Category: Improvements

We have purchased PredictWind (PW) with a ‘Standard’ subscription. With this subscription, the following features are available. GPS tracking. Routing based on weather models (helps plan an optimal route for a crossing taking into account wind and […]

Now that we have much more battery capacity due to new lithium batteries, it makes sense to buy an induction cooker as an additional cooking option. To be able to be independent of gas with it. After all, not everywhere in the world is as […]

Just before our departure on March 2, after a night of anchoring on the Grevelingen, we decide to replace our current lead batteries with lithium batteries after all. In the morning the batteries are far empty with "for us normal use" […]

The last major maintenance before our sailing trip is new sails. We are forced to do this because our old EPEX laminate sails have completely delaminated after 8 years, leaving holes in them. Completely unusable. Toine goes on […]

The boat is now 17 years old and that is how long the rigging has been on it. Usually 15-20 years is given for the lifetime of the stay. For us a reason to switch to new rigging now so that also […]

We did hesitate for a while ... are we going for coppercoat or not? For those who don't know what that is ... coppercoat is an underwater paint that consists of an epoxy resin supplemented with a good amount of copper powder. Hence […]

When the underwater hull is completely bare, Toine finds out that many of the valves in the hull penetration are no longer good. These were put in new in 2017. Does that happen so fast? We apparently suffered from galvanic current […]

For when we leave next year, having a Starlink antenna on board will come in very handy. For those who do not know what Starlink is ... "it is satellite constellation under construction by the U.S. space company SpaceX (Elon Musk) for providing […]

On top of the davits is a great place for a solar panel with a standard size of 2×1 meters. We got tips from other boats on how to attach the panel. Toine finally chooses a way he made up himself. The mounting pieces are made according to […]

The improvements of 2023 are the Simpson davits and a new Highfield dinghy. We already bought the davits last year from HR parts, type S10 electric with remote control. The whole winter they are at Nova in the hall. In […]

In the late winter of 2023, Toine installs 5 new gauges above the cabin entrance and an Axiom+ 9-inch navigation screen on the helm. We can purchase the gauges relatively cheaply from HR parts in Sweden. Now all the devices are in […]

Every Hallberg-Rassy owner most likely recognizes the challenge ... 'how do I keep the blue band around the outside of the boat in the beautiful blue HR color?' Especially when the boat gets a little older and lies in the sun a lot […]

We have a beautiful new entrance with a retractable door instead of the two separate hatches that you have to slide in and out each time. That took a lot of perseverance from Toine 😎!!! Hallberg Rassy was very […]

On the way to Sweden we decide to buy a new navigation screen. The current screen (E120) fails at least once a day and seems to be getting slower ☺️. Now we often watch TV on the iPad outside and […]

We are very happy with our new furling gennaker and bowsprit. With this sail we can sail in light and prevailing winds. The bowsprit ensures a good mounting of the gennaker as far forward as possible on the […]

We have replaced our galvanized Rocna anchor of 40 kg and 65 m chain with an Ultra stainless steel anchor of 35 kg and 100 m chain. Why? The Rocna has never let us down in the past 7 years […]

In the period from 17 August to 7 November 2020, the SeaQuest is located at Adams Boat Care in Sweden for a refit aimed at living comfortably on the boat. We are closely involved in the refit throughout this period […]

The most important part of the refit in Sweden is the conversion of the aft cabin to a center bed layout. We had the model with three beds and a bench in between. We wanted the layout with a center bed. We […]

The layout of the cabin on the starboard side just in front of the tip with a bunk bed is actually only useful if you need more than one berth. In practice we never used the upper bunk bed and it felt like […]

The corona situation with a lot of working from home makes us think about two good workplaces on board where we can both work undisturbed with a lot of video calls. The plan was a new workplace for Mira in the […]