In the water!

No worries, everyone! The launch yesterday did fine. Linnea didn’t sink at this third launching either.

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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In the water

So here it is. She is floating really high at the bow because we haven’t stepped the mast yet and we also have a big empty stowage compartement at the bows.

The bleeding of the diesel took a couple of hours, as allways. I opened the wrong bolt and let some air in at the wrong place. So even though we bleeded it later at the right place and at the injectors it was blocked before the pump. Anyway. Now it runs great.

Stop the presses – Linnea hits the water!

She floats, doesn’t leak and the engine needs a bleeding. Hopefully I’ll publish some pictures tonight.

No launch today

We planned on launching the boat today. My father waited for the guy with the crane while I was at work, but he didn’t have time to do it, since he had to fix some motor boats. So, maybe monday, since tomorrow is midsummer.