Wondering if this maybe only applies to German domestic buyers and not international buyers. Since you can only find this information in German version of the SVB site.

Saga continues: We took the boat out of water and as it turns out, upper shrouds also had cracks in same spot. Company who made wrong T-terminals sent new ones free of charge, but as it turns out some time ago Selden has redesigned T-terminals. They are a bit thicker than my old original Selden shro...

So about about 4 years ago I replaced all my standing rigging, with dyform (compact strand) 5mm shrouds + forestay. Using Bluewave T-terminals (although, I actually ordered OEM Selden T-terminals, it looks like they were actually Bluewave). On Friday my lower shroud T terminal broke. It was a delive...

OK, here is what I learned. Cold start is so much better than with normal diesel. Needs half a turn, when with normal diesel my engine starts with 2-3 turns. I took all old fuel out and used pure HVO, did not mix, to see the difference. But it was not perfect. Something in engine did not agree with ...

My research also came in conclusion that HVO is even more resistant to diesel bug than regular diesel (witch in EU probably always has some % of FAME in it) Also the guy with Volvo Penta MD7, said that after owning his boat for 5 years (4 using HVO) he looked into fuel tank and it was clean. What I ...

It can be mixed in any ratio. So no problem adding it to regular diesel (or vice versa). But I will probably pump out old diesel from tank and also clean water separator, since it should be cleaned once a year anyway. I can use old diesel in my heater. Only reason I want to put pure HVO into empty t...

I found that too, but is 1GM produced in 80s same as 1GM-s produced now? But that probably does not matter. I cant find any reason HVO cant be used in any diesel engine. So I will probably try it. Only negative side (besides higher price) is that I cant get it in any marina. Must haul it on boat in ...

Has anybody used HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) diesel with original Yanmar 1gm engines? It is supposed to burn much cleaner and therefore be better for engine and also less smoke from exhaust. It is about 15% more expensive than regular diesel, but considering sailboat does not use much fuel, it ...

Here is a video from yesterday from across the pond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_BcWv6-A0 Was our second race this year, first with wind (about 8-10 m/s) and also first test with our new Tyra Ply heavy G1. Got 1. place. G1 worked amazingly, main is new too, but tack fitting must be reworked t...

I removed most of gelcoat in keel stub area under the existing floor frame and on the frame where it is directly over stub (about 75% was bare fiberglass), less under new plywood frame in stub. But most of gelcoat remains on the "upper" area of keel, still there are some spots that is bare...

Now here is extra plywood floor laminated in

and after painting:

Last year, when we did bottom wash and cutlass joint was wet, I noticed that there was some minor flex (I saw the flexing thanks to water movement on joint). Easiest fix was to laminate it over, so i bough unidirectional carbon fiber for the job. 20240420_123118.jpg Also decided to strengthen bottom...

Yes, this weekend there will be 3rd and 4th group (smaller boats) ORC Estonian champs in Hiiumaa, but much less boats are expected to participate there. Gonna be there also, to defend our title.

Thought i share some videos with you guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtLDvwJuv0o Channel has some more videos in it from same regatta and there will be more from upcoming races. (videos with length just over 4 minutes are only starts, all videos so far start exactly at 4 minute signal) Also no...

Update: So I ordered and have already received North Sails NPL triradial light genoa, obviously have not used it yet, but I have high hopes. New main will have to wait at least a year. New main and replacing my current G1 (in previous pictures) with med/haevy North triradial. (Note that light G1 I o...