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The Sumpners Afloat

Adventures on "Old Nick" – an Ortomarine-built, Vetus powered Electric Serial Hybrid Narrowboat

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Changing the Impeller on a Vetus Generator

June 3, 2024

This weekend I serviced our Vetus GLX6.5SIC generator again. If you are a devoted reader of my technical posts (one […]

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Electric Narrowboat Propellors

May 28, 2024

For the past three seasons, since Old Nick was built, we have had a 13″ x 9″ three blade propellor […]

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Starlink on a Narrowboat Part 2

April 24, 2024

As promised, here is part 2 of our guide to installing and using Starlink on a narrowboat. Since publishing part […]

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Starlink on a Narrowboat Part 1

March 10, 2024

UPDATE – Now with a link to Part 2 of the article – see below. Having a good internet connection […]

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Solar Eco Mode – saving even more energy!

March 2, 2024

This winter we had a few “jobs” that we wanted to do, but Electrika has taken up more or our […]

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Understanding an AC Diesel Generator

May 12, 2023

Since starting our 2023 cruising season, we have noticed that our trusty Vetus GLX65SIC diesel generator has been unable to […]

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Cool for Cats – engine cooling systems

March 5, 2023

An area of boat design that is very important but which does not get talked about too often, is engine […]

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The Galvanic Isolator Explained

February 26, 2023

With “Old Nick” due to come out of the water next month, to have its “bottom blacked” for the first […]

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Control

December 5, 2022

We are currently on holiday on the Red Sea in Egypt (see the C-Map chart below) and have left Old […]

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Where Do You Go to My Lovely?

October 12, 2022

How to show where your boat has been – on a map Prerequisites You can only easily do this if […]

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