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Winter Jobs started... New wheel :)

 So time has come for the old faitfull stainless steel Wheel to go. What I hope to gain with new wheel is more feel/feedback to the steering and weight saving is always a plus. Cool factor is also on the list for sure :)

Replacement just arrived from Exit Engineering in Italy. Wheels are high quality pre preg, autoclave wheel build in one piece with no secondary bonding except where absolute necessary. Clear coat of epoxy is perfect. Impressive craftmanship.

Wheel for Seanna has max. dia of 172. Weight for the new 3-spoke wheel is 3,55 Kg's as per CE-Certificate. I will verify that later. The build quality is superb. Not to mention the customer service during the buy process. Engineer from Exit called me couple of times just to make sure we get everything correct and a perfect fit.

I have yet to install the wheel. Hopefully fit will be good. It will be tight, but so it has to be as I wanted a wheel that fills the whole deck recess.

Helsinki-Tallinna Race 2017

Haven't been writing lately, we've been out on the boat the whole summer cruising the Baltic Sea and got a chance to participate in the ORC European in Gdansk, onboard Farr 52, Audi E-tron.

Past week was busy with changing the cruising sails to better canvas, some extra weight needed to be removed from the boat or at least relocated.

HTR2017 LYS 1 -Class

LYS Classes had a "straight course", 44.5nm. Start Area was close our home club, but part of the sailing instructions was that all boats need to participate in the parade from Helsinki Market Square to starting area. We left for the parade early and had good time to look for the winds before our start time. Pinged the line and then tried to stay out of the way of the starting boats.

LYS -Classes race was full chasing and we were one of the last boats to start. Committee end was heavily favored so that is were we started. Only one other boat started with us at 20:49:00 so starting right next to the boat was no problem. 30.1 in effect so we wanted to take it safe and stay high so did not push too much. Crossed the starting line about 3-4 secs late, which was pretty much what we planned for.

At start the winds were at around 8 knots but soon after the start wind died almost completely and also shifted to E which killed the boatspeed to under 1 knot. First we changed to Code as it seemed the right choice before windshift, however S2 would have been better. This was a short leg so I do not think it made too much difference.

Heading out to sea, wind picked up and our run with code gave us good speed straight towards the next mark. Seeing all the boats ahead of us getting closer is a nice feeling :) Around this time we changed some roles as planned before start, I steered the start and Rosa did the tactics, we swopped positions and Rosa took the helm, I took over navigation and tactics.

Soon after Helsinki Light winds picked up to 15-18 knots in the gusts and also veered back to SSE, so we changed to Jib. Michael and Niki did a good job at the bow, Arto at the mast and all went smoothly in complete darkness. Erik and Kaarlo found a good trim and that was confirmed by the good boat speed we had passing other boats in the darkness. Anna and Lauri acted as floaters wherever help was needed. Supercrew :)

Bay of Tallinn was upwind in light winds 6-8 knots, well enough to give us good speed and fast acceleration out of tacks, so we ended up tacking quite a lot for tactical reasons. At this point it was pretty clear that we were doing well, as the boats ahead us were other classes only (except for Speculator). Of course you never know for sure who has slipped past unnoticed in the darkness.

And the winner is.... a very well and consistently sailed Finngulf 41, but we are right behind it :)

Couple of "trophies" we were happy with during the race was that we managed to keep our friends onboard XP38 Finx behind us. Also we once passed the boat, Finngulf 41 Speculator, that ended up winning our class.

Finally afloat :)

It's been a long wait... but now boat is in the water and in better shape that it has been in years. During one of our first trips, a passing boat chatted with us and wondered that Seanna must be new or almost new. Nope, not quite, 12 years and still kicking. Warms my heart to hear comments like that :)

We've been doing small jobs around the boat, still some stuff to do, well, there always is..

Changed the anti-slip on the stairs. New Vulcan 7 display outside needed to be changed. Thanks B&G for quick service and sending the replacement. North Sails Finland has been taking good care of our sails and most importantly thanks for all the jobs on the hull done by boat repair yard "Vela Venekorjaamo" in Turku, Finland.

Propably the best yacht/boat shop in Finland.

May 1. required some celebration and so we did.

Testing our new foul weather gear by Pelle Pettersson. Not the most obvious choice, but so far after some sailing in near freezing rain, swell, spray and so on I think they are at par with the benchmark MPX-gear. Superyellow Headwear has some really nice beanies for us this year as well.

Tomorrow we go again, somewhere for the weekend, No snow would be nice:)

High and Dry :(

Seanna is still up and will not make it into the water this season. It has been a real set back for us as this would have been our first full summer in our new home territory, Archipelago of Finland and Sweden.

A lot of repairs and improvements are being done. I will post about those once I get some good pics.

Mas Trabajo!

The hull is still waiting for the new Charcoal Metallic lines, sides are buffed and waxed.

New gadget added :) B&G Vulcan 7 installed next to the wheel by Aquamatic Oy, Turku. Works as a small plotter and additional display for data. The screen can be split many ways, for example 4 data boxes still have pretty large numbers that can be easily seen. Another nice feature is the possibility to control brightness of the mast displays etc. and ping the line, start timer, etc. from the wheel.

Bottom still waiting for that epoxy

Vulcan 7 installed, teaks need some TLC

Heating ducts insulated

Well, almost done. Will need few more pieces for both, 90mm and 75mm.

Maxitherm is very nice to work with. Just simply clip on, easy to trim/cut as well.

Eberspacher D4 Installation

Past few days have been filled with drilling, sanding, trying to figure out a best route for the ducting and so on... Now all cabins have an outlet except for the aft toilet which proved to be a real cahllenge to get to. We will add a warm air outlet later on if necessary.

The Eberspacher D4 -Heater is sitting at the Aft. locker, ducting is led forward on the Portside under the bed, counters and sofas. Ducting is 90mm all the way to the Fwd. bulkhead, where it splits to two 75mm duct for Fwd. Cabin and toilet.  From the picture below, the "main duct" goes down and from the T-connection a 75mm duct goes over to the other side to an outlet for Stbd. Aft. Cabin.

Installation was pretty straightforward, holes needed for the ducting were 98mm and 84mm. Just needed to check and double check the positions with a small 2mm drill "pilot drill" before drilling the big hole..

 

Aft. Locker ducting 

 

Stbd. Aft Cabin. Outlet is higher up than normally for two reasons: limited space for ducting and optimal air flow for drying sails/gear etc. 

 

 

Port Aft. Cabin. Outlet in legroom, 75mm duct Tee'd off 90mm main duct.

 

 

Saloon outlet, 90mm "always open" outlet Tee'd off from the main duct. After testing the system we might add one more outlet to the main cabin if needed.

 

 

Main duct led under the bed in Port Aft. Cabin. The Aft. end was very tight and there was barely enough space for the duct. Hopefully the bends will not affect the flow too much. At the same time it is what it is as this is the only possible route for the duct. Rest of the duct is relatively staright all the way to the Fwd.

 

 

Under the saloon sofa, just aft. of the bulkhead the main 90mm duct splits to two 75mm duct for forward cabin and toilet.

 

 

Fwd. toilet/shower outlet. 

 

Fwd. cabin outlet with the toilet door open.

 

 

Easy Start Select -control panel above the Wireless VHF -Handset, left of the computer screen. External temperature sensor is mounted under the monitor where it should be away from the sun, draft, etc... 

Ducting is now done. Still need to figure out inlet for heated air, combustion air and exhaust. Also the ducting will be insulated with Maxitherm where it is close to the hull and not near spaces that need heating..

 

Sailing Beanies

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