03/06/2021

Boat Tour Oceanis 321: Little details and great DIY ideas

Greetings sailors, Today we are going to take a little tour of the exterior of my boat. My boat is a Beneteau Oceanis 321 from 1997, with three very spacious cabins, especially for her length. She is a 32 footer but with great volume that goes up to 9.95 meters in length, almost 3.5 in beam and 1.30m in draft. And of course, as you […]

20/05/2021

Low cost chart plotter with Raspberry Pi and Open Plotter

Greetings sailors, Today we are going to see how to install the famous Raspberry Pi with Open Plotter on our boat. Basically we are going to put a brain to our boat. With the Raspberry Pi we will be able to do a multitude of things that could fill many posts, but today we are going to focus on doing two things with it: We […]

23/04/2021

Sailing for beginners, or for dummies

Description Greetings sailors, Today we are going to see what are the fundamental techniques and tricks that I use to go sailing alone with confidence. This post is a bit different from the previous ones, and without pretending to be an expert in the field, we are going to see a small solo navigation guide for beginners, or for dummies … The best of this […]

08/04/2021

Chinese level gauges for our ship’s tanks.

Greetings sailors, Today we are going to learn how to install level gauges for any of our ship’s tanks. We are going to see it by installing it in freshwater tanks, but the procedure and devices are the same for any other tank, such as fuel. All this, spending about 30 euros … More or less, half of what it would cost in a nautical […]

25/03/2021

Motorized outdoor WIFI camera. For surveillance and navigation.

Greetings sailors, today we are going to install an IP motorized camera, spending less than 85$. We are going to place it on the outside of our boat, but obviously, this tutorial is suitable to learn how to place it anywhere, such as your home for example. Purpose As for profits (if we put on a boat): Monitor the boat from home, when the boat […]