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

Vela de la Comunidad Valenciana

FINLYS Rating for Seanna has been calculated by the almighty LYS-committee and the result is 1.36 with Code 0, with symmetric only, the magic number would have been 0.01-0.02 less... Can't leave the most fun sail out just because of a rating, right?

Today was on another visit to the North Sails Valencia sail loft where the "Working Main" was receiving some finishing touches of TLC from Alfredo.

The sail next to the old&faithful 3DL 600 is 3Di from a RC44 where we had an evil master plan to re-cut it to be a new Main for Seanna. Unfortunately the plan did not suite the rig dimensions for Seanna, but is almost perfect for 40.7's and similar.  (PM if this is of interest, lower left column!)

Again, I have to mention that service and professonialism of this sail loft is, above and beyond what a "normal" sail loft offers! :)

Valencia is a Sailing City and below is one proof that they take this business seriously.. Drain cover from the the sidewalk close to the Marina Real Juan Carlos...

Today was a mainly "in the boat -day". Cleaned the bilge under engine, oiled bottom valves, oiled/greased the steering quadrant&wires, Changed one hose, had a beer, sprayed CRC to various places, put on new mid-level LED lighting for the saloon, re-did whipping on old genoa sheets and so on... Good night from Valencia!

(The boat looks surprisingly good from the distance, it still needs a lot off buffing and polishing)

Happy Easter / Buenas Pasqua from Valencia!

Easter weekend seems to become a nice with blue skies and temperature in the mid 20's Celsius :)

Last week was phenomenal weather wise and my shoulders are a proof of that...

Sail analysis of the main...

Sail:
SailHours: 0
SailName: Mn3
SailCategory: Main
SailType: Standard
SailPurpose: Racing
SailCut: 3DL
SailCloth: 860
SailPurchase: 3/11/14 0:28
Draft:
Stripe#1: 37.6%
Stripe#2: 40.4%
Stripe#3: 42.4%
Camber:
Stripe#1: 7.2%
Stripe#2: 10.0%
Stripe#3: 9.4%
Twist:
1: 0.0°
2: 4.9°
3: 8.2°
Notes/Riggtune:
Backstay start on half aprox.

Otherwise there is still a lot to do, cleaning and shining here and there, VHF has something funky going on, need to check...

Nav. Desk and fwd. berth got new led chart/reading lights. Dimmed mood lights in the saloon will be changed to led stripe of a newer kind for optimal power consumption.

Next week a rigging guy will come for a visit, we take a look at some new sheets/halyards/control lines, etc... Winches need servicing as well, if he gives me good price maybe I use him. Winch servicing is messy business.

Was looking at the antifouling few days ago, it has some slime on it but only slime. Good. Next docking will be easy, remove (most) of the old one, put on a new and wetsand.

Was just looking at Computer displays, the one I have now, Neovo XXX, draws 42W when on a new product from Neovo draws only 18W. So that goes on the to do -list..

Enough with this writing thing, need to go up and do something usefull!