S/Y Linnea

Some days are slow, like today. Anyway, see our navigation table tell tale Lyth compass:
Lyth compass
As you also can see, dust and disorder collects quickly.
We also worked on the head tank.
I mounted the discharge pump upside down three times. Did I say today was slow?
Head tank in the aft cabin
Also mounted the VHF and the […]

We will use LED navigation lights from Lopolight. Expensive, but seems to be worth it. 2.1 W power consumption, waterproof, works for 50.000 hours, certified for ships up to 50 meters long.
This is what they look like:
Lopolight navigation lights
And this is how the sidelights will be mounted:
Lopolight mount.
Tomorrow we will connect the electrics to see […]

Today I snapped some pictures of the progress.
The Deck with sail and dinghy.
Steering station portlights
Bow roller and sail.
We haven’t adjusted the lazy jacks yet, so the yard and sail bundle has a little drooping angle. Notice the new thick bamboo. We put it only on one side of the sail, used no keep battens. […]

Forgot the crappy digicam, and the mobile was out of batteries after some work related e-mailing and chatting, so… no pictures today on the finnaly installed steering station portlights. They are actually a bit too large to be called portlights. More like windows. 200 machine screws. Each window hade five rounds of Sikaflex. Used up […]

I promise. We will only use this mock-up this year. Later we will build a new table out of mahogany and make it really sweet. I’m looking forward to it. But this mock-up tells us the real thing will be great. We haven’t decided where the pull-downs on the kerosene lamps will be fastened yet […]

Today we made the last fixes to the starboard 220 liters water tank. It is a Vetus flexible tank that sits in a compartment under the settee. Seems to be working fine, except for the grommets in the corners. One was ripped out when the tank was full. I suppose it was there only to […]

Some pictures of the progress:
Navigators bunk
This is a good illustration of how hard it is to take photos of the interior. Everything is covered in tools, and unpainted surfaces are ugly.
Steering station port frame.
8 mm stainless steel. 200 M5 machine screws. 13 mm thick polycarbonate. Will it hold up to the furious waves of the […]

Sawed out the windows in Makrolon. The same polycarbonate as Lexan but the Euro-version. Interesting material to work with. We have quite a lot left but no idea of what to do with it. Here is a good source of all construction methods. It also tells how to make that cool looking dome. I see […]

Routing rabets in glassed over plywood for the steering staion ports itch. Spread dust all over the neighbor boats as well. Anyway, here are some new pics on the bow rollers and the kids in the dinghy:
Anchor trial in bow roller.
I really like our new dinghy. It can take a lot of people, and I […]

Some pics from yesterday:
Bow rollers platform.
It actually looks thicker than it is from this direction. High quality mahogany is a really really nice wood to work with.
Portlights cut-outs in the steering station.
See my Festo jig saw on the work bench. I really love that saw.