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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

For sailors - by sailors. Mainsail of S/Y Seanna acted as a model for this beanie by Superyellow Headwear.

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The Tutsies - Monday Night (official video)

Planned works for the winter...

Quite a lot of works planned for the boat during the winter, here's some of them listed... Hopefully we are able to get everything done before we splash the boat again

1.

Electronics: Install B&G Vulcan 7 chartplotter. Flush-mounted to the angled part of the deck behind Stbd. primary winch. At first the idea was to have one display on both sides of the wheel but just one should do well as the main purpose for this display is to have something to help with navigation when shorthanded in archipelago/shallow water. When the chartplotter is not needed it can be used to track windshifts, performance data, etc... The main Nav. station is still downstairs. 

Also need to install a Mastervolt inverter, Plan is to get only a small one, 300/500W, mainly used to power up the new computer screen and occasional charging of things. 

2.

Change the color of the decorative stripes and name/logo to "Gloss Charcoal Metallic". Also the previously painted bootstripe will be wrapped.

Old vinyls are removed and new ones are going on. The Charcoal Metallic Grey should play well in the daylight with little glitter without being too "goldy". Idea was to change the color to give more contemporary look and distinguish the boat from others. Old vinyls were not in a really bad shape but were peeling off here and there. This job was planned and 1/2 paid for to be done in Valencia. The English guy who was supposed to do the could not complete the job and walked away with my money..

3.

Fair the bottom & foils, re-coat and get the finish to look like the bulb on the picture below. Paints arrived from UK just before Christmas, I am hoping to get this job started by the end of January, but it really depends on the painter and his (and his shops) availability. It would be nice to do the bottom of the keel as well but I do not know if it is possible? 

4.

Upgrade the seacocks to a flush type for optimal light wind performance. Marelon Flowtech - closing flush valves would have been nice but there is not enough clearance for the valves. 

4.

Eberspacher or Webasto heating. GS 45 has limited option for ducting and it is pretty tigh fit but hopefully we can get a nozzle to every cabin. We might leave the Aft toilet without a warm air -nozzle, the Fwd. toilet/shower is more important as it is used for drying gear. Haven't yet decided on which model to go with but it all point towards Eberspacher D4 or D4+. Reason is the wide power range, especially in the lower end of the scale.

5.

Uprade the Solimar 170cm. S/S wheel to a composite wheel. Also at least the lower rudder bearing needs to be changed, top one we'll have to inspect when the rudder is dropped. Plan is to make an slight upgrade to the system as well. 

Christmas at Gulf of Mexico

The boat is in a warm warehouse, crew is out working to get the means for yet another adventure in the future :)

Crew T-shirt v1.0 in test.

Happy holidays!

Jobs contn'd

Prop Painted for Mediterranean in 04/2015. Unpainted prop on the Mediterranean would foul like there's no tomorrow. In the Baltic Sea it is not common to paint the prop as there is much less growth...

Paint removed and almost done with the polishing. It was a PITA to get all the paint off. Prop had some corrosion hiding under the paint, not too bad though, for a 10 year old prop.

Started the winch maintenance, used lamp oil+brush for the cleaning. 3/6 done. The smallest, 46.2 were easy to do, 48.2's were bit more complicated, but with help from the exploded view -drawing it was easy to put them back together. The 60.2's should be bit more complicated but as said, just need to follow the drawings...

Winches were in relatively good shape, I though they had almost no friction before the cleaning. I was wrong. The cleaned and newly greased/oiled winch was considerably more light to turn. They had a tad too much grease on them, now I only applied a very thin film of Harken Winch Grease with a small paint brush and Harken Pawl Oil to the Pawls.

Off season works in progress...

 

Boat got a skirt... Antifouling is not very thick but it was still in such shape that removal off all antifouling is needed in order to get a smooth (and fast) bottom. Some fairing needs to be done, but before that can be even considered we need to get the scraping/sanding done. 

Plan is to continue with Nautix A4 T.Speed hard matrix antifouling or with something even slicker...

 

Ant then let the scraping begin.  

 

Getting the antifouling off is pretty exhausting job so need to take breaks pretty often. Well, not a problem as there is plenty other "light" stuff to do. For example today the old AG Neovo 15" screen had to go, replaced by HP 17" Pro display. Consumes about 1/3 the power and weight saving about 2 kg's :)

3794nm

Here´s some pics from the 2015 season in no particular order...

Waiting for weather at Klinthavn, Møhn, Denmark. The Marina was full when we arrived as the weather had already picked up. Harbour master assigned us a berth at the fishing basin of the port. I believe we got one of the most sheltered spots in the harbour.

Passing Gibraltar and Europa Point. Krister on the wheel.

Leaving Tallinn, Estonia after Helsinki Tallinna Race.

Seanna at Marienhamn, our first port in Finland. At that time we had covered some 3500nm since departure from Valencia. Dinghy got appropriate stickers, T/T SEANNA sticker inside the transom to comply with the law in some countries...

At Atlantic after departure from Lagos, Portugal

One hour to first race start with new boat.

Pretty much hitting the targets...

Enter the Baltics, bye bye tidal Europe. We were parked in Brunnsbuttel Marina, ships passed maybe 40m distance from our berth.

Vlieland Marina was 100% full and we were lucky to get a berth. Nice Marina, too bad we did not have time stay longer.

Seanna at her home berth at Skifferholmen, Helsinki. We almost never use the spray hood. That is why we got a boom tent made, it still needs some adjustment and more securing points. Next season will show whether it will turn out to be practical... 

Sails changed, anchor and extra cruising stuff removed. Ready to depart for the start line of Helsinki Tallinna Race 2015.

Finnish Summer.

At Oostende Food festival. Perfect day to be at Oostende. We stayed for one night at Royal North Sea Yacht Club, very nice marina, a bit shallow but near the entrance it was deep enough for us.

Kiel Canal, Holtenau Locks.

Chief Mate arrives :) Captain very happy

Home sweet home

Bay of Biscay

Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland.

Departing Cartagena, Spain

Hull got  some TLC after arrivla to Marienhamn

Our Yacht Clubs private island Andø

Hull cleans up nicely after 6 months idle at Marina Real Juan Carlos, Valencia. Nautix A4 T.Speed seems like a good choice for anti-fouling.

Marine Del Este. A marina well worth a visit!

Heavy traffic under the bow at coast of Portugal.

Brunssbuttel

Elbe- River, Approaching Kiel Canal with the current.

Kiel Canal, Holtenau Locks.

Heading for Tallinn, Full speed under Code Zero

Taking fuel at Ibiza, St. Antoni de Portmany

Helsingfors Segelsallskap club house terrace. De-Briefing.

No visit to Ibiza without checking the original Cafe Del Mar. Have to say they have done a better job with the CDM Singapore.

Hull after HP wash at Valencia, Spain

Wind picking up at HTR 2015

Ready for the long trip to Finland from Spain

Scheveningen at sunset. Headwear sponsor Superyellow Flag flying of course.

Testing the new boom tent.

Lunch at Tarifa while we were waiting on weather at Gibraltar.

Marina Alcadeisa, La linea, Spain

HTR 2015