The perfect table

Sorry about the crappy pictures. I really like my Iphone but it has a really crappy camera. Maybe I will shop around for a digital camera in the future.

Above you can see the saloon table as designed by Tom. While folded like above, it has high rails around that can make Lego pieces stay put when the boat heels. It also makes it easy to put dishes on the table on the way up on deck. When unfoldet it is flat.

New video: Sailing from the inside

It’s not that tidy. But here is a small video from the interior of Linnea. While sailing. As you can see, the final finish of the inside is not there yet. But it works fine for some weeks of summer sailing. The reefed sail is badly set. We will try to do something about it.

Slow progress – dust and disorder collects quickly

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 aft navigation light.

(I got the new video. I don’t know if I have the tiime to upload it before going to Skåne tomorrow…)

No pictures today

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 over two tubes. Two fingers on my right hand feels numb after squeezing that Sika…

These windows look bombproof.

Tomorrow we will start rigging the sail again.

And maybe wire the navigation lights. Don’t really know where to put them. Was thinking about the deck house roof first. But the bow will obstruct them. Any ideas?

Saloon table prototype

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 though.

The saloon table folded.

We will extend the back to enclose all the folded table top. Perfect for a heeling meal. Or just to put some stuff in it while sailing.

The saloon table, unfolded.

A clean table top for harbour use. Remember, this us ugly. This is a mock up. Yes, we will eat on it this year.

Other things that happened today: My father worked on the water system while my mother painted the aft cabin.

220 l water tank

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 use on an empty tank. Maybe when the tank was hanging on a pin in the shop.

Anyway, it doesn’t really matter. We will use a couple of seat belts to secure this airbag.

It was good to finally being able to use the sink.

Progress pics

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 outer skerries of the Stockholm archipelago this summer. Probably.

The dinghy on deck.

The good thing about flush deck. The dighy takes up no space at all. Maybe we are going to take down the work bench while sailing, though.

Foredeck.

The bow rollers will be bolted to the mahoghany. We will need some sort of pulpit as well to be able to climb up the bow.

That’s all folks!

Pictures and hole in the hull… and a surprise

Today we made a hole in the hull. It is always scary. But looked much better after we put a shining new portlight in it. Two pictures of the hole:

From the inside

And from the outside.

Quite often people want to see pictures from the interior. I normally come up with a really bad explanation that I don’t have any working digital camera except my mobile phone (which is correct btw). But the truth is that the interior looks really bad on photos. Often tools are spread all over the place, and since painting and hardwood trim goes on last, everything looks dirty and unfinished.

Like this:

A mess, no?

Here is another picture of one of the children’s bunks. It is big enough for any normal adult. But we made a special bulkhead to make it like their own little cabin. We also made some bookshelves. This will look much better when painted.

Did I say it will look much better with some paint on it?

And now for the surprise:

A sailing and rowing dinghy!

We would appreciate ideas for a name. Ida and Joel only created a list of 20 or so. Joels favorite name for the tender right now is “daddy” (but in Swedish of course). Personally I think it might lead to misunderstandings…

In commission again… soon

Ok, it’s time to launch Linnea today after a winter on land. Hopefully I’ll put up some more posts here after that. It is more fun posting when the boat is in the water. Some short notes on what we are up to:

- Ordered thicker bamboo from Germany.

- Made a mock-up of the cabin table. (We’ll probably use it this year.)

- Fixed some problems with the deadwood and bulwarks.

- Finished the companionway hatch.

- Fairing the inside for painting (we don’t want no vinyl cover, this is not a car!)

- Bookshelfs in the kids berths.

- Higher sole in the cabin.

- Water tanks under settees in the cabin.

- Bought really really expensive LED navigation lights.

- Almost there with the navigation berth.

- Aft cabin almost finished.

So now we will:

- Windows, portlights, deadlights, etc. We need them!

- Bow rollers.

- Galley mock up.

- Paint and trim.

- Shower and water to the head.

- Braided halyard.

- New halyard block at mast head.

- New sheet blocks.

- Find a beat up cheap glass fiber dinghy that rows.

- Anything else?

yes

- Upholstrey (mattresses)

- Navigator’s berth (almost finished)

- Some electrical stuff

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Ordered portlights

After much head scratching we finally decided to order eight of these:

We bought them from Toplicht in Hamburg. Still no progress on the big window frames though… Casting bronze anyone?