LinoCat

Here you can see the vertical whip on the left side of this picture. It is mounted slightly tilted backwards and fixed also to the aft stanchions. Here you can see the supporting fixpoint. The Tuner is then mounted as close as possible to the hot wire of the antenne. I have mounted it near the motor compartment where the conencting rod of both rudders is running.

Of course you need a radio first. This itself has been discussed on the internet ample times. If you do not care about money then i strongly advise to go for a professional radio like ICOM 710 or 802. Otherwise the cheapest option is an IC-718 from ICOM. I decided to go for the 706 since i want to use also VHF and UHF maybe and i can seperate the control from the backbox and it is neat and i know how to use it. It might not be the best choice though You also need a PACTOR modem if you want to use email. The box on top of the power supply is a Pactor USB modem from SCS in Germany. If you think about updating blogs via HF on the ocean you should directly go for the software upgrade to Pactor III, which is just a license key that needs to be entered. As you can see i have build up everything at home prior to the boat installation. By that you make sure that you know how it works and all cabling etc is proper. Why fumble around on the boat with basic things when you can try it out at home...

And additonal 140Ah battery is installed and a 2000W 220V Inverter plus a BTM III battery meter all from Mastervolt.

I decided to install a weatherdock EasyAIS with a splitter. It will display the AIS targets on the plotters. Due to the baudrate i was happy to have the second plotter since i switched that port to the corresponding baud rate. Check the MANY MANY AIS-Targets. When there are good conditions the max distance was over a hundred miles.

Nasty topic. Due to the higher holding tank the so called joker valve is leaking the "liquids" back into the bowl if the boat is not used for a while. These smells ugly and leaves stains behind. It seems there is no real solution for that.

Since it was warm enough to now put the letters LinoCat on the stern Ruediger helped me in doing. Also we went to Enkhuizen and had a night stay there. Cute little Kiddy boat as a tender... Two cats meet each other. Of course we let him go longside. The family had their daughter and her friends and they partied all night but thats OK :-) Here you can see LINOCAT in nice big blue Letter. Mannheim the homeport is on the starboard side

Hi, since the weatherforecast was nice we decided to go on a weekendtrip with Ruediger and Claudia and decided to first visit Stavoren. The Parasailor was also used again. We also visited Oude Schild a non Marina emergency harbour whith some yachting industry. Ruediger and Claudia sitting on the lee side. In Stavoren. Notice the liftraft is not there yet, also the Dinghy is missing and even the LinoCat letter at the sugarscoops.