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? Sunday Boat Tip [27/52] ? There's so many horror stories out there with boats having to clean their diesel tanks in the worst imaginable situation after the engine stoped working at an even worse moment. We figured we play it safe and try to prevent it as much as we can after finding a piece of plastic that blocked the system causing our engine to stop outside of Anholt (just after we left Sweden). You can never be totally safe from diesel bugs, specially fueling up in remote places, but you can diminish the risks. Also make sure you protect yourself and the environment by avoiding spill! Only discharge of the residues in a designated place. Hope this will be of use for your boatlife too ?? Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friend who needs to see this to get inspired to create their own adventure ??

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If you are thinking this, you couldn't be more wrong! In paid collaboration with @remoranoy We should bust some myths for comments like this one ?? (Discount code at the end) First of all, people who leave comments like these have probably never been cruising or sailing offshore for extended periods ????? Right? The stress of seeing your battery state of charge steadily going down is no fun experience, but we have probably all been there? But we are cruisers - not racers! For us, the potential loss in speed is unnoticeable and a very cheap price to pay for knowing that we have a source of energy that works regardless of clouds or if it's in the middle of the night. The main reason why we like it so much is that it keeps on doing its thing; day and night, mile after mile. It just works! And except from having to clean it from sargasso now and then, it doesn't require anything and you don't notice it's there. For offshore sailing I would say it makes absolute sense to have something like this to take the stress of battery charging off your mind. It's a great complement to our solar and the alternator on the engine. And as we don't like the bulkyness of wind generators, this is the only thing that we found suitable. What are your biggest concerns? Do you feel convinced yet that hydro really is a great way of charging your batteries for offshore sailing? Until Feb 28th you get a 5% discount on orders on the Remoran website when using the code LINNEASALE5 at checkout. The code also gives you free DHL standard shipping within the EU. What are you waiting for? Go order your own right now ?

? Sunday Boat Tip [26/52] ? Are you team upwind or team downwind? Linnea was our first boat with a furling headsail and the natural way for us was to head upwind. It was always a hard job, and Marcus was the only one with enough strength to be able to furl it in even though we only had a small self-tacking jib. But then we got this advice and it was a game changer! The idea seems pretty obvious now, but we had just never considered it! Now handling the furler is an easy job, that we both can manage. Hope this will be of use for your boatlife too ?? Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friend who needs to see this to get inspired to create their own adventure ??

? Sunday Boat Tip [25/52] ? Did you know about this? How many triangles can you identify on your boat? We got 5-10 depending on what sails are up! Some more dangerous than others.. Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friend who needs to see this to be safer on their own adventure ??

? Sunday Boat Tip [23/52] ? ??Edit: It was pointed out that I missed one.. The lithium battery bank was also supposed to be in there!?? Self sufficiency is key to our cruising life! And no, these are not mandatory, but trust me they make our life so much easier! Want more details? Send us a dm and let's discuss all the whys and hows! What are your favorite investments that you find invaluable for your life, on land or at sea? Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friend who needs to see this to get inspired to create their own adventure ??

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? Sunday Boat Tip [22/52] ? Hands up if you want the slow version of this ? We seriously use them for everything, and they are great for handing as a thank you or good luck present! Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friend who needs to see this ??

? Sunday Boat Tip [20/52] ? These are the rules we have set up to feel safer on over night passages as we double hand our sailboat from point A to B. They enhance our chance to get a more peaceful sleep when you are not on watch, knowing that the other person is safe and still on the boat when you wake up. The person on watch must: 1. Wear the personal floating device at all times! 2. If needed to get up on deck, wake up the other one, and then tell when everything is done and you are safely back again. The person asleep does not need to get up, but will keep an ear out until all is done. 3. Hook the safety line to the boat when getting out of the cockpit. 4. Wake the other person up for operations like reefing the main and gybing. The person asleep must: 5. Set the alarm to wake up at the end of shift. Do you have any additional rules you would like to add? Let us know! Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friend who needs to see this ??

? Sunday Boat Tip [7/52] ? Our gas oven only has heating from below, and when first moving onboard cooking in it was a real struggle! The food got badly burnt on the underside and was often undercooked on the topside, resulting in really bad cooking ??? But since we got this advice during our first winter as liveaboards our cooking game has improved so much! So, now it's time for us to pass the knowledge forward. If you have a gas oven with no top heating, you must try this! Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friends who needs to see this ??

? Sunday Boat Tip [14/52] ? Sharing cards is a popular way to share information to stay in touch with other cruisers ?? It's easy and fast, and with this lifestyle people tend to not have their phones on them all the time, which makes cards an even greater advantage. We made our design ourselves, but it's easy to find templates online (for instance in the Canva app) or reach out to someone who could design them for you if you have special ideas. Just make sure to check the format if you use a template, I believe classic business cards have different size standards in different countries which could be a problem once you send them for print. Ours are just in normal business card style paper, but in hindsight, some kind of waxed paper would be nice so it could withstand some water ?? Don't forget to save this post and share it with a friends who needs to see this ??

? Sunday Boat Tip [4/52] ? This little life saver got to join us onboard when Marcus sold his old boat. There we had used it because we didn't have an oven so at first we were a bit hesitant if we would need it or not in Linnea. But you can bet we are glad that we brought it! Sailing in the tropics, most people put off using the oven as it heats up the already hot boat. But using this Omnia instead, makes everything so much easier! It also means we don't have to worry as much about the gas supply as it does not use nearly as much gas as the built in oven. Extra tip, if you want to use it both for cooking and baking, make sure you get two silicone inserts.. Otherwise your cakes might end up tasting like potatoes ? Been there done that? Sponge cake: 3 eggs 2 dl sugar 100 g butter 1 dl milk 3 dl wheat flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tbsp vanilla powder 1. Whisk sugar and eggs really fluffy. 2. Melt the butter. Pour the milk into the melted butter and then stir it into the egg/sugar mix. 3. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and then put them into the egg/sugar mix and stir gently until smooth. 4. Put it into the Omnia oven. Turn on the stove, we use the small burner on lowest heat and bake the cake for 50 min. 5. Let the cake rest for ten minutes before taking it out of the silicone form. This is a classic vanilla sponge cake. For extra flavour you could add things like chocolate or lemon. Ps, this is not sponsored, we just really like our oven!

? Sunday Boat Tip [3/52] ? Living on a boat means having a very endless space to store things. And the games we bought from Sweden have long since been played til boredom! So when we recently started to learn how to play Backgammon (actually on the plane to Trinidad) we started looking for a board that we could bring onboard. But our game box is full, and we didn't really find anything good. So I started to browse the App Store and found an app that does everything that we wished for; we can play against each other offline, the pieces don't roll away if there is a sudden wave and the dice can't end up in the ocean? Win-Win!!! Have you tried any old school games in a digital form? What do you think about it, yay or nay ????? And most importantly, do you have any other games that we can play like this that we can add to our digital collection?! We need to stock up! Please comment below to help us out ?

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? Sunday Boat Tip [2/52] ? I think you would be surprised by the number of boats we see with flapping sails as they try to motor against the wind ? I'm saying you should stop this now! Not only will you save the sails to last longer, you will also ? Increase your boat speed ? Decrease your fuel consumption ? Make the boat go smoother in the waves ? Less noise Motor sailing can have its benefits, and even though we prefer sailing it would be lying to say we never give a little support with the diesel engine, especially sailing behind islands where the wind is usually all over the place. By giving a little extra push with the engine we can go higher up towards the wind or sail over choppy waves in conditions that would normally be to light. If you still want to go dead straight into the wind? DROP YOUR SAILS!! They are not doing ANYTHING good by just flopping like that! Share this to someone who you think should be a little kinder to their sails ?

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