westwind – 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”

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”

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”

Sailing at Home

Lately i have been sailing from the sofa. i am waiting for this coming sailing season a little more than any other season before. Last winter, i bought the sailboat MP27, designed by Matti Pulli, and this boat has that kind sailing features that you would not want to come back to the harbor. TheContinue reading “Sailing at Home”

West wind – Westwind

Westwind or West Wind may refer to: IAI Westwind, a business jet Westwind (Honduran presidential plane), an IAI Westwind used as the Honduras Presidential Plane Westwind, a call sign for WestWindAviation, an aviation company based in Saskatoon USCGC Westwind (WAGB281), a decommissioned ice breaker that served the United States Coast Guard MP27 Sailboat by Matti Pulli