Marianne and I had the first Malo custom built for the American market. In that sense we got a great deal on the boat. But also, Malo and Discovery Yachts were just learning to work together. It probably did not help that our boat broker quit right in the middle of the project, and the…
The Malo 39 is a dry boat. That is – water does not seem to run into it all of the time like my old Hunter 34. All of the typical places where water use to leak in don’t exist. The shaft seal is oil based, so does not need water as a lubricant, and…
Ah batteries – we can’t live with them and we can’t live without them. The 12 volt lifestyle can be can be quite liberating. After all, you have all of this modern stuff with you and you are running it off of a battery. Or you are using this magic box to convert 12dc volts…
Our beautiful Malo 39 cane with a windlass, but alas, the windlass did not work. Oh, it pulled up the chain OK, but every third time it snagged on the chain stripper. It was only later we found out why. The Swedish Cruising Club has installed 5000 mooring buoys in Sweden. This is probably more…