New batteries for Sasha.

I had difficulty to start the engine in the open sea few times. Resolved the problem on spot by switching off all the electronic equipment and trying again to start the engine. It worked... The old batteries were like 8 years old, and decided to go for two new 105 Ah batteries.  Now the engine starts without any problem :)

Sail Scheveningen

Sasha also took part in the sailing parade of Sail Scheveningen. I think the event was a great success. It should be definitely repeated.

The small boat is the Dutch frigate Shtandart replica of a boat built by Peter the Great in 1703 in St. Petersburg. Love it...

Opening of the sailing season 2019.

Beautiful day. I tried some new position for the GoPro camera. Looks good :)

The position appeared as excellent for selfies as well :)

:)

Launching 2019

2018 was very warm year for the Netherlands. I did not sailed a lot last year and the warm waters in Scheveningen made Sasha literally alive.

Those things were moving and they were looking at me :)

I had everything cleaned proffesionally.

The marine service in Scheveningen Van Veen, suggested to change the antifouling. This year I use this antifouling.

...and the beautiful Sasha is ready for action :)

First GoPro trial :)

I got a GoPro camera and this is my first GoPro video tryout with Sasha :)

 

Sailing in lonesome October afternoon.

I did not have much time to update my blog this year due to personal reasons. But long story short Sasha is still in Scheveningen, I redid the wood varnish, cleaned her bottom few weeks ago, did not have time to sail much in the summer.

I just love the looks of her bottom :) Isnt she great :)

After the cleaning she was like a rocket.

Lovely 4 Bft wind Sunday afternoon in the North Sea :)

Tachometer for Yanmar 1GM10

I was thinking about tachometer for Yanmar 1GM10. The original option of Yanmar were way too expensive, at least the stuff which I found in the net were above 200 euro. The cheap options like normal tachometers which one could find in the shops have to be connected to the alternator. The Yanmar 1GM10 does not have such an output and an extra cable have to be soldered. The Tiny-Tach is a great alternative. Simply you attach the transducer to the fuel pipe inlet, and it is basically plug and play. I went for their device for diesel engines Diesel Tiny-Tach. Looks good, and indeed it is tiny :) I ordered it directly from the US shop it arrived in the Netherlands less than a week after the order was placed. The price including the delivery was about 95 euro.

Uses a transducer on the fuel line which must be the correct size for the line-6mm, 7mm, 1/4.

it is tiny indeed :)