Headed Harlingen
All good aside from both VHF us and knocked off port nav light in lock at Ijmuiden. Derrrr, not quite…
Self steering working, that’s a major step forward. Anchor locker needs rearrangement with bottle moved and secured to allow chain…
In no small measure due to Jan who I would say has more than doubled the work rate, its all…
Still need to leak test but am fairly confident that this solution will work. A first coat of Epifanes 29…
No pic for the moment. Jan, neighbour, came over and did “top cover” with the drill driver to get genoa…
Met up with Jasenko, the new owner and skipper of Aquarius, my ship for several years in Helius Hafen, the…
A Mk1 of 1983. Decks had not been ground so that is a good start. Original teak was 10mm now…
Do the Maintenance seems to be a good plan so major effort, deck, rig.
Flopped out Wednesday Thursday and started on task list. Decision made, do the maintenance including first go at the teak…
Left Royal Gothenburg YC and routed to visit Marstrand via Stuart, a friend on Ockero. Marstrand to Ellios, the birth…
We had a little trouble entering the 20m wide harbour when the engine stopped downwind. All was well however and…
0800, HR parts department, a joy for anyone who likes boats and boat shops. A special family member price from…
F6 beating all the way, all good, no breakages.
Replaced FWT lid seals with green carry mat foam found on board, cut and tighten FWT breather pipe, two clips,…
I am told this is the “Cowes” of Sweden. A really beautiful day sail up here, quite short but now…
Yesterday we made a day cruise over to öckerö to check the many small improvements and installations made. Autopilot still…
Almost ready to sail. Jan stitching cockpit tent and then many many other jobs on the ship, all essential.
7:30 start, 17:30 finish, battery monitor and associated shunt, significant rewiring required. Over time the battery isolator had been bypassed…
Exhaust, fuel line and electrical hook up still to do. Will leave it for the moment and await additional components…
After a frustrating morning with no answers to emails or phone calls I visited Hjertmans, a fully stocked marine store…
After flag raising and associated drink up progress on Saturday not terribly good. New CD’s bought, curtains investigated etc. Good…