Skilsø 35 Blog

Experiences, trials and tribulations with my Skilsø 35 Panorama


  • 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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  • Set screws

    Set screws

    There have been quite a few issues with various set screws (metal on metal) unscrewing themselves, because it is normal that there is some vibration on the boat. If only there was a solution to this problem… oh wait – there is. It’s called Loctite. You don’t screw almost anything together on a car without…

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  • Head extractor fan

    Head extractor fan

    One of the things I noticed quite quickly is the wailing banshee noise the head extractor makes. It is so loud that you can not keep it on at night, and even during daytime you can hear it up in the saloon with the bathroom door closed. When the voltage changes because the onboard charger…

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  • Introduction

    Introduction

    About the boat The boat is a Skilsø 35 Panorama bought from Viknes in 2024. Mine is their demo boat, and the same exact boat is in the pictures found here: https://www.viknes.no/en/product/skilso-35-panorama In case the link stops working or they change the images, it is always possible to see the saved page in the WayBack…

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