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08 am 1 comments labels 48 volt 48 volt battery allied lithium battery installation electric propulsion lithium nova lift sailboat tuesday may 23 2023 a battery sea change it was in 2008 when i converted bianka from having diesel auxilary power to electric propulsion i had four heavy 8a4d agm lead acid batteries totaling almost five hundred pounds to power the thoosa 9000 electric propulsion system the batteries were located below the cockpit and though while accessible it wasn t really comfortable to work on them this season they are being replaced by a single 48 volt lithium battery that weighs less than a single one of the old batteries even better i will be able to access the terminals for maintenance from inside the cabin no more squeezing down through the cockpit hatch is going to be a welcome change posted by capt mike at 8 45 am 1 comments labels agm batteries battery converting to electric propulsion electric propulsion lithium upgrade tuesday february 28 2023 a cell phone alternative to satellite phones if you often sail out of cell phone range a new blue tooth device can turn your cell phone into a text satellite phone the motorola defy satellite link is a bluetooth device that provides satellite connectivity to any ios or android smartphone designed for anyone that has ever been frustrated by a lack of cell coverage whether travelling or participating in outdoor activities or just in their daily lives posted by capt mike at 8 58 am 0 comments labels bullitt cell phone cell phones communication ocean sailing sailing satellite phone wednesday november 09 2022 bonus days of fall had some bonus days in november with the temperatures reaching into the mid 70 degree fahrenheit range took advantage of the warm days to take off the sail and lower the boom now it s up to the boatyard as to when to unstep the mast and pull the boat for the winter once that is done i ll winterize the water systems and then get into a winter mode of occasional boat checks until spring posted by capt mike at 11 32 am 2 comments labels fall harbor winter storage thursday june 30 2022 white squall lessons learned while bianka survived the white squall conditions from a weather front that blew through the harbor a few weeks ago the same could not be said for the dingy the heavy rain was not an issue but the winds blew bianka around and whipped saw the attached porta bote dingy around and may have flipped or at least turned it 90 degrees at some point dumping some of the contents into the water including one of the oars seat cushion outboard motor cover and anything else that was not attached like a plastic scrapper i use to clean the dingy bottom from time to time so when things calmed down i took some of the lessons learned from the event and implemented a strategy to try and limit the damage during a future weather event oars losing the oar could have made trying to get back to the shore in anything but calm conditions keeping them in the dingy ready to use is important so an easy fix was to use ty wraps to create loops where i can attach a line secured to the dingy to help keep the oars with the dingy i ll cut the excess tabs but the loop will make a good place to attach a line to secure them if the oars should happen to leave the dingy again since they float it makes sense to mark them with bianka s name in case any one finds them floating around the harbor there is a better chance they will find there way back to the boat since the oars come in two pieces i used a dremel tool make sure both pieces had my boats name on them cushion another item that was lost in the storm was the seat cushion it s not only on board for comfort it s also used as a flotation device labeling it will also help it getting it returned should it leave the dingy again misc one item that did leave the dingy after the storm but i miraculously found floating next to bianka a few hours later was the outboard motor cover i was able to grab it with the boat hook still no reason not to label it too posted by capt mike at 8 45 am 0 comments labels dinghy dingy dremel tool labels oars storm friday june 17 2022 white squall at the mooring exciting day on the boat weather front came through with white squall conditions i think the dingy might have flipped in the storm lost one of the oars and found the battery for the outboard floating outside the boat hope it still works going to be awkward trying to row to shore with one oar luckily the battery was sealed and still powered the outboard i made it back to shore though the battery started to fade on the way unfortunately the charger is back on the boat and it will be tricky getting back out tomorrow posted by capt mike at 11 12 pm 2 comments labels storm white squall wednesday april 27 2022 a springtime solar surprise i ve been away from the boat for awhile i was traveling to warm places each month over the winter plus getting covid knocked me down but not out for two weeks so i did not get on bianka for my usual checkups and battery charges usually that would not be a problem since my 48 volt solar panels would keep things topped up so it was a surprise when i looked at the data from the new victron smartsolar mppt 100 volt 20 amp 48v solar controller where i noticed several days of no charging data and when there was some charging it was lower than usual i also noticed the dual pro four bank charger was charging at the lowest bar display this meant the batteries where in a more discharged condition than i ve seen in a long time time for some serious diagnosis on what was happening with the solar charging system i first checked the 48 volt solar panel voltages and they were near their open circuit voltage specs i then turned my attention to the anderson connectors that i used to combine the panel wires to the solar controller it was there i found the problem i installed the panels and connectors over twelve years ago my mistake was never doing any maintenance on the connectors in those years i found despite taping the connectors to improve their water proofing most of the anderson contacts had corroded to the point where they were no longer conducting voltage i redid the connection using some spade connectors i had on board and the problem was solved if only temporarily now i need to see if the 48 volt electric propulsion battery bank comes back to full charge as we head toward spring launching blog update going back a few days later and the solar controller charging and battery bank was back to normal the battery bank was charging normally using the dual pro charger so it looks like things are moving in the right direction for a spring launching posted by capt mike at 10 19 am 0 comments labels anderson power pole connectors electrical connections repair repairing solar controller solar panels victron victron smartsolar 100 20 48 volt solar charge controller wiring sunday february 20 2022 another winter check up the temperature moved up to the mid forties one day and so it was time to go do another winter inspection on bianka in the boatyard primarily to rebalance the 48 volt electric propulsion battery bank while there i also emptied the bilge of about two gallons of water that on my last visit was a frozen solid block of ice i also taped over the portside cockpit hatch where i think most of the water may have entered i found a forward hatch leaking onto my bunk and taped over it s flange to stop that until warmer weather arrives and i can address that issue finally there were high wind warnings for the next day and i made sure the nuts holding the lexan bimini cover to the frame were tight and also secured an extra line to the frame in case those 60 mph winds did actually arrive it was a quick visit but still a productive one posted by capt mike at 8 22 am 1 comments labels bilge bimini hatches leaks winter monday january 24 2022 boat drinks and ice a little over a week ago i was snorkeling in 80 degree f water in bonaire and enjoying ice in boat drinks yesterday i was on my boat looking at ice in the boat a little in the bilge and the brita water container frozen solid that will have to wait until warmer days to remove it was also too cold to work on board i just sat by the heater and waited until the batteries get a top up charge posted by capt mike at 12 32 pm 0 comments labels boat drinks winter winter storage older posts home subscribe to posts atom popular posts how outboard motors are made an interesting video on how outboard motors are manufactured going electric part 1 the why and how tweet note from capt mike in the spring of 2008 i began the conversion of my 30 foot sailboat to electric propulsion the 20 going boarding ladder extension tweet on some sailboats after a refreshing swim or scuba dive boarding can be difficult depending on the length of the boarding ladder o windlass repair maxwell nilsson vr 700 part 4 so i ve found the secret of how to remove the motor from the maxwell nilsson vr 700 gearbox housing it seems these circa 1986 maxwell repairing a maxwell nilsson vr 700 windlass part 3 so i ve removed the vr 700 windlass out of the boat it has two problems 1 the shaft does not spin when the windlass is under a load an electric sailboat cruise to new york part two tuesday september 8th 2009 i lived on board bianka for six years on the west side of manhattan island starting in the mid 1990 s but i repairing a maxwell nilsson vr 700 windlass part 1 bianka came with a maxwell nilsson vr 700 electric windlass to help lift and deploy it s 125 feet of chain since i do a lot of solo repairing a maxwell nilsson vr 700 windlass part 2 removal so the maxwell nilsson vr 700 was repaired rather painlessly including very little pain to my wallet for about six bucks of square brass ke removing a westerbeke diesel engine before beginning to remove the engine i will need to make room the table needs to be removed and all the cushions removed in what could tur exumas shipwreck mystery while we 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