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Author Archives: GP Le Feuvre
New Calorifier
The origianal hot water cylinder (calorifier) appeared to be in good order despite its age. The cylinder was connected to the engine coolant system which heated the cyliner when the engine was running and there was also a 240 volt … Continue reading
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Central Heating Installation
As it is our intention to use Sundance through out the year, it is necessary to enjoy a little comfort in the form of heating. The original heating had reached the end of its life and the heating unit had … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat heating, boat maintenance, Canal boat, Eberspacher, Eberspacher Installation, heating, Linseen 36, Linssen Motor Yachts, steel Dutch Cruiser
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New Covers – Sundance
I have been neglecting my blog again. Much has happened since my last posts. However rather than putting all the updates in one post I am going to post a number of posts. The covers of Sundance are original and … Continue reading
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Tagged arch, blog, boat, boat maintenance, Canal boat, Linseen 36, Linssen, new covers, radar, steel Dutch Cruiser
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Sundance Mast Update 5 October 2018
It has been over a month since my last update, since then I have managed to fit the rest of the items to the new mast. In addition I decided that I wanted a dedicated AIS aerial which has meant that … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat maintenance, Jersey, Jersey C.I., Linseen 36, Linseen 36SL, Linssen Motor Yachts, mast, radar, steel Dutch Cruiser
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Sundance – Mast Up Date 2 September 2018
Sundance is now in total disarray…… So since my last up date regarding the mast I have started to wire up the mast. I probably should have started to clean up the Sticaflex, but I need an new very sharp … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat maintenance, dutch steel cruiser, installation, Jersey, Jersey C.I., Linseen 36, Linseen 36SL, Linssen, Linssen Motor Yachts, maintenance, mast, new radar, power boat, radar, steel Dutch Cruiser, vhf
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Sundance – Replacement Internal Lights
At the same time as fitting the new mast I have also been replacing the internal light fittings. The old halogen light fittings were temperamental and would only work intermittently due to the push in connection. The halogen lights are … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 volt led, blog, boat maintenance, Canal boat, Jersey, led lights, Linseen 36, Linseen 36SL, replacement, replacement internal lights, replacement led lights, steel Dutch Cruiser
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Sundance – Radar Mast
Much has hapened since my post where I debated on the dilema regarding the radar arch and mast. The mast has been completed and at the time of writing has been partly fitted. Our biggest problem has been the head … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat maintenance, canal, Canal boat, Linseen 36, Linseen 36SL, Linssen Motor Yachts, mast, radar, radar mast
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Sundance ~ Fitting of Liferaft 29 July 2018
In an earlier post I hade mentioned about the problem with finding a location for the liferaft. It had been though to fit is in the coach roof over the galley area but it was problematic to get a good … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat maintenance, dutch cruiser, Jersey, Jersey C.I., liferaft, Linseen 36, Linssen, Linssen 36SL, Linssen Motor Yachts, ocean safety, St Helier, steel Dutch Cruiser, Sundance
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Sundance ~ Fitting New Davits July 28 2018
Sundance was originally fitted with davits from the Linssen factory. However, the previous owner removed and sold the davits as he did not need them. I on the other hand would like davits. The good news was that as the factory fitted davits … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat care, boat maintenance, boating, canal, Canal boat, davits, dinghy, harbour, Linseen 36SL, Linssen, Linssen Motor Yachts, maitenance, simpson, simpson davits, St Helier, stainless steel, steel Dutch Cruiser
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Sundance ~ 20 July 2018 ~ Batteries
Sundance has two house batteries, the older battery was gassing when being charged and was not holding a full charge and was removed. The newer battery was only a few years old but was showing problems with holding a full charge. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, battery, blog, boat, canal, Canal boat, Deep Cycle, house batteries, Jersey, Jersey C.I., Linseen 36SL, new batteries, Rolls Batteries, steel Dutch Cruiser, Sundance
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