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INDININI on the Chios town quay
Our Journey, Sailing Greece

Life In Chios

April-May 2022 Chios itself is a relatively big Greek Island. Good thing because we were here for quite a while! It was time to live onboard tied up to the Chios town quay. The port is a stop for big…

Our Journey, Sailing

Chios to Inousses

After almost 6 weeks on the town quay in Chios, it was time to make a change. As sailors know, the wind and weather sometimes dictate where you can easily go. We wanted to move, we wanted a change so…

Building INDININI

To make sailboat rudders from scratch

Summary Let me do the learning for you;) If you have any question or hesitation about making vs buying…then its really easy…call Jefa and have them make rudders for you. Costs Item Cost USD* Rudder stocks 5000TL $833 Cost to…

Power RPM Speed Chart
Tech

Power RPM Speed

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 now is solar power generation. Tech. The dot point…

Building INDININI

A Super Toilet

It didn’t start a super toilet, but now with welded base and super macerating pump…it is amazing! In choosing a head for INDININI one of the major deciding factors was to have an electric push button for the girls on…

Hyper9 Electric motor for INDININI
Building INDININI, Sailing

An Electric EV motor for #INDININI

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…

INDININI Launch
Building INDININI, Sailing

An exciting day for a launch

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…

INDININI Side shot in Danousa
Building INDININI, Sailing

INDININI 18m Aluminium Sailboat

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…

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