Tag: Hydraulics
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Getting the steering back on track… almost.
The steering problem that hit us during the trip from Västervik to Stockholm was quite simple. (Everything is once you know it, right?) The installation instructions clearly tell you to put a cap with a breader hole in the filling port of the steering pumps. But I have two steering pumps, and two breather holes…
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50% chance the keel will go up. Or down.
Olari has started to install the machinery that will lift the 5 ton keel up and down. The draft can be changed from 3.8 meters to 1.8 meters. This shallow draft is often necessary when entering small fishing harbors and secluded anchorages. We were joking about this this morning, since the last two boats that…