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Thanx for the nice remark! 🙂 Sold the boat, so no more boat maintenance videos.

Glad it was of use for you, Rod 🙂 Yeah, I know. It's way too long ago I posted something. We sold the boat this spring, returned to the Netherlands after 19 years, and are going to build a campervan. I still have material for two boat videos, but just couldn't cough up the will to edit it. And yes, I am deeply ashamed about that, haha! Greetingz form our piss weather country! Wim

TY Wim for your reply ,,, very sorry that one of my sll time favourite channels is no more , i always enjoyed them , ( why do so many of the good channels end while so much rubbish continues ?😆) but i am glad that you are both well and following new ideas , hopefully without the never ending challenges which accompany boat ownership / living , all best Rod and Cheryll

Haha, I don't know anymore 🙂 Too long ago and we already sold the boat. But thanx for the nice words and the info! Wim

Danks namens mijn innig geliefde echtgenote :-)

Hi! I'm sory to tell you, but this windlass is ancient and not even on the internet. I contacted the factory, but even they do not know this windlass. Not the sales department and not even the technical deparment. Stupid, huh?!

Hoi, Laurent! We hebben de boot in april verkocht, dus ik moet even hard nadenken 🙂. Spectra zelf geeft voor de Ventura 200 een druk van 90 psi op, wat ongeveer 6,2 bar is. En later heb ik er nog een pomp bijgebouwd, voor een hogere opbrengst. Dat kon, want het enige verschil tussen de 200 en het hogere model, is een dubbele feed pump (dat heb ik afgestemd met de technische afdeling van de fabriek). Ik gebruikte normaal gesproken alle twee de pompen, maar als het in de zomer erg warm was, liet ik hem na een tijdje op één pomp lopen, zodat de andere kon afkoelen. Als je er trouwens eentje met van die koelvinnen die je erop kunt klikken kunt vinden, is dat aan te raden voor wanneer het erg warm is. Ik hoop dat ik je vraag hiermee heb beantwoord. Groetz! Wim

@@DoubleUThings heel erg bedankt voor je uitleg! Ik ga mijn best doen!

Bedankt! 🙂 Explosieplaatjes komen uit de repair manual van de 1GM10 en andere modellen. Maar ik weet niet waar ik die vandaan heb. Ik heb hem opgeslagen op mijn laptop.

😄👍

Hi! This is what one of the other viewers of this video wrote. Maybe it's something you can use: "I have been struggling with my Mitsubishi R1500 tractor with the same issue. You cannot get the shop manual for this unit. But it uses the exact same injection pump and I will be using your video to resolve my issue. Cannot say thank you enough." Greetingz, Wim

Try sunity in taiwan think they have what you need mabe 30 dollars us or cheaper

I am sorry to tell you, but Victron is simply the best brand for this on planet earth 🙂 Yes, it is expensive, but you get what you pay for. We have used it for 4 years, fulltime living on our boat, and it never had let us down. Next project (we sold the boat) will have only Victron again. Except the LiFePO4 batteries, because there are cheaper brands with exactly the same Chinese cells in it.

You are welcome! 🙂

I wish I remembered where I found a manual, Simon, but it's too long ago. I'm sorry.

🙂

Kalimera! 🙂 Yeah, it was quite an experience, huh?! You are the captain with the missing finger, right? We often talk about that storm with other people. It was wild, but we are grateful for the experience and that the boat survived. It is a shame we had to blur parts of that video, because the owners of that other catamaran didn't want us to show them anymore. Oh, we are doing well (I hope you do too), but we are not sailing anymore. A few months ago we sold the boat, and we are now starting to build a camper van. Greetingz, Wim

Actually I am the last one in the green shirt! We also talked the day before the bad weather! New adventures on land now for you then! Good luck leave a happy life!

Thanx! 🙂Yeah, the oil is okay too. It's less messy when you do it with a little grease, though. By the way, the Yanmar factory advizes to use 15W30 or 15W40 instead of 80W90 when the saildrive is connected to the 1GM10 engine. Strange, huh? And I'm sorry, but I don't know that part number... And I can't check it, because we sold the boat by now.

Thanx! 🙂

You're welcome! And well, it's not that difficult. You just need to know what you need to do :-)

Thanx! 🙂

Yep, that's right. Keep it the same. It is strange indeed! :-)

Hey, Andrew! Yes, time for a new chapter in our chaotic life, haha! It looks like we have sold it, but of course we need to wait till the money is in our bank account. But we are looking forward to new things. Not sure what hey are, though.

That Daly sucks on the rest percentage indeed! And we already had a Victron smart shunt 🙂

I never did a video on that, right? 🤔 But yes. We bought a new membrane (expensive stuff!) and also added a second feed pump, and have used it for the last two years. It gives a little less fresh water than spec, because of little grooves in the cilinders, but still 38l/hr, which is more than enough for everything (showering, dishes, cooking, drinking, washing machine). It is one of the best additions to our boat! Love it! After our LiFePO4 batteries are full (which is often before noon), we run the watermaker purely on the solar panels. But what are your issues?

@@DoubleUThings well I have the spectra vt150, I took it apart for maintenance and cleaning after storing it for 2 years. When I reassembled it I wasn't making any water. My feed pressure gauge had always been faulty so i then replaced the feed gauge to see I was only making 20psi feed pressure. I then took everything apart again but all the seals were in place and everything looked in good condition. So second time testing, I blocked the brine discharge which built up enough pressure to enough to move the piston in the top block, which then allowed me to purge the rest of the air out and develop good feed pressure. So now I am able to make 22l per hour. Finicky machines these things but undoubtedly a good product

Thanx! 🙂 $990.-?!!!!! I got the kit for €150,- including tax in Europe. So that would be $161,-. Although that is a few years ago, of course and in Europe. But the company is in the States, so I guess that local rep of yours earns a lot of money! Below you'll find the address in Greece that I bought them from. Drakos Yacht Services PC 263 Agiou Dimitriou Avenue | Agios Dimitrios Athens 17342 | Greece | T: +30 216 700 50 49 M: +30 6947 89 88 72 E: iraklis@drakosyacht.gr W: www.drakosyacht.gr

Thanx! 🙂

Thanx! 🙂

I don't know if it's still beautiful, but we loved it that time 🙂

Haha, niet dat ik weet! 😂 Ik zal nog eens kijken.

Even op HD gekeken. Je zou het wel denken, hè?!

@@DoubleUThings ja he? ik heb ff geen goed genoeg internet voor HD. Normaal zie je nooit dolfijnen als het zo ruig is..

Thank you! Jealous? The boat is for sale! 😊

@@DoubleUThings I have to wait for one year to go sailing again for longer. So too early to buy, but it was actually why I found your channel. Nice cat 👍

Well, I am glad that video was so useful for you! 🙂 Thanx for the nice words! And happy travels too.

Haha! Well, I'm happy you think our videos will be of some help to you. Ah, you are living on one of those long, low ones? Good for the canals. And roomy. If you want to hear us talk Dutch more, watch our other (now sleeping) UA-cam channel. That is just Dutch spoken ("Wim Keesmaat")

Hey, dear piepels! Lots of blessings from above in 2024 for you guys. Don't now if we will keep making videos. Maybe start doing other type of videos in Dutch again after we sold the boat. With more "deeper-thoughts-of-Wim-about-all-kinds-of-subjects" videos. And plans? We are thinking about going back to the Netherlands and go live on a motoryacht over there. But plans could easily change. Especially with all things that are happening and boiling in the Middle East - maybe the world is going to burn. And we don't know how much time we have left, right? Hoping to make good use of the time we have left.

Hey, I don't see any videos of you anymore 🙂 You still have the Dean?

Haha, this video was just some leftovers. Don't exagerrate it :-) But thanx, and the same to you. Blessings for 2024!

Thanx, and lots of blessings for you for 2024!

Thanx! And a good and blessed 2024 for you!

For you too, Trev! And thanx for all the hours you put into the Feastbook UA-cam Sailing pages!

Thanx! You too. Lots of blessings for 2024!

Yeah, it was just some rest material from the previous vlog, but I thought it was just too nice to leave it 🙂 Have a good, blessed new year, Andrew!

Time for a new chapter! We almost never ever do someting for more than 5 years, so it was about time, haha! :-) Thanx!

Sunny regards back! 🙂 Haha, the old discussion about what's best. I don't think it makes a difference. There are people who say that if you turn it forward, the driving wind rams some extra air into the engine, a kind of week turbo, zo to say, but 4x4's drive way to slow to make in difference regarding that. The most important thing is that you don't get water into the snorkle, so in that perspective backwards is robably the best.

Haha! We hope the same. Oh, I still have footage for at least one more video, maybe even two. Thanx for you nice words, man.

Can a Dutchman be without a boat? Perherbs a small Aak as the next boat? 😉

Haha! Ja, het zeilen is voorbij! I still have footage for one more video, but that's it. We are planning to return to the Netherlands for now, but of course we first have to sell the Dean. Besides Geert? 🙂 Well, let's see if he can lead the country. But hey, it's easy to do it better than the lying and country-ruining government we had. And yes, we want to buy a motoryacht to live on.

Veel Zegen met wat jullie hierna gaan doen.

@@marijkeholwerda2211 Ja, we stoppen met zeilen. We zijn van plan om voorlopig naar Nederland terug te gaan, deze boot te verkopen en in Nederland een motorjacht te kopen om erop te gaan wonen. En dank je! 🙂 maar er komt in elk geval nog een laatste video van de Balearen naar hier!

Hoop de verkoop voorspoedig gaat.

@@marijkeholwerda2211 Ik weet niet of we dat wel willen, haha! Het klimaat is hier tien keer beter dan in Patatta!

Haha, I still have footage for at least one more video 🙂 And thanx for your nice remark! Greetingz, Wim

Perhaps explaining your decision and what’s next? I assume we are of similar age and have been inspired by your unbelievable can do attitude, your un-breakable positive attitude and your un faltering love and dedication to your wife. Both wonderful people. I wish you luck, health and happiness in whatever your next adventure will be! Regards Farrel

@@linejunction Thanx again, Farrel. Yeah, planning to do some explanation in the "last" video. We don't exactly know what we are going to do yet. We want to buy an older motoryacht to go live on in in the Netherlands, but maybe it's going to be something totally different. Same age? I am 58 years old. Physically. Mentally... don't know for sure 🙂 And about videos... I don't know either. Because I still have a fulltime job, I just can't put so much time in videos as I should. And making videos like this is getting old. But who knows...

@@DoubleUThings so I’m a year older but do have more hair 😉