Moving the boat cradle begins to be a hobby of its own! And an expensive one. The cradle has now been transferred on land, at the sea and somewhat also through the air.
Category: Doing it the hard way
The New Companionway Doors, vol. 2
Luukkujen uusiminen ei mennyt viime vuonna ihan niin kuin Strömsössä. Luukkufiaskosta oppineena toinen yritys meni jo astetta paremmin
Easy Task Made Difficult – Case: Replacing The Zincs
One easy task that changed difficult was changing the zincs on the CD20 saildrive. Easy tasks just didn’t seem to work out…
Fall Activities
At fall Liberta visited the Hopeasalmi dock, where the electrics were checked and some of the damages caused by the short circuit were fixed.
Learning New Things
When you do something for the first time, it’s a guarantee that you’ll learn something new. That was the case here too.
Nothing Ever Happens If You Don’t Do Anything
Power on and WTF?! There’s sparks and smoke everywhere!
The Companionway Fiasco
With a good hobby one don’t count the hours spent. But in this case I have to say, I would have rather missed this learning experience.
The Sewing Club
The more I got to know the boat, the more parts seemed to fall off.
Cleaning The Teak
The boat was literally growing moss! How could I get the moss off the teak parts?
Buyer’s remorse hits in the face
After the first rush of emotions had settled, it was time to get take a serious look at what I had bought. The first thing on my mind was the sheer size of the boat. Everything felt huge after the old 7,7 meters long Maxi 77. One could walk straight up and the mast was almost as thick as a man’s waist. And I must admit it felt good have your boat at the dock of the big boats … =)
What, instead, began to bother quite quickly, was how alone I discovered that I was with the boat. Everything was new, starting from where the batteries could be found, how to start the engine, how to put all ropes etc.
The problem was that the former owner of the boat had Alzheimer’s disease and could not help at all, and his wife did not know anything about the boat. Things had to be learned the hard way. For example, to find the batteries, I had to open the floors and follow the wires. Finally, the batteries were found beneath the base of the storage space underneath the table …
I felt as though I was the anti midas.
The second big thing that caused the buyer’s remorse was the condition of everything. A few out of use also meant a lack of maintenance. For example, some of the railings were bent, the ropes were poor, the grommet for the electrics came off after touching it, as well as the drawers, the water pump was on half a minute and stopped working, the toilet did not empty etc. etc. I felt as though I was the anti midas.
At the same time, I was fixing the old boat for sale condition, so things moved on slowly. When there was no one interested in buying the old boat, the good drive was changing into despair.
Jussi
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