MP27 – Sailing West wind

Hard season

Staying on hard Winter was long and mostly cold. There was a periods, when temperature rise over zero and even to +10 degree in Celsius, but that was only few times. Unfortunately, these warm periods was bad for my boat. During warm time, snow is melting, and then coming down from roof. This winter, weContinue reading “Hard season”

Winter is coming

Because of the issues with leaking boat, i had decide to lift up boat earlier than usually. Boat was transported nice and safely to winter place. Here she had to be prepared for cold season. First i took all unnecessary bed clothes and other sailing stuff out and place them to storage. Then i hadContinue reading “Winter is coming”

Docking sailboat

Prologue in video Season for me, was mostly filled with all kind of boat fixing. Some one may think that it is a pity or sad, some does think it was not. For me, this was a deliberate act, because season start late and all planned work had to be done. First i was testingContinue reading “Docking sailboat”

The Vire 12 started easily and ran at idle in a reliable manner.

The morning in harbor was nice and calm. From all days, this was going to be maybe one of the warmest day in august. i like when it is hot, it is good for old bones and muscles. I had to build a place for control panel closer to the helm. It can be situation,Continue reading “The Vire 12 started easily and ran at idle in a reliable manner.”

Home port

Sarvasto at Helsinki My boat was transported to the new harbor a quite well. We have to remember, that wind was a little against and without useful engine, it was more laborious. Problem with engine start to be annoying, so that was on the next on “to do” list. Basic issue was the carburetor. VireContinue reading “Home port”

Sailing from last summer

Last season, it was very nice sailing in Ruissalo. Boat was just got ready for delivery sailing, and ofcourse it has to be tested before real sailing to Espoo. This was very nice testdrive. Around the isle We where all day making boat ready for sailing. We put the mast on it´s place and riggedContinue reading “Sailing from last summer”

Leaking stern tube

Stern tube was major problem in season 2019. West Wind did sail most of the time with the wind, but also many miles with engine, auxiliary power. This was all the time a bit irritating, because of leaking stern tube. Westwind is a sailboat with inboard engine. Originally she was build with 6Hp 2 strokeContinue reading “Leaking stern tube”

Holiday

This winter and spring was a a quite stressful because of restrictions and lock-down. Good thing was, that i had a lot of time to think what kind of fixing boat is going to need and what to do if have enough time for all planned repairs. Boat was clean up and ready for comingContinue reading “Holiday”

Spring

This year after winter was long and less interesting. Most of us did keep distance with everything and could or did not want to spend time outdoors. i agree, that it could be vise decision for many of us too. Spring was not so colorful at this year, a bit grey Boatyard looks more likeContinue reading “Spring”