Skilsø 35 Blog

Experiences, trials and tribulations with my Skilsø 35 Panorama


  • Lithium installation

    Lithium installation

    Introduction There are a few ways to increase autonomy, and fitting more energy storage is one of them. When starting to research the topic many different opinions were circulated on social media. From full systems to drop-in batteries to fitting non-marine rated battery bank style accessories and everything in-between. I like doing things right, so

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  • Fixing the Solar

    Fixing the Solar

    What’s wrong with it? First of all the physical dimensions. The factory fits 2x70W solar panels, which cover a little more than half of the available space: Then comes the electrical part. The panels are for some reason connected in series. One of the panels is always partly shaded by the radar mast and this

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  • Pantry Storage Solutions

    Pantry Storage Solutions

    In-floor Storage There is a very deep and generously sized locker located in the floor of the pantry. It is 60cm deep, and if you just pile stuff at the bottom, it is very difficult to get to. IKEA has a bin called FILUR, parts number 201.938.99: The bin comes with a lid, but you

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  • Freshwater System

    Freshwater System

    Fixing Factory Issues There are a couple problems I had on my boat, which did not prevent the system from operating, but it was far from ideal. First there was a kinked hose on the inlet to the water pump. It was not completely blocking the flow, but who knows for how long. Fix is

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  • Accessories

    Accessories

    Vacuum cleaner The factory offers an installation of a central vacuum system. I don’t really know what it looks like, but it costs around 1500 EUR. I solved it a little differently. I bought a Makita DCL286FZW vacuum cleaner: I chose this model because it has a cyclone filter, no bags and has pretty good

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  • Starlink

    Starlink

    Introduction I did not want to rely purely on 4G (or 5G) internet – in some of the archipelagos and islands around here the cell coverage is not great and certainly not good enough for work. Because a good friend of mine had a terminal left over that I could have for free I decided

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