Sailing things right
24 December 2023
23:21 https://y-b.one/boat-life/123/
Every single boat owner has at least one ridiculous "head-story".
It seems like mine is developing right now.
20 December 2023
11:08 https://y-b.one/boat-life/120/
Mercadona is the best.
Not very much stuff available to buy online, but well enough, and the fact that everything at this online shop is in English makes it unbeatable.
Especially for the guys like me — without a car and any other options to get that stuff to the boat by foot.
This cart should be enough for me for about 5-6 weeks. So it's quite cheap also.
9 December 2023
23:28 https://y-b.one/boat-life/116/
One of the unmarked switches along with another unmarked switch panel makes this boat a fancy brothel, lol.
6 December 2023
20:18 https://y-b.one/boat-life/113/
Doing service of my winches. Guys, touched them the last time are going to get their very special boiler in the hell — never seen so bad work with greasing. Moreover, two winches were assembled with parts leftovers, and that's why I can't open one of them and another refuses to release one of the parts.🤦♂
But anyway I've managed to service one of them. Two to go.
15 November 2023
13:11 https://y-b.one/boat-life/93/
Short update:
I've sent all the money to the seller but have generally fucked up the process by choosing the wrong payment type which resulted 25% tax appied to the money at the border. So seller got 75% of them.
There are about 200 payment types available to me and about 30 are about "transferring personal money to another person". And the one I chose was actually about «I am a person doing business in Israel but not having «center of my life» in Israel, transferring funds abroad» which is a taxable transfer and taxes were applied. The name of the payment according to the Google Translate was «personal funds transfer». Literally. How in the world I could know the rest — idk.
So I came to the bank, explained situation and we started working on the resolution. Now the bank has to get approval from Tax Authority to refund me with these taxed money and send them the same way. Dunno how long it may take tho. Bank clerk told me that it may happen before my departure to the Spain which is planned to Nov 30.
10 November 2023
01:11 https://y-b.one/boat-life/80/
Just sent first bag of money after deposit to the seller. Now the boat is 70% mine. :)
23 December 2023
16:24 https://y-b.one/boat-life/122/
This is the back-side of the 230v panel.
It shows that there are five consumer points.
I'm aware about two.
Not a single cable is marked.
Wanna give a long squeeze hug to the throat built that.
10 December 2023
14:51 https://y-b.one/boat-life/118/
Focus-pocus!
Top one is a large luggage case, and an oversized one underneath.
They're just huge.
Was thinking about throwing them away, but found a place for them in the boat. :)
9 December 2023
17:58 https://y-b.one/boat-life/115/
Probably, I did something really wrong with electric earlier in my life, do it strikes me back with that.
Positive and negative wires of the same color, zero labeling and incredibly inconvenient access (without disassembling half of the corner).
Upd: these are all positives and that's the reason they all are the same color.
The purpose of some switches is still unknown, tho.
30 November 2023
10:13 https://y-b.one/boat-life/103/
People at arrival interested in dog's documents: 6 (six)
30 November 2023
00:45 https://y-b.one/boat-life/98/
Not much left after me at the place I named "home".
26 November 2023
14:21 https://y-b.one/boat-life/95/
The TRUTH of Hull Speed: How to Break the Sailing Speed Limitdmsonline.us
Nice essay about how the hull speed is calculated and what factors make it vary.
https://www.dmsonline.us/the-truth-of-hull-speed-how-to-break-the-sailing-speed-limit/
6 November 2023
10:31 https://y-b.one/boat-life/79/
Discard the post, abort operation!
Harmony was really perfect inside but completely destroyed outside. We took the boat out of the water and I got very upset. Counted 57 gelcoat patches at the boat sides, and strong signs that it was hardly hit to the nose and massive repair job signs at the stern.
So I flew to Valencia to see another boat — Bavaria 39 2005 in a default configuration, but in a close to perfect condition.
Since repainting a boat costs at least €10k besides the massive amount of work required to clean up and polish the hull, I decided to cancel the deal with Harmony for 50k and took this Bavaria for 62k.
It's a little longer, little wider, way more common boat than Harmony, so a lot of spare parts are at the aftermarket.
Overall it seems a better deal.
Current state: deposit issued, waiting for the contract. Meanwhile I'm returning back to Israel to pack my shit.
By the end of November I should be back to my boat.
At the photo: working from a motorboat at the marina.
23 December 2023
14:54 https://y-b.one/boat-life/121/
It can't be seen on a photo so you have to trust me.
Some spider decided that mast-boom-rope triangle is suitable to build the net. :)
Watching it growing for a week already. Preparing to send the Guinness record file.
10 December 2023
10:10 https://y-b.one/boat-life/117/
Ursa is losing fur at enormous rate. Brushing her at least twice a day and nevertheless all interiors are covered with her hairs.
Good thing — she likes the process.
9 December 2023
09:48 https://y-b.one/boat-life/114/
If you're not rich enough, you're going to recycle as much stuff as possible.
Ropes are one of the most regular expenses and they are always in deficit.
So yesterday I found old mooring lines trashed out by marina and decided that this hundred euros is worth saving.
Recipe is simple:
- dry lines
- hammer lines to remove the most of barnacles
- bath lines in citric acid to dissolve hidden calcium
- wash in detergent (optional, just for aesthetics)
About two hours of work.
Lines I've collected would be about €150 new. These had never been stressed, do I consider them as new, just dirty and it's fixable.
4 December 2023
18:34 https://y-b.one/boat-life/109/
There's a chance I'll catch a cold tonight. Still have no heating at the boat and night temperatures are getting lower every time.
But I have thermic clothing, so it's going to be my pajamas. :)
30 November 2023
04:03 https://y-b.one/boat-life/102/
People at departure interested in any documents of/for the dog: 0 (zero).
23 November 2023
16:38 https://y-b.one/boat-life/94/
Update about tax-return: no good news. They demanding invoices for the payment. I gone mad and asked them for invoice for buying a used car. Did they seen it? No? Why? Maybe because two individuals doesn't issue invoices and the selling agreement is enough for the transfer?
...
They're still demanding invoices...
My poor ass is burning black.
28 October 2023
14:54 https://y-b.one/boat-life/78/
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMXWg7CNWmHfU4Pa8photos.app.goo.glLooks like I made a decision and buying the boat.
Harmony 38. Built 2008, single owner which is living on the boat right now.
The boat is equipped to be autonomous as much as possible. Solar panels, watermaker, Webasto diesel air-heating, even washing machine!
New (2022) standing rigging and overall a great boat.
Short review here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMXWg7CNWmHfU4Pa8
24 December 2023
23:21 https://y-b.one/boat-life/123/
Every single boat owner has at least one ridiculous "head-story".
It seems like mine is developing right now.
23 December 2023
14:54 https://y-b.one/boat-life/121/
It can't be seen on a photo so you have to trust me.
Some spider decided that mast-boom-rope triangle is suitable to build the net. :)
Watching it growing for a week already. Preparing to send the Guinness record file.
10 December 2023
14:51 https://y-b.one/boat-life/118/
Focus-pocus!
Top one is a large luggage case, and an oversized one underneath.
They're just huge.
Was thinking about throwing them away, but found a place for them in the boat. :)
9 December 2023
23:28 https://y-b.one/boat-life/116/
One of the unmarked switches along with another unmarked switch panel makes this boat a fancy brothel, lol.
9 December 2023
09:48 https://y-b.one/boat-life/114/
If you're not rich enough, you're going to recycle as much stuff as possible.
Ropes are one of the most regular expenses and they are always in deficit.
So yesterday I found old mooring lines trashed out by marina and decided that this hundred euros is worth saving.
Recipe is simple:
- dry lines
- hammer lines to remove the most of barnacles
- bath lines in citric acid to dissolve hidden calcium
- wash in detergent (optional, just for aesthetics)
About two hours of work.
Lines I've collected would be about €150 new. These had never been stressed, do I consider them as new, just dirty and it's fixable.
30 November 2023
10:13 https://y-b.one/boat-life/103/
People at arrival interested in dog's documents: 6 (six)
26 November 2023
14:21 https://y-b.one/boat-life/95/
The TRUTH of Hull Speed: How to Break the Sailing Speed Limitdmsonline.us
Nice essay about how the hull speed is calculated and what factors make it vary.
https://www.dmsonline.us/the-truth-of-hull-speed-how-to-break-the-sailing-speed-limit/
15 November 2023
13:11 https://y-b.one/boat-life/93/
Short update:
I've sent all the money to the seller but have generally fucked up the process by choosing the wrong payment type which resulted 25% tax appied to the money at the border. So seller got 75% of them.
There are about 200 payment types available to me and about 30 are about "transferring personal money to another person". And the one I chose was actually about «I am a person doing business in Israel but not having «center of my life» in Israel, transferring funds abroad» which is a taxable transfer and taxes were applied. The name of the payment according to the Google Translate was «personal funds transfer». Literally. How in the world I could know the rest — idk.
So I came to the bank, explained situation and we started working on the resolution. Now the bank has to get approval from Tax Authority to refund me with these taxed money and send them the same way. Dunno how long it may take tho. Bank clerk told me that it may happen before my departure to the Spain which is planned to Nov 30.
6 November 2023
10:31 https://y-b.one/boat-life/79/
Discard the post, abort operation!
Harmony was really perfect inside but completely destroyed outside. We took the boat out of the water and I got very upset. Counted 57 gelcoat patches at the boat sides, and strong signs that it was hardly hit to the nose and massive repair job signs at the stern.
So I flew to Valencia to see another boat — Bavaria 39 2005 in a default configuration, but in a close to perfect condition.
Since repainting a boat costs at least €10k besides the massive amount of work required to clean up and polish the hull, I decided to cancel the deal with Harmony for 50k and took this Bavaria for 62k.
It's a little longer, little wider, way more common boat than Harmony, so a lot of spare parts are at the aftermarket.
Overall it seems a better deal.
Current state: deposit issued, waiting for the contract. Meanwhile I'm returning back to Israel to pack my shit.
By the end of November I should be back to my boat.
At the photo: working from a motorboat at the marina.
23 December 2023
16:24 https://y-b.one/boat-life/122/
This is the back-side of the 230v panel.
It shows that there are five consumer points.
I'm aware about two.
Not a single cable is marked.
Wanna give a long squeeze hug to the throat built that.
20 December 2023
11:08 https://y-b.one/boat-life/120/
Mercadona is the best.
Not very much stuff available to buy online, but well enough, and the fact that everything at this online shop is in English makes it unbeatable.
Especially for the guys like me — without a car and any other options to get that stuff to the boat by foot.
This cart should be enough for me for about 5-6 weeks. So it's quite cheap also.
10 December 2023
10:10 https://y-b.one/boat-life/117/
Ursa is losing fur at enormous rate. Brushing her at least twice a day and nevertheless all interiors are covered with her hairs.
Good thing — she likes the process.
9 December 2023
17:58 https://y-b.one/boat-life/115/
Probably, I did something really wrong with electric earlier in my life, do it strikes me back with that.
Positive and negative wires of the same color, zero labeling and incredibly inconvenient access (without disassembling half of the corner).
Upd: these are all positives and that's the reason they all are the same color.
The purpose of some switches is still unknown, tho.
6 December 2023
20:18 https://y-b.one/boat-life/113/
Doing service of my winches. Guys, touched them the last time are going to get their very special boiler in the hell — never seen so bad work with greasing. Moreover, two winches were assembled with parts leftovers, and that's why I can't open one of them and another refuses to release one of the parts.🤦♂
But anyway I've managed to service one of them. Two to go.
4 December 2023
18:34 https://y-b.one/boat-life/109/
There's a chance I'll catch a cold tonight. Still have no heating at the boat and night temperatures are getting lower every time.
But I have thermic clothing, so it's going to be my pajamas. :)
30 November 2023
04:03 https://y-b.one/boat-life/102/
People at departure interested in any documents of/for the dog: 0 (zero).
30 November 2023
00:45 https://y-b.one/boat-life/98/
Not much left after me at the place I named "home".
23 November 2023
16:38 https://y-b.one/boat-life/94/
Update about tax-return: no good news. They demanding invoices for the payment. I gone mad and asked them for invoice for buying a used car. Did they seen it? No? Why? Maybe because two individuals doesn't issue invoices and the selling agreement is enough for the transfer?
...
They're still demanding invoices...
My poor ass is burning black.
10 November 2023
01:11 https://y-b.one/boat-life/80/
Just sent first bag of money after deposit to the seller. Now the boat is 70% mine. :)
28 October 2023
14:54 https://y-b.one/boat-life/78/
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMXWg7CNWmHfU4Pa8photos.app.goo.glLooks like I made a decision and buying the boat.
Harmony 38. Built 2008, single owner which is living on the boat right now.
The boat is equipped to be autonomous as much as possible. Solar panels, watermaker, Webasto diesel air-heating, even washing machine!
New (2022) standing rigging and overall a great boat.
Short review here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMXWg7CNWmHfU4Pa8
24 December 2023
23:21 https://y-b.one/boat-life/123/
Every single boat owner has at least one ridiculous "head-story".
It seems like mine is developing right now.
23 December 2023
16:24 https://y-b.one/boat-life/122/
This is the back-side of the 230v panel.
It shows that there are five consumer points.
I'm aware about two.
Not a single cable is marked.
Wanna give a long squeeze hug to the throat built that.
23 December 2023
14:54 https://y-b.one/boat-life/121/
It can't be seen on a photo so you have to trust me.
Some spider decided that mast-boom-rope triangle is suitable to build the net. :)
Watching it growing for a week already. Preparing to send the Guinness record file.
20 December 2023
11:08 https://y-b.one/boat-life/120/
Mercadona is the best.
Not very much stuff available to buy online, but well enough, and the fact that everything at this online shop is in English makes it unbeatable.
Especially for the guys like me — without a car and any other options to get that stuff to the boat by foot.
This cart should be enough for me for about 5-6 weeks. So it's quite cheap also.
10 December 2023
14:51 https://y-b.one/boat-life/118/
Focus-pocus!
Top one is a large luggage case, and an oversized one underneath.
They're just huge.
Was thinking about throwing them away, but found a place for them in the boat. :)
10 December 2023
10:10 https://y-b.one/boat-life/117/
Ursa is losing fur at enormous rate. Brushing her at least twice a day and nevertheless all interiors are covered with her hairs.
Good thing — she likes the process.
9 December 2023
23:28 https://y-b.one/boat-life/116/
One of the unmarked switches along with another unmarked switch panel makes this boat a fancy brothel, lol.
9 December 2023
17:58 https://y-b.one/boat-life/115/
Probably, I did something really wrong with electric earlier in my life, do it strikes me back with that.
Positive and negative wires of the same color, zero labeling and incredibly inconvenient access (without disassembling half of the corner).
Upd: these are all positives and that's the reason they all are the same color.
The purpose of some switches is still unknown, tho.
9 December 2023
09:48 https://y-b.one/boat-life/114/
If you're not rich enough, you're going to recycle as much stuff as possible.
Ropes are one of the most regular expenses and they are always in deficit.
So yesterday I found old mooring lines trashed out by marina and decided that this hundred euros is worth saving.
Recipe is simple:
- dry lines
- hammer lines to remove the most of barnacles
- bath lines in citric acid to dissolve hidden calcium
- wash in detergent (optional, just for aesthetics)
About two hours of work.
Lines I've collected would be about €150 new. These had never been stressed, do I consider them as new, just dirty and it's fixable.
6 December 2023
20:18 https://y-b.one/boat-life/113/
Doing service of my winches. Guys, touched them the last time are going to get their very special boiler in the hell — never seen so bad work with greasing. Moreover, two winches were assembled with parts leftovers, and that's why I can't open one of them and another refuses to release one of the parts.🤦♂
But anyway I've managed to service one of them. Two to go.
4 December 2023
18:34 https://y-b.one/boat-life/109/
There's a chance I'll catch a cold tonight. Still have no heating at the boat and night temperatures are getting lower every time.
But I have thermic clothing, so it's going to be my pajamas. :)
30 November 2023
10:13 https://y-b.one/boat-life/103/
People at arrival interested in dog's documents: 6 (six)
30 November 2023
04:03 https://y-b.one/boat-life/102/
People at departure interested in any documents of/for the dog: 0 (zero).
30 November 2023
00:45 https://y-b.one/boat-life/98/
Not much left after me at the place I named "home".
26 November 2023
14:21 https://y-b.one/boat-life/95/
The TRUTH of Hull Speed: How to Break the Sailing Speed Limitdmsonline.us
Nice essay about how the hull speed is calculated and what factors make it vary.
https://www.dmsonline.us/the-truth-of-hull-speed-how-to-break-the-sailing-speed-limit/
23 November 2023
16:38 https://y-b.one/boat-life/94/
Update about tax-return: no good news. They demanding invoices for the payment. I gone mad and asked them for invoice for buying a used car. Did they seen it? No? Why? Maybe because two individuals doesn't issue invoices and the selling agreement is enough for the transfer?
...
They're still demanding invoices...
My poor ass is burning black.
15 November 2023
13:11 https://y-b.one/boat-life/93/
Short update:
I've sent all the money to the seller but have generally fucked up the process by choosing the wrong payment type which resulted 25% tax appied to the money at the border. So seller got 75% of them.
There are about 200 payment types available to me and about 30 are about "transferring personal money to another person". And the one I chose was actually about «I am a person doing business in Israel but not having «center of my life» in Israel, transferring funds abroad» which is a taxable transfer and taxes were applied. The name of the payment according to the Google Translate was «personal funds transfer». Literally. How in the world I could know the rest — idk.
So I came to the bank, explained situation and we started working on the resolution. Now the bank has to get approval from Tax Authority to refund me with these taxed money and send them the same way. Dunno how long it may take tho. Bank clerk told me that it may happen before my departure to the Spain which is planned to Nov 30.
10 November 2023
01:11 https://y-b.one/boat-life/80/
Just sent first bag of money after deposit to the seller. Now the boat is 70% mine. :)
6 November 2023
10:31 https://y-b.one/boat-life/79/
Discard the post, abort operation!
Harmony was really perfect inside but completely destroyed outside. We took the boat out of the water and I got very upset. Counted 57 gelcoat patches at the boat sides, and strong signs that it was hardly hit to the nose and massive repair job signs at the stern.
So I flew to Valencia to see another boat — Bavaria 39 2005 in a default configuration, but in a close to perfect condition.
Since repainting a boat costs at least €10k besides the massive amount of work required to clean up and polish the hull, I decided to cancel the deal with Harmony for 50k and took this Bavaria for 62k.
It's a little longer, little wider, way more common boat than Harmony, so a lot of spare parts are at the aftermarket.
Overall it seems a better deal.
Current state: deposit issued, waiting for the contract. Meanwhile I'm returning back to Israel to pack my shit.
By the end of November I should be back to my boat.
At the photo: working from a motorboat at the marina.
28 October 2023
14:54 https://y-b.one/boat-life/78/
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMXWg7CNWmHfU4Pa8photos.app.goo.glLooks like I made a decision and buying the boat.
Harmony 38. Built 2008, single owner which is living on the boat right now.
The boat is equipped to be autonomous as much as possible. Solar panels, watermaker, Webasto diesel air-heating, even washing machine!
New (2022) standing rigging and overall a great boat.
Short review here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RMXWg7CNWmHfU4Pa8