Brilliant old school solution that simply reverses the polarity to the motor for up and down. Not rocket science but certainly more than most people could do, Nice job! Looking forward to a video on the 1200nm journey to panama.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! I’m not an electric wizard but learned a few things through my life with old boats and cars. My vintage car had similar solutions so that’s where my idea origin from. All the best and cheers 🍻
Clever solution, well done. With the way tech is miniaturising and going hand held, I can see stand-alone tech being sufficient (battery systems, nav etc) for many sailors who choose to do without ALL the land based luxuries.
Thank you so much for watching and your comment. The more advanced things onboard the more that fails. Sometimes I dream about a really low tec boat without WiFi Bluetooth systems and computers everywhere. At the same time having house hold amenities like washer etc makes me a home feeling I’m not camping. So it’s a balance I guess. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congratulations Thomas. You are Da Vinci on the water, multi-disciplinary. Sailing, navigating, electronics, plumbing, mechanics, machining, jack of all trades. The quest for knowledge and solutions to problems never ends. Well done sir. You have a great channel.
Wow this was big words! Thank you so much for being here and your kind feedback. Much appreciated and hope my future episodes will not let you down. All the best and cheers 🍻
Definitely agree that life is getting too complex, no time for the things that matter. It seems a trivial complaint but it's actually a very important factor in finding true happiness - people spending all their effort on the tech rather than benefitting from the actual experience. Congrats on episode 100!
True words my friend! It’s a delicate balance between need to have and nice to have. A lot of things still makes the difference between being on a holiday rather than having it as a moving home. The balance here is the challenge. Thank you so much for watching and for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻
In this video you show a problem in the modern world. engineers have become so computer oriented that the knowledge of electromechanical solutions have ben lost. I am happy you had the knowledge to fix the problem in a better way. Looking forward to the next grade video
True words my friend! Sometimes easy to forget in the chase of having a floating home well setup. Thank you so much for being watching all my episodes and still here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Great less-is-more solution and very pedagogic with the wiring diagram - schoolbook example Mr Electric Wizard! 🤩🤪⚡️ Have a good sail, well deserved after all boat work! 🤙
Happy to see you make it to Episode 100! I've found a lot of things on my 'tiny' 37-foot Tayana are related to electrical corrosion! Cheers Thomas! I'm Single-handing too!
Thank you so much for watching and for being here! Tayana is a nice boat for single handing! Maybe I se you out here one day! Make sure to stop by if you see BE FREE🍻
This is so right. Too much built in complexity waiting to develop a problem. The same thing happened to cars. We used to be able to work on our motor and now you can’t even find it under the hood. Fixing things requires computers and software in addition to very special parts.
Thank you so much for watching and your comment! Your absolute right and look at old cars user manual compared today. The old ones even told you how to tune your valves and clean the carburettor. Now it’s don’t keep your cat in the glove compartment as it can die.... All the best and cheers 🍻
Thank you so much and sorry for late response due to poor WiFi and basically overwhelming amount of messages and comments. Thank you for being here. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congratulations Thomas on making your 100th episode. I am pleased to have watched them all, or at least most of them. I always enjoy your videos as they are well made and edited, educational, and always fun to watch. Take care, stay safe and healthy, and looking forward to the next 100 .
Congratulations on 100 episodes! Yes they cram too much electronics in modern boats, old electronics might need more wires however they are simple and easy to diagnose and fix.
Hi Thomas! You are quite right. There's a lot of electronic solutions that, at the same time, are potential problems. Difficult to find a balance I would say but, there's nothing wrong with the old "analogical" way of sailing. Have a good and safe crossing! Good winds!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! I’m torn between fascinating things helping me having a comfortable home and to much tech. Anyway all the best and cheers 🍻
Good one Thomas. Pretty clever fix on the door opener. I agree on the over technical issue, particularly with smaller ancillary systems. Trouble with these is designers get a low grade Micro Controller board made up, and they are less robust due to budget issues. And you can’t carry spare parts for every little facility. …So … based on that I am making a policy for my boat to base all smaller systems on Arduino electronics boards that then plug into the hardware feature of each facility. This way I can carry 10 spare boards, all loaded with the software for every function. Pull a failed board out, set the dip switches on the replacement to be the same as the one coming out, and I will be back up and running as long as it was a processor problem. I was looking at the Carling central switching modules, but then realized that to loose that much functionality to a lightning strike at sea or in a remote place was begging for failure. Had they make the brain of the unit an Arduino, rather than use their own microcontroller, it would be a simple fix to be back up and running. So thanks for that little worked example of how little things can go wrong. I like this new direction. I bought a bunch of Arduino processors and sensors to learn how to use them, now I am going to have to learn more quickly how to use and integrate them.
Wow! You know much more about this stuff than me👍🏻 I just had to work around a solution to fix my problems with limited resources. Anyway thank you so much for watching and your interesting comment. All the best and cheers 🍻
@@PaulBKal “Or just do without the electronics?” This is something that we can do. You can use a motor/generator to condition energy from solar panels for charging batteries, and it is something that may be necessary in a distant distopian future where the highly sequential electronics industry has collapsed due to climate change. However, quality electronics is a benefit to us all and we need to support that development through purchasing. Automotive electronics is proving to be relatively bulletproof, so the development of electronics to survive extreme environments is possible.
Thank you so much! Yes sometimes it’s almost overwhelming but then the sun shines and life is good. All the best and and thank you for being here. Cheers 🍻
Seen this before, mini computer when a couple of relays would do it. Nice that you found applicable relays locally. I have done similar up/down control by stringing 4 on/off relays together....very messy install. Yours looks nice and clean. Idk why manufacturers do this... possibly cheaper/faster during production/less wire idk.
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. It’s most likely time saving and easier installation, but makes it expensive and complicated later. All the best and cheers 🍻
Take a look at Holly on her TH-cam channel "Wind Hippy Sailing". She has a totally uncomplicated but functional set up on her 27 footer. She keeps the boat going in far away places on very little money. All the fancy things you have on your boat require lots of maintenance. You have good, professional support in Martinique. I fear for how you will maintain those items when you get to some far off Pacific atoll. I think for an offshore sailor in far away places, there is a lot to be said for the KISS approach: "Keep It Simple, Stupid". My fear relates to my desire for you to have successful adventures, because I very much enjoy your videos and always wish you well.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your concern. I have lots of spare parts onboard and also should be in pretty good condition now for quite a while. Critical things like rig and sails, hull and engine are all good. So hopefully I will not have to much trouble in the near future. All the best and cheers 🍻
Good on the 100th episode. As far as the complication of things, it comes with luxuries, and most times unnecessarily really. The more electronic things, the more things to break down and more complications. Some see some luxuries as such, and to some they are necessities. Such is life!
Thank you so much for watching and your kind diplomatic words! I’m totally agree with you. It’s a balance between being on camping or having a home that you can sail around. I try to keep things down to a minimum but some things is also needed yet source of extra challenges and maintenance. All the best and cheers 🍻
Hallo Thomas, i have enjoyed part 1 and 2 , 1300 nm sailing. Looking forward to go sailing like you one day. Learn a lot from you, take good care, fair winds and cheers from Geilo, in the mountains of Norway
You got that right Thomas, modern boats are all too complicated. I had a similar problem with a computer controlled AC Unit. I did what you did and it's all good now. bypassed the computer and went to on/off switches. I like the long ship you drew. that's a bit too simple. You got your point across though. Keep up the good work and have safe journey. see ya in the next video bro! :o)
Thank you so much for your comment and for being here! Well done on your AC unit👍🏻 Sometimes I miss my low tech boat with foot pump water and barley any need of batteries onboard. Thank you for watching and all the best🍻
Been waiting for the right sort of episode to introduce you to my friends. They are all electrical engineers so this is the right one to share. I'm hoping you have sorted all issues and are in transit. Definitely time to get south and west.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing my channel as well. I’m an amateur when it comes to electronics among lots of other things. So I hope your friends where not disappointed after watching. All the best and cheers 🍻
Great videos - I look forward to them every week. Would love to see a video on how you adapt to sailing solo, particularly the additional challenges of setting & retrieving the anchor, picking up moorings, docking, climbing the mast, doing overnight/long passages, etc
Thank you so much for your kind words and input in what you wanna see here. Future episodes will cover more of this, but even older episodes have lots of what you wanna see. Thank you for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Im with you - I enjoy progress and problem solving but I prefer adventure, sailing and time with people. Hauling dinghy around, even with davits is a pain but its manageable & predictable. Frankly some of the things we do even on land for ease and comfort - I look now across our kitchen at a rumbling ice-maker and dishwasher. Our grandparents lives were not so much more miserable for occasionally having to wash up or wait for ice. As I look to my next boat Im thinking to allocating points for complexity to all components on board and weighting performance, safety and comfort factors. Has someone has done this before?
Yes I’m with you! Less is more in so many ways. Keep it stupid simple and it’s more time for fun and sailing. My first sailboat I could go on holiday with some decades ago was so simple yet functional in so many ways. I bought it, sailed it a year and made money on it when I sold it. I did not spend a dollar or work on it, only joy! Many times I have looked back at this concluding with the fact it was not much to go wrong on it. All the best 🍻
I agree with your thought about using too many electronic equipment on the boat, a lot better using relays and switches, keeping it simple, safe sail to Panam, hope yupass by Ecuador, let me know in advance
Thank you so much for watching and for being here! I’m actually thinking about stopping in Ecuador. Feel free to head over to my IG or FB accounts and drop me a private message. Same name as this channel. All the best and cheers 🍻
It's OK without some sailing. However, your episodes always contain exciting and worthwhile material. The failed "computer" probably is not worth more than USD 100:-, but this is boating; thus, Bavaria charges a ridiculous amount for spare parts. Cheers.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Your absolute right prices are ridiculous as soon as you spell boat in front of parts🤣 Thank you for watching and all the best 🍻
We’ve chartered three boats with electric transom door openers, Beneteau, Jeanneau & Bavarian. None of them worked. In every case there was a rope tied to them and then around a winch to lift them up and lower them down. Each charter manager said they were more problem than anything else on their boats and regularly failed on the first charter! Owners like the idea of them but won’t pay for the constant repairs needed, so charter firms greatly preferred it if they were set up with rope and winch from the get go. They are a classic case of a completely unnecessary complication on a sailboat.
Thank you so much for your feedback and for watching! Yes I totally agree with you but that said the solution on BE FREE worked flawless for 7-8 years before it was destroyed at the hard by a heavy duty forklift. I believe you expose the truth about charters... In my opinion the fastest way to destroy a yacht is to put in charter. It could be lack of knowledge but also necessary information before sending clients out with a boat they don’t know. Guess if they knew the things I showed in this episodes the lifting systems would last longer. That said as I pointed out it’s not optimal solution for a charter boat. Lots of people jus give a shitt when it’s rented. Just look at the episode I made with the record of destroying catamarans in a week. Probably the worlds most expensive charter week ever. Only a hurricane could destroy more boats in a week than one company chartering 80 boats. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congrats on ep. 100, great work :) Regarding the linear actuators, do they have internal end stops preventing you to damage the gears or motors? Do they move in sync? If one moves faster than the other you can risk material damage. The computer probably have some sort of position feedback from the actuators, speed ramping and other stuff one often doesn't need.
They do have internal micro switches thats cut the power when at position up or down. I have also added a switch to override for manual calibration if needed. All the best and cheers 🍻
That is what I would have done to solve the problem too. A control board for 800 euros is just pure robbery. You could also set it up with a different remote as you can see on Ebay for under $50.
Typically you do not wire the relays in parallel, but serially using their three-way contacts. That way the second relay has nothing to switch in case the first one is already active. No extra hardware needed and it saves you from blowing a fuse should a relay stick. I suspect the actuators are ramped and their current is watched in case of something blocking them, but 800 USD is not justified in any way. Yet another case where open hardware would help that is built to last and possible to diagnose and repair.
Thank you for watching and your feedback! Much appreciated. I’m no expert in this field and only tried to solve my challenge. For sure it could been done better and even smarter. But somehow it does it work and I’m happy. All the best and cheers 🍻
Hi Thomas, bit belated however couldn't you have simply fitted an inexpensive trailer hand crank winch for that platform? Thus doing away with electronics. Great videos btw.
Hi there! Thank you so much for watching. It’s several solutions evaluated from my side but no matter which alternative solution it would be some challenges. The “garage door/platform” is seriously heavy wich off course could be solved for the lifting process. However getting it synchronised would be a challenge as well as getting it open from closed position as it leans into the aft. I can barley push it out enough to have gravity to help me as I tried this and also made som solutions using my electric winches to close it. So end of the day original solution is a priority but also much faster and easier fix. All the best and cheers 🍻
Hi Thomas, another very interesting Video! I am thinking to buy a Bavaria Cruiser 55 from a charter company in Greece. Last Weekend i went to Greece to see the boat. Fortunately it was a very rainy day and water was coming in on almost every window including the outside hull windows. I can fix the windows by myself no problem but the water is coming in since about 2 years and it was wet in the bilge and also in some compartments of the keel grid. Do you think it's a problem when water has been there for a longer time?
Bad MOSFET under that heatsink I'd bet - your old school relays will last much better - I bet that board does 10 things for other optional items and thats why its so complex. Happy sailing and good luck!
It has been crossing my mind. Who knows wat the future brings but at the moment I enjoy nice temperatures and palm trees. Most of my life have been cold water sailing in rough weathers, so what I’m doing now is a great change to me. All the best and cheers 🍻
Hi Thomas, earlier i sent you a link to a remote control garage door opener but got deleted by TH-cam ( i do understand)... it would be great when approaching the closed transom from your dingy below. It cost a mere US$10 instead of the replacement $750+ and works with 6 to 30v DC... will send you that link again if keen. Cheers wwlee Singapore
@@wwlee9583 Thanks! YouToob Censorship has no bounds. Anyway I managed to fix the transom hatch, was just as simple as some corroded wires on the contractor unit.
Thank you so much for watching and for your effort trying to help me. TH-cam automatically delete all comments with links due to spam and not always good intentions behind the links shared. All the best and cheers 🍻
git yer sea legs again and the salt on your face point her north west( ? ) and head for panama and the pacific , Keep the dream alive ,who knows who you might meet along the way (wink wink ,nod nod)
Brilliant old school solution that simply reverses the polarity to the motor for up and down. Not rocket science but certainly more than most people could do, Nice job! Looking forward to a video on the 1200nm journey to panama.
yes, nice fix! These actuators should switch themselves off at end of travel, so I wonder what special thing this $800 box did.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! I’m not an electric wizard but learned a few things through my life with old boats and cars. My vintage car had similar solutions so that’s where my idea origin from. All the best and cheers 🍻
Thomas you nailed it, give me 'old school', the world is a total mess. Wishing you safe sail. Await your next episode.
Thank you so much Bill🙏🏻 All the best and cheers 🍻
Clever solution, well done. With the way tech is miniaturising and going hand held, I can see stand-alone tech being sufficient (battery systems, nav etc) for many sailors who choose to do without ALL the land based luxuries.
Thank you so much for watching and your comment. The more advanced things onboard the more that fails. Sometimes I dream about a really low tec boat without WiFi Bluetooth systems and computers everywhere. At the same time having house hold amenities like washer etc makes me a home feeling I’m not camping. So it’s a balance I guess. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congratulations Thomas. You are Da Vinci on the water, multi-disciplinary. Sailing, navigating, electronics, plumbing, mechanics, machining, jack of all trades. The quest for knowledge and solutions to problems never ends. Well done sir. You have a great channel.
Wow this was big words! Thank you so much for being here and your kind feedback. Much appreciated and hope my future episodes will not let you down. All the best and cheers 🍻
Definitely agree that life is getting too complex, no time for the things that matter. It seems a trivial complaint but it's actually a very important factor in finding true happiness - people spending all their effort on the tech rather than benefitting from the actual experience.
Congrats on episode 100!
True words my friend! It’s a delicate balance between need to have and nice to have. A lot of things still makes the difference between being on a holiday rather than having it as a moving home. The balance here is the challenge. Thank you so much for watching and for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Excellent as usual. Thank you, Thomas, and fair winds to your destination. And no thunderstorms.
Thank you so much🙏🏻 All the best and cheers 🍻
In this video you show a problem in the modern world. engineers have become so computer oriented that the knowledge of electromechanical solutions have ben lost.
I am happy you had the knowledge to fix the problem in a better way. Looking forward to the next grade video
Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching! Happy you enjoyed this solution to my challenge. All the best and cheers 🍻
KISS the standard for all cruising yachts ,Another very informative post , Well done reaching 100 , Enjoyed every one .
True words my friend! Sometimes easy to forget in the chase of having a floating home well setup. Thank you so much for being watching all my episodes and still here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Great less-is-more solution and very pedagogic with the wiring diagram - schoolbook example Mr Electric Wizard! 🤩🤪⚡️ Have a good sail, well deserved after all boat work! 🤙
Thank you so much for always kind words and for being here. All the best and cheers 🍻
Happy to see you make it to Episode 100! I've found a lot of things on my 'tiny' 37-foot Tayana are related to electrical corrosion! Cheers Thomas! I'm Single-handing too!
Tayana 37=around the world cruiser
Thank you so much for watching and for being here! Tayana is a nice boat for single handing! Maybe I se you out here one day! Make sure to stop by if you see BE FREE🍻
Good job. Just heat shrink over all those connectors individually.
Yes heat shrink is important on a boat! Thank you so much for watching and all the best 🍻
This is so right. Too much built in complexity waiting to develop a problem. The same thing happened to cars. We used to be able to work on our motor and now you can’t even find it under the hood. Fixing things requires computers and software in addition to very special parts.
Thank you so much for watching and your comment! Your absolute right and look at old cars user manual compared today. The old ones even told you how to tune your valves and clean the carburettor. Now it’s don’t keep your cat in the glove compartment as it can die.... All the best and cheers 🍻
Great work around Thomas.Look forward to your change of scenery .
Thank you so much and sorry for late response due to poor WiFi and basically overwhelming amount of messages and comments. Thank you for being here. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congratulations on episode 100! Fair winds for the Panama leg.
Thank you so much for watching and for being here! Cheers 🍻
You’re welcome Thomas, catching up with all the missed episodes 🤙🏼
Thank you so much🙏🏻 All the best 🍻
Safe sailing THOMAS!! I agree with the analog theory..
Thank you so much for watching! Cheers 🍻
Congratulations Thomas on making your 100th episode. I am pleased to have watched them all, or at least most of them. I always enjoy your videos as they are well made and edited, educational, and always fun to watch. Take care, stay safe and healthy, and looking forward to the next 100 .
Thank you so much for your inspiring words and for being here watching my videos. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congratulations on 100 episodes!
Yes they cram too
much electronics in modern boats, old electronics might need more wires however they are simple and easy to diagnose and fix.
True words my friend! Thank you so much for watching and your comment. All the best and cheers 🍻
SHINE BRIGHT THOMAS!!💥👍REGARDS FROM AUSTRALIA!!💚👊
Thank you so much for being here and for watching🙏🏻 All the best and cheers 🍻
Thank you for pointing out, that there usually is another way. If you stop and think about the problem. Greatly appreciated! Fair winds to 🇵🇦
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Great post Thomas ✨️
Stay strong, free, happy and healthy. 💪
Cheers 🍻 🌞🌴⛵
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words! All the best and cheers 🍻
Like the smile u made when u made the hatch work again😁
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 All the best and cheers 🍻
Hi Thomas!
You are quite right. There's a lot of electronic solutions that, at the same time, are potential problems. Difficult to find a balance I would say but, there's nothing wrong with the old "analogical" way of sailing.
Have a good and safe crossing!
Good winds!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! I’m torn between fascinating things helping me having a comfortable home and to much tech. Anyway all the best and cheers 🍻
Good one Thomas. Pretty clever fix on the door opener. I agree on the over technical issue, particularly with smaller ancillary systems. Trouble with these is designers get a low grade Micro Controller board made up, and they are less robust due to budget issues. And you can’t carry spare parts for every little facility. …So … based on that I am making a policy for my boat to base all smaller systems on Arduino electronics boards that then plug into the hardware feature of each facility. This way I can carry 10 spare boards, all loaded with the software for every function. Pull a failed board out, set the dip switches on the replacement to be the same as the one coming out, and I will be back up and running as long as it was a processor problem. I was looking at the Carling central switching modules, but then realized that to loose that much functionality to a lightning strike at sea or in a remote place was begging for failure. Had they make the brain of the unit an Arduino, rather than use their own microcontroller, it would be a simple fix to be back up and running. So thanks for that little worked example of how little things can go wrong. I like this new direction. I bought a bunch of Arduino processors and sensors to learn how to use them, now I am going to have to learn more quickly how to use and integrate them.
Wow! You know much more about this stuff than me👍🏻 I just had to work around a solution to fix my problems with limited resources. Anyway thank you so much for watching and your interesting comment. All the best and cheers 🍻
Or just do without the electronics.
@@PaulBKal “Or just do without the electronics?” This is something that we can do. You can use a motor/generator to condition energy from solar panels for charging batteries, and it is something that may be necessary in a distant distopian future where the highly sequential electronics industry has collapsed due to climate change. However, quality electronics is a benefit to us all and we need to support that development through purchasing. Automotive electronics is proving to be relatively bulletproof, so the development of electronics to survive extreme environments is possible.
Congratulations on 100 episodes!!
More and more stuff just means more and more work !! Great fix Thomas !!
Fair winds ⛵️
Thank you so much! Yes sometimes it’s almost overwhelming but then the sun shines and life is good. All the best and and thank you for being here. Cheers 🍻
congratulations on 100 episodes. Always look forward to your videos. Looking forward to seeing your trip to Panama.
Thank you so much for your kind words! All the best and cheers 🍻
Seen this before, mini computer when a couple of relays would do it. Nice that you found applicable relays locally. I have done similar up/down control by stringing 4 on/off relays together....very messy install. Yours looks nice and clean.
Idk why manufacturers do this... possibly cheaper/faster during production/less wire idk.
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. It’s most likely time saving and easier installation, but makes it expensive and complicated later. All the best and cheers 🍻
Be safe and have fun, Thomas!!
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas 👍👍
Great work-around for a complicated (and expensive) problem!
Thank you so much for watching and your comment! All the best and cheers 🍻
Nice fix on the garage!! Sweet!! 👍👍
Thank you for watching and for your comments! All the best and cheers p
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Take a look at Holly on her TH-cam channel "Wind Hippy Sailing". She has a totally uncomplicated but functional set up on her 27 footer. She keeps the boat going in far away places on very little money. All the fancy things you have on your boat require lots of maintenance. You have good, professional support in Martinique. I fear for how you will maintain those items when you get to some far off Pacific atoll. I think for an offshore sailor in far away places, there is a lot to be said for the KISS approach: "Keep It Simple, Stupid". My fear relates to my desire for you to have successful adventures, because I very much enjoy your videos and always wish you well.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your concern. I have lots of spare parts onboard and also should be in pretty good condition now for quite a while. Critical things like rig and sails, hull and engine are all good. So hopefully I will not have to much trouble in the near future. All the best and cheers 🍻
bonjournice to meet you,Enjoyed. amazing !guy.📽
Thank you so much and thank you for being here! Cheers 🍻
Safe travels & congrats on 💯! Cheers 🍻
Thank you so much and cheers 🍻
Good on the 100th episode. As far as the complication of things, it comes with luxuries, and most times unnecessarily really. The more electronic things, the more things to break down and more complications. Some see some luxuries as such, and to some they are necessities. Such is life!
Thank you so much for watching and your kind diplomatic words! I’m totally agree with you. It’s a balance between being on camping or having a home that you can sail around. I try to keep things down to a minimum but some things is also needed yet source of extra challenges and maintenance. All the best and cheers 🍻
Congrat on first 100, looking forward at next 100, fair winds, take good care and cheers 😀
Thank you so much! All the best and cheers 🍻
Hallo Thomas, i have enjoyed part 1 and 2 , 1300 nm sailing. Looking forward to go sailing like you one day.
Learn a lot from you, take good care, fair winds and cheers from Geilo, in the mountains of Norway
Cheers Thomas.
Cheers 🍻
Subscribed due to this work around. If I had found the other videos then I would have subbed also. André in Sydney
Thank you so much for subscribing and for being here! Much appreciated 🙏🏻 Welcome aboard my adventure here. All the best and cheers 🍻
You got that right Thomas, modern boats are all too complicated. I had a similar problem with a computer controlled AC Unit. I did what you did and it's all good now. bypassed the computer and went to on/off switches. I like the long ship you drew. that's a bit too simple. You got your point across though. Keep up the good work and have safe journey. see ya in the next video bro! :o)
Thank you so much for your comment and for being here! Well done on your AC unit👍🏻 Sometimes I miss my low tech boat with foot pump water and barley any need of batteries onboard. Thank you for watching and all the best🍻
Been waiting for the right sort of episode to introduce you to my friends. They are all electrical engineers so this is the right one to share. I'm hoping you have sorted all issues and are in transit. Definitely time to get south and west.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing my channel as well. I’m an amateur when it comes to electronics among lots of other things. So I hope your friends where not disappointed after watching. All the best and cheers 🍻
Great videos - I look forward to them every week. Would love to see a video on how you adapt to sailing solo, particularly the additional challenges of setting & retrieving the anchor, picking up moorings, docking, climbing the mast, doing overnight/long passages, etc
Thank you so much for your kind words and input in what you wanna see here. Future episodes will cover more of this, but even older episodes have lots of what you wanna see. Thank you for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Happy 💯❗
The best!😍😍
Thank you so much! Cheers 🍻
Im with you - I enjoy progress and problem solving but I prefer adventure, sailing and time with people. Hauling dinghy around, even with davits is a pain but its manageable & predictable. Frankly some of the things we do even on land for ease and comfort - I look now across our kitchen at a rumbling ice-maker and dishwasher. Our grandparents lives were not so much more miserable for occasionally having to wash up or wait for ice. As I look to my next boat Im thinking to allocating points for complexity to all components on board and weighting performance, safety and comfort factors. Has someone has done this before?
Yes I’m with you! Less is more in so many ways. Keep it stupid simple and it’s more time for fun and sailing. My first sailboat I could go on holiday with some decades ago was so simple yet functional in so many ways. I bought it, sailed it a year and made money on it when I sold it. I did not spend a dollar or work on it, only joy! Many times I have looked back at this concluding with the fact it was not much to go wrong on it.
All the best 🍻
I agree with your thought about using too many electronic equipment on the boat, a lot better using relays and switches, keeping it simple, safe sail to Panam, hope yupass by Ecuador, let me know in advance
Thank you so much for watching and for being here! I’m actually thinking about stopping in Ecuador. Feel free to head over to my IG or FB accounts and drop me a private message. Same name as this channel. All the best and cheers 🍻
It's OK without some sailing. However, your episodes always contain exciting and worthwhile material. The failed "computer" probably is not worth more than USD 100:-, but this is boating; thus, Bavaria charges a ridiculous amount for spare parts. Cheers.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Your absolute right prices are ridiculous as soon as you spell boat in front of parts🤣 Thank you for watching and all the best 🍻
Well done more vids please
Thank you so much for watching and being here! I try to make as much videos I have capacity for being alone on everything. All the best and cheers 🍻
We’ve chartered three boats with electric transom door openers, Beneteau, Jeanneau & Bavarian. None of them worked. In every case there was a rope tied to them and then around a winch to lift them up and lower them down. Each charter manager said they were more problem than anything else on their boats and regularly failed on the first charter! Owners like the idea of them but won’t pay for the constant repairs needed, so charter firms greatly preferred it if they were set up with rope and winch from the get go. They are a classic case of a completely unnecessary complication on a sailboat.
Thank you so much for your feedback and for watching! Yes I totally agree with you but that said the solution on BE FREE worked flawless for 7-8 years before it was destroyed at the hard by a heavy duty forklift. I believe you expose the truth about charters... In my opinion the fastest way to destroy a yacht is to put in charter.
It could be lack of knowledge but also necessary information before sending clients out with a boat they don’t know. Guess if they knew the things I showed in this episodes the lifting systems would last longer. That said as I pointed out it’s not optimal solution for a charter boat. Lots of people jus give a shitt when it’s rented.
Just look at the episode I made with the record of destroying catamarans in a week. Probably the worlds most expensive charter week ever. Only a hurricane could destroy more boats in a week than one company chartering 80 boats.
All the best and cheers 🍻
Analog is the best!
Sure is! I have even installed a hard button controlling my windlass from helmstation. Remotecontrollers are so unreliable also.
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Congrats on ep. 100, great work :)
Regarding the linear actuators, do they have internal end stops preventing you to damage the gears or motors? Do they move in sync? If one moves faster than the other you can risk material damage.
The computer probably have some sort of position feedback from the actuators, speed ramping and other stuff one often doesn't need.
They do have internal micro switches thats cut the power when at position up or down. I have also added a switch to override for manual calibration if needed. All the best and cheers 🍻
Well done, share the schematics, just in case my "computer" craps out as well! :P
Hey my friend! I can share it with you on messenger if you like. Thank you so much for watching! All the best and cheers 🍻
That is what I would have done to solve the problem too. A control board for 800 euros is just pure robbery. You could also set it up with a different remote as you can see on Ebay for under $50.
Thank you so much for watching and your kind comment.Lots of options on EBay for sure. Thank you for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻
Typically you do not wire the relays in parallel, but serially using their three-way contacts. That way the second relay has nothing to switch in case the first one is already active. No extra hardware needed and it saves you from blowing a fuse should a relay stick. I suspect the actuators are ramped and their current is watched in case of something blocking them, but 800 USD is not justified in any way. Yet another case where open hardware would help that is built to last and possible to diagnose and repair.
Thank you for watching and your feedback! Much appreciated. I’m no expert in this field and only tried to solve my challenge. For sure it could been done better and even smarter. But somehow it does it work and I’m happy. All the best and cheers 🍻
Hi Thomas, bit belated however couldn't you have simply fitted an inexpensive trailer hand crank winch for that platform? Thus doing away with electronics. Great videos btw.
Hi there! Thank you so much for watching. It’s several solutions evaluated from my side but no matter which alternative solution it would be some challenges. The “garage door/platform” is seriously heavy wich off course could be solved for the lifting process. However getting it synchronised would be a challenge as well as getting it open from closed position as it leans into the aft.
I can barley push it out enough to have gravity to help me as I tried this and also made som solutions using my electric winches to close it.
So end of the day original solution is a priority but also much faster and easier fix.
All the best and cheers 🍻
Hi Thomas, another very interesting Video! I am thinking to buy a Bavaria Cruiser 55 from a charter company in Greece. Last Weekend i went to Greece to see the boat. Fortunately it was a very rainy day and water was coming in on almost every window including the outside hull windows. I can fix the windows by myself no problem but the water is coming in since about 2 years and it was wet in the bilge and also in some compartments of the keel grid. Do you think it's a problem when water has been there for a longer time?
Have a good passage
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 All the best and cheers 🍻
Bad MOSFET under that heatsink I'd bet - your old school relays will last much better - I bet that board does 10 things for other optional items and thats why its so complex. Happy sailing and good luck!
Thank you so much for watching and for your comment! I believe it’s going to work pretty well like this👌🏻 All the best and cheers 🍻
Gratulerer så mye med episode 100! 🥳🍾 Cheers 🍻
Takker og bukker 🍻 Bare å jobbe frem til neste hundre🤣🍻
Hey! How about going down the coast of brazil/argentina/horn! Sweet Ruca seem to be liking it...
It has been crossing my mind. Who knows wat the future brings but at the moment I enjoy nice temperatures and palm trees. Most of my life have been cold water sailing in rough weathers, so what I’m doing now is a great change to me. All the best and cheers 🍻
Gratulerer med 100 episoder :)
Tusen takk 🙏🏻 Smått utrolig at det har blitt hundre episoder allerede. Cheers 🍻
CHEERS !
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Congrats on episode 100!! Awesome!! 👍👍
Thank you so much! Cheers 🍻
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Hi Thomas, earlier i sent you a link to a remote control garage door opener but got deleted by TH-cam ( i do understand)... it would be great when approaching the closed transom from your dingy below. It cost a mere US$10 instead of the replacement $750+ and works with 6 to 30v DC... will send you that link again if keen. Cheers
wwlee
Singapore
Hi ww Can you share that with me too, having the same issue as Thomas..
@@jeroenkool3203 i tried twice leaving my email but got deleted.... 😡
@@wwlee9583 Thanks! YouToob Censorship has no bounds. Anyway I managed to fix the transom hatch, was just as simple as some corroded wires on the contractor unit.
@@jeroenkool3203 search for 'garage door opener' on the famous eastern site starting with an 'A'
Thank you so much for watching and for your effort trying to help me. TH-cam automatically delete all comments with links due to spam and not always good intentions behind the links shared. All the best and cheers 🍻
Technology & saltwater don't mix..
True words! Thank you so much for watching and for being here. All the best and cheers 🍻
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Thank you my friend 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
Be Safe.
Thank you so much🙏🏻 cheers 🍻
Where is sv wonderfull
She is in Panama. All the best and cheers 🍻
No such thing as plug and play, only "Plug and pray"
Ha ha🤣 True words! Thank you for watching and all the best 🍻
git yer sea legs again and the salt on your face point her north west( ? ) and head for panama and the pacific , Keep the dream alive ,who knows who you might meet along the way (wink wink ,nod nod)
Ha ha🤣 Thank you so much for watching and your funny comment! All the best and cheers 🍻
Nothing wrong with that