It’s time for the annual boy’s weekend at a friend’s cabin. It is only an hour away along the tarmac, but I obviously opted for the nautical rout. It is slower and a long detour around a peninsula, but still preferable..
DynaLatitude: 59° 53.682 NLongitude: 10° 41.43 E Click chart to view larger scope, or here for an even larger scope in a separate window. Chart data ©Kartverket. |
We sailed Ventulus from it’s home berth to Aker Brygge, a staggering distance of 1.03 nm, and stayed overnight. The reason: Mela Festival 2013. Ventulus served as the perfect home base, as we popped back and forth between music events, food tents and the cockpit for a gin & tonic.
Aker BryggeLatitude: 59° 54.417 NLongitude: 10° 43.487 E Click chart to view larger scope, or here for an even larger scope in a separate window. Chart data ©Kartverket. |
Typical unsteady Norwegian weekend weather, requires some planing. The challenge is to be correctly located in the space-time continuum. We did well…
OstøyaLatitude: 59° 52.574 NLongitude: 10° 35.016 E Click chart to view larger scope, or here for an even larger scope in a separate window. Chart data ©Kartverket. |
Our start battery worked flawlessly, during our week-long summer cruise. Two weeks later, when I pressed the start button there was a loud click followed by silence. Only after disassembling the engines electronics (or more accurately electromechanics), did I think of checking the battery.
The battery was connected to a charger, and appeared to be receiving maintenance charge. However, the voltage dropped, to 4 volt when attempting to start. In the two weeks the battery was left idle, but charging, it had developed a major internal resistance. I am guessing it is a dried out cell. ‘Maintenance free’ should read ‘can-not-be-maintained’.