February 27, 2023
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SD12 ZF Saildrive for the electric motor
By
dennis
The design of INDININI from Marc Lombard Yacht Design included a sail drive as opposed to a shaft drive. Both designs have pros and cons but in our case, the pushing factor to move forward with the sail drive was…
February 16, 2022
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Building a Marc Lombard designed sailboat as our floating home
Bydennis
A long time ago in the mid 90’s, I found I had a desire to sail. I have always liked the ocean and have fond memories of a year spent in Victoria BC when I was 10. Maybe this was…
September 12, 2020
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Power RPM Speed
Bydennis
***NOTE: This page will be a work in progress. It took many months to find the time and piece all the necessary components together in order to get these 3 variables plotted together on a chart. The only one missing…
March 6, 2023
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A shitty toilet
Bydennis
In choosing a head for INDININI one of the major deciding factors was to have an electric push button for the girls on board. Being in Turkey, the selection of electric heads was very limited. Importing was out of the…
January 30, 2023
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An Electric EV motor for #INDININI
Bydennis
Propulsion for INDININI involves the saildrive, electric motor, motor controller, battery management system (BMS), batteries, 110/220v charger, solar charge controller and solar panels. Saildrive – ZF sd12 https://www.zf.com/products/en/marine/products_64503.html Motor – Netgain Hyper9 https://www.go-ev.com/motors-warp.html#HyPer_9_IS Controller – SME X1 included with motor…
August 20, 2022
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An exciting day for a launch
Bydennis
Putting a boat in the water for the first time can be a scary, exciting, daunting, exhilarating, stressful yet relieving time. For those of you that have done it, that initial moment of truth when the boat is in the…
August 9, 2022
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INDININI 18m Aluminium Sailboat
Bydennis
INDININI is an 18m Aluminium Sailboat designed by Marc Lombard. Built in Turkey with welders from the Yildiz Yard. Electric motor & 17tons. Modern, lightweight, performance hull GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Freshwater capacity 2x@300 l Fuel tanks 1x@600 l (holds 38kw LifePo4…
July 9, 2022
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Art sessions for Easter in Chios
By
Karin V
While whole Chios was about to celebrate Easter, the girls and Karin (our crew member) were reviving a tradition left many miles away in Karin´s home country: México. Her mother invented a way of celebrating Easter and adapting the European…
May 20, 2022
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4000km Yucatan Mexico Road Trip Travel (Jan – Feb 2017) – Escarcega
Escarcega is a very local Mexican place without any tourist attraction but it is a place for an overnight stop for us going through highway 186 for our road trip. For other tourists who are taking buses to Cancun, Merida, Campeche,…
January 30, 2022
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