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.

The first snow

Sweden, Åkersberga. 2010-10-22

The first snow this season. Now it's time to cover the sailboat with a warm and nice press that keeps the snow away from the little boat.

Now is the sailing season finally over in the Stockholm area. Time for rest and time for other interest hobbies, Beer drinking for example and some restoration at home.