Category: Repairs and Breakdowns

The Rocna anchor is a disappointment – it came loose several times in the storm in Skiathos in conditions we would never have expected to have a problem.  After significant research across the Facebook forums and the internet, the conclusion is that buying the Rocna was a mistake (at least for us)!  There are many yachts owners out there who swear by Rocna – so publishing our issues, certainly caused a heated discussion. What WE found on Liberation was that the Rocna sets very well in mud and sand but does not set in weed.  Of course, weed is the worst substrate you can possibly have – and there aren’t many anchors which will set – but are used to …….

In June 2014 the water maker was re-installed in Preveza by the Greek installer and by taking videos of it operating he noticed that the water discharge was a trickle and not the flow it should be – he agreed the problem was the pump but in Greece the only available replacement was very large and delivered three times more time water than water maker could process – so now we’ve gone from one extreme to the other!!  The replacement pump is the maximum pressure the water maker can cope with at 60psi – it is a self-priming pump which would hopefully avoid the air bubbles.  Due to much higher power demand, he also installed a relay so when the pump …….

Our water maker was installed in Isola – not a factory option but one of our own additions – it is a big machine with high capacity.  We want to use water the same as we do at home and we consume about 100 litres a day at least, without washing the boat or doing the washing. The installation in Isola seemed to be fine – the machine ran on the way to the customs pontoon in the sea trial – and we made water.  However, this was on a completely flat sea with nothing else running on the generator. The machine sat idle all the while we were commissioning in Umag – it had been “pickled” (a process of running …….

We discovered very quickly while underway that the invertor was only supplying power to half the sockets on the boat – and also the immediate switch in when mains power was disconnected was not working as anticipated.  We gave our buddy Toby a call at Keto and were very impressed when he said he would jump on a plane and come over. Toby flew over and reconfigured the 220v circuit by installing an additional relay allowing switching of both circuits from shore power to generator to invertor.  The switch in was then immediate and the microwave doesn’t even lose it’s time setting when we switch between power supplies.  It was quite a simple thing but immediate response from Keto! Toby …….

A few days back we decided to take a day out and go on a shopping trip into Slovenia and to Trieste in Italy with a rental car – we had a great day, found a lot of parts we needed and stocked up on supplies – and even had a McDonalds (long time ago!).  We came back to the boat late in the evening at around 9pm and we discovered the fresh water pump running, but it was running dry.  Ed was convinced I had left the tap on (no idea why I would have done that – am I REALLY that stupid????!!!!!) and I was getting a lot of stick before he realised that the taps were closed …….