Seen your channel as I am searching for a Bavaria 36 cruiser as I am looking at one to potentially buy. Really enjoyed your channel and watched a few episodes now. About your charging. Not sure what batteries you have, but if lets say they are 2 batteries of 100 Ah and you have 12.8 volts means 2560 watt. 80% of that is is 2048 watts, and you are missing 512 watts. or 40 Amp hours at 12,8 volts. Your gennie should be able to fill that up in some 20 minutes or less. The reason your meter was just up to 81% is that it could probably note cope with reading the fast charge of the generator but as soon as you unplugged or stopped the charging, it gave the real read of the charged up capacity. I liked the videos I watched, I let it play through the ads to give you a few pence in support, subscribed and will keep watching through what you have procided us. Cheers from Sweden
Great video and wonderful audio too which makes it a pleasure to watch:-) Inspirational for us new day skippers yet to buy the boat and venture out on our own, so many thanks and looking forward to seeing more - hope Jess enjoys it too!
Anchoring offshore overnight. No noise from traffic or people. Just the gentle rocking of the boat and the sound of the water lapping against the hull, lulling you to sleep. Oh Bliss David.
Another great vid David (love your what you do) and really appreciate you sharing them. Out of interest, what Ipad clamp, housing and waterproof case do you use? It looks like a good robust system. Many thanks in advance. Kind regards Justin
Hi David. Am really enjoying your journey so far , id love to hear about the whole process , buying, survey, cost etc. most sailing channels are American based so I like to hear how it all works from a UK POV. fair wind Sir
Hi David. Really great that you’ve made your first overnighter and an anchorage as well. My wife and I are looking into learning to sail and getting a boat. It would be great to hear your story of how you got into the hobby, what was the experience of doing the RYA courses, and at some point, your boat buying journey. Many thanks, new subscriber, Richard, down here in Cornwall.
Your generator model is the EU3.2i the EU just means it meets EU regs. The 3.2 is the max power (3.2 kW) or 3200 watts the k denotes thousands. So for example, 10 kW would be 10,000 watts. The i denotes your generator has an inverter. The max continuous power of your generator is 2,6 kW (2600 watts). The 2.6kW to 3.2kW is to allow a peak when things with a motor in them fire up like a fridge or deep freeze. Think of it like when you set off on a bicycle you have to press hard on the pedals to get going but once you are off it's not so hard. Your battery when fully charged should read 12.6 volts DC or more if you've just charged it which is why after charging you should leave the battery for at least 12hrs to rest with no load before testing and also why you shouldn't rely on the 100% reading just after charging. The 81% jump to 100% could be that your gauge was picking up the charging voltage in float mode from the charger which on some older chargers can be relatively low voltage. Personally, I would get a qualified marine electrician to look over your system if you are paying him/her by the hour do some brain-picking. Electrickery can be confusing and let us not beat about the bush lethal 😈
Many thanks for taking the time to comment. Your advice and suggestions are much appreciated and I will get a marine electrician to look over my system. Thanks again David.
Hi Martin. Good question, I make sure I take her to a beach at least twice a day but when I do longer passages she will need to learn to go on an artificial grass matt that I keep onboard.
81% is a false reading..highly unlikely your genny was outputting 1500kva ! more like 600w after the power factor correction, when you shut off the genny you then got a propper reading because the genny was supplying the charger with the nominal 230vac simple ....all the best.
Seen your channel as I am searching for a Bavaria 36 cruiser as I am looking at one to potentially buy.
Really enjoyed your channel and watched a few episodes now.
About your charging.
Not sure what batteries you have, but if lets say they are 2 batteries of 100 Ah and you have 12.8 volts means 2560 watt. 80% of that is is 2048 watts, and you are missing 512 watts. or 40 Amp hours at 12,8 volts. Your gennie should be able to fill that up in some 20 minutes or less.
The reason your meter was just up to 81% is that it could probably note cope with reading the fast charge of the generator but as soon as you unplugged or stopped the charging, it gave the real read of the charged up capacity.
I liked the videos I watched, I let it play through the ads to give you a few pence in support, subscribed and will keep watching through what you have procided us.
Cheers from Sweden
I’ve just watched this and realised there’s episodes before this. I’ll have to watch those now. Glad you’re getting on with sailing.
Thank you Peter. Hope you enjoy the other episodes?
Just found your channel, great video.. subscribed and liked for ya.... look forward for more.
Great video and wonderful audio too which makes it a pleasure to watch:-) Inspirational for us new day skippers yet to buy the boat and venture out on our own, so many thanks and looking forward to seeing more - hope Jess enjoys it too!
Anchoring offshore overnight. No noise from traffic or people. Just the gentle rocking of the boat and the sound of the water lapping against the hull, lulling you to sleep. Oh Bliss David.
@rickyanthony True.😂😂
Another great vid David (love your what you do) and really appreciate you sharing them. Out of interest, what Ipad clamp, housing and waterproof case do you use? It looks like a good robust system.
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards Justin
You showed up on my homepage ! So I guess I’m binge watching and of course subscribing!
Thank you, hope you enjoyed the videos?
You'll have to invest in a barbeque for the back of the boat and a couple of fishing rods so you can catch something for it.
See you in Conwy marina around the 19th June, will be berthing there before we sail her south back home 👍🏻
Hi David. Am really enjoying your journey so far , id love to hear about the whole process , buying, survey, cost etc. most sailing channels are American based so I like to hear how it all works from a UK POV. fair wind Sir
Another great video! Sure enjoy your genuineness!
Thanks Alberto 👍
Dived Royal charter wreck there 40 yrs ago
Hi David. Really great that you’ve made your first overnighter and an anchorage as well. My wife and I are looking into learning to sail and getting a boat. It would be great to hear your story of how you got into the hobby, what was the experience of doing the RYA courses, and at some point, your boat buying journey. Many thanks, new subscriber, Richard, down here in Cornwall.
Very interesting
Your generator model is the EU3.2i the EU just means it meets EU regs. The 3.2 is the max power (3.2 kW) or 3200 watts the k denotes thousands. So for example, 10 kW would be 10,000 watts. The i denotes your generator has an inverter. The max continuous power of your generator is 2,6 kW (2600 watts). The 2.6kW to 3.2kW is to allow a peak when things with a motor in them fire up like a fridge or deep freeze. Think of it like when you set off on a bicycle you have to press hard on the pedals to get going but once you are off it's not so hard.
Your battery when fully charged should read 12.6 volts DC or more if you've just charged it which is why after charging you should leave the battery for at least 12hrs to rest with no load before testing and also why you shouldn't rely on the 100% reading just after charging. The 81% jump to 100% could be that your gauge was picking up the charging voltage in float mode from the charger which on some older chargers can be relatively low voltage.
Personally, I would get a qualified marine electrician to look over your system if you are paying him/her by the hour do some brain-picking. Electrickery can be confusing and let us not beat about the bush lethal 😈
Many thanks for taking the time to comment. Your advice and suggestions are much appreciated and I will get a marine electrician to look over my system. Thanks again David.
The cockpit cushions look the business.
Thanks Will, I waited long enough!! 🤣
And by the way.....loving Jess. Is she a Drakeshead? Little beauty.
Hi lovely episode, hope all is well. what turbine did you buy in the end and how has it been performing? Safe Sailing
Do you have something on you that would call for help if you went over the side?
Hi Paul. Yes I have a PLB, check out my previous video (Episode 9) where I detail all my safety equipment.
Obvious question, where does the dog do his business?
Hi Martin. Good question, I make sure I take her to a beach at least twice a day but when I do longer passages she will need to learn to go on an artificial grass matt that I keep onboard.
@@sailingmadness good idea about the grass, my neighbour has a small patch in their garden for the same thing.
@Sailing Madness So that's what a poop deck is lol.
81% is a false reading..highly unlikely your genny was outputting 1500kva ! more like 600w after the power factor correction, when you shut off the genny you then got a propper reading because the genny was supplying the charger with the nominal 230vac simple ....all the best.
Sorry her business?
Generators are really antisocial, and shouldn't be allowed in anchorages,