this of the shelf parts I can use the...

Now this monster of valves and tubings are fitted inside the boat. Tomorrow I will fill in the hydraulic fluid and see if it will work as intended.

I did not have time for the workshop to machine the parts I need, so I put in off the shelf parts so I can use the boat right away. The problem (one of the many problems) will be that I will need an extra person to help me change direction. Later I will try to improve it, so I have full control...

On paper it looks simple, but when you get all the parts and need to make the missing parts yourself, it if something else.:mad:

Hydraulic a blessing or a curse? To have hydraulic drive in the boat was not because I like hydraulic systems, but because the V-drive that was in the boat was ruined, and with a new engine it would be difficult to get a new V-drive that would fit inside the space. So I was recommended to put...

Glyn, I am really touched by all the attention you all are giving me. Now I feel bad for my long silence. I will take some pictures tomorrow, so you all can see how I plan to operate the boat without gearbox. And thank you so much for all the help you have given me with parts from USA. Regards Svein

Hi Loren, I tried several of my old passwords, until I got lucky. It was like trolling for my lost anchor. I got the parts for the hydraulics today, and now I wonder if there will be room for it all. I think it will, but it will take most of the space the gearbox used. How smooth the shifting of...

I am back Glyn Judson, I am sorry for the long silence. I am very pleased with all the help you have given me; it is just that so much else is taking my time so I had to let the boat rest for a while, and then forgotten the pasword. Now my gearbox is giving me some problems, so I have taken...