“Did the money arrive in your bank account yet?” I texted the seller of our soon-to-be Hanse 531 sailboat.
“No, not yet,” he answered.
Category: Hanse
A Hanse 531
We bought our next boat, and it is a Hanse 531!
Vinyl Wrapping Update
I’ve received a few questions about our whole vinyl wrapping experience, so here’s a short post about that!
Hanse 388 Rigging
A while ago I got a question about what lines go where on the deck, and a “maybe you could write a blog post about the rigging?” Yes, I can!
Hanse 388 Real-Life Performance
With a few hundred million more speed and wind data points in the database, here’s some fresh sailing performance data, and some humble guesses as to what it all means.
GPS Precision
Our Hanse 388 has three different GPS devices. A couple of days ago, when I was sorting through the position data, I came across some interesting glitches.
Sailing to Hel
After our wonderful stay on the island of Bornholm, we were now set to sail towards a country and a place none of us had ever visited before.
Fire Hazard
In my previous post I emptied my batteries and discovered that I had a boat problem that I couldn’t safely or legally solve myself.
7.3 Volts
I woke up and (like I often do) opened my app to check that Charlotte (the boat) was where she was supposed to be. Hmm. No data? Weird.
Calibrating Heading
Last week, during my fun solo sail from Finland to Åland and back, I had some issues with engaging the autopilot. Regular commentator and Hanse 385 owner Stuart chimed in (thank you!), and suggested I should check the calibration. So I did!