Rudder problem

When I mounted the rudder, I discovered that it was skewed. Now I placed the rudder ina water barrel with the hope that it will straighten itself out.

New interior

Working with a new interior instead of launch the boat. Hopfully I get the boat in the water before autumn. But then it will be a very much nicier little boat.

Almost ready for the see.

One of the keel have same small and queer damages. I don't know from what or when they occured. I Didn't notices them when I left the boat for winter. Now I try too fix them with fiberglass filler and then I hope the underwater paint will cover them.

Rubrail

A new rubrail list in the stern. I used may original rubrail from the stern to repair the rubrail list on the other sides of the boat. I replaced the original rubrail with two teak lists, one over the another. I found the result very pleasant.

A close up photo of a repaired pice of the rubrail. Not perfect but good enough for me.

Rudder attachment

I have filled the worn out rudder attacment with plastic padding metallic. Seems to work out fine but I have to test it under real sailing and stress before I can confirm that it's working allright.

I'm so happy...

..because I've got a place for my boat. It's hard to find a place, a summer place, a place in the water, a bridgeplace ( I don't know the rigth word for this) for your boat in the Stockholms region in Sweden. Normally you must wait at least a couple of years. But thank's to my little boat size and deep-going I was lucky too get a place for the season 2011. This means for me that my sailing this year will be much easier than if I was forced to trail the boat the whole season. Now I

will be able to sail away very easy, even alone without help from anybody. I'm so happy and I'm feeling very lucky. Keep on sailing! :-)

Just home after visiting the boat show in Stockholm

A perfect day to visit the boat show in Stockholm. Friday afternoon and
most people seem to prioritize other things. I am sure that tomorrow and
The day after tomorrow will be quite different. There was a lot of
boats and they were very large boats over 32 feet, and most were motor boats.
My focus was on small sailboats and I studied the rigging and the
sails details carefully. I learned how to apply sail "travare" instead of use the sailroap in the slot. I have a plan how to set the sail easier when I'm sailing single and to haule the sail with a roap in the slot doesn't work if you want to do it from the cockpit. A great day with much inspiration and a lot of new ideas. I'm really looking forward to the next sailing season.