Sailboat upgrades
Posts about upgrades we have done to our boat.
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Winter storage 2025 – a new approach
Every year, assembling the cover stand ends in frustration. The metal tubes are heavy, prone to bending, hard to assemble, and generally a pain to handle. When I saw the pipes this year,…
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Cabin lighting with Red Light
After having to replace the on/off switch in both lamps, and even re-bend the light fixtures inside because the lens kept falling out, I felt it was finally time to replace the cabin…
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Lithium battery upgrade onboard Red Line
As with many other boats and actually all the boats I’ve owned in the past – the electric system was in disaster mode when we bought Red Line. It had three lead-acid batteries…
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Looking for a pink lightweight rubber dinghy?
Choosing the right dinghy proved to be a bigger challenge than we expected. We wanted something small and lightweight that wouldn’t eat up all the space onboard, even if stored below deck. It…
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Air Only Ventilator installation
The old budget ventilation never really worked as intended. In heavy seas they let water straight through. By design, those vents are fine for inshore use — but offshore they’re simply useless. They…
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Usb-C charging onboard with PD
The ability to work onboard with a laptop is essential — at least in my line of work. I work for the best travel app in the world, Flightradar24, and more often than…
