Category: Life on board

Life on board Technology
18/10/2024

Starlink: cost, operation, tricks and installation

Discover how you can have high-speed satellite internet anywhere on the planet for just 29 euros a month! 🌍🚤In this episode of The Low Cost Sailor, we show you how Starlink has revolutionized connectivity at sea, in motorhomes or even in places as remote as in the middle of the mountains. Learn all about the installation, the cost and how we have tested this service […]

Electric systems Life on board
19/04/2024

Chinese Lifepo4 batteries

We test the Chinese batteries of Lifepo4, we see their advantages and inconveniences and submit them to some very special tests. Specifically, we tested the 12V and 200Ah Sanfou battery, teaching you step by step how to make their installation and how to modify the chargers so that they are simultaneously compatible with traditional lead batteries and Lifepo4 with a cheap and ingenious invention.All this, […]

Life on board Technology
19/01/2024

Recover sunken treasures

The bottom of the sea is full of treasures, and most of them have fallen to ourselves. In today’s episode we are going to see different techniques with which anyone can recover lost objects from the seabed, with little investment and various techniques that range from magnetic fishing, to the use of endoscopic cameras or diving equipment that allow us to breathe freely. into water […]

Comfort on board Life on board Technology
01/09/2023

Inventions against heat

Another Heat Wave! Facing the HEAT on board our BOATS, VANS or MOTORHOMES is complicated, and can make summer nights become very long. In this week’s episode we will see some of the most ingenious INVENTIONS that exist to beat the heat on board and we will try to understand a little better how they work. Fans, evaporative coolers, air conditioners and even a portable […]

DIY Life on board
26/05/2023

How to clean boat sails

Do you know the proper way to CLEAN THE SAILS of your boats? And how to REPAIR THEM and KEEP THEM neat and in good shape, so that they last for many years? And how to CLEAN the gelcoat COVER? In this episode we see how, but we do not stop there, but we will also see how to make small and large repairs to […]