2019 - new sailing year

After turning down an offer in Seattle, I am super excited to start the new sailing year 2019 now! 

Got to the boat today after a long break and everything is alright, except for the amount of mold I've found. So first thing was to wipe the whole mold clean.

I've also checked the voltage with which the batteries are being loaded from shore power - 14.7V - hope it's compatible with gel batteries.

I've also managed to fix the NASA Clipper Duet screen - new LCD solved the problem. New covers are also there, to protect the LCDs.

Tomorrow is the big day, scrub the whole under waterline hull and apply antifouling.

Oh, happy boat ownership

And so it begins: during the first weekend we spent on the boat, we discovered that the v-birth smells quite badly like mold. The life vests (the old 'big' model) were stuck in the front locker, blocking all the air circulation there, and it seems the hull-deck joint is leaking a bit, so the combination resulted in mold in the front locker. I took off the panel between the bed and the front locker, and the wood delamination is quite severe there. 

Also, the stove (previous owner said it's a diesel, now I have my doubts if it's not propane) has a leaking chimney-deck connection. Tried to seal it, let's see how it looks like next weekend. 

I also started working on the big table (with 2 support plugs, we also have a small one with only one support), it needs some TLC too. 

Finally found the right boat

After looking at around 6 Albin Vegas and 2 Marieholms 26, I finally found the the right sailboat (or the other way around?!) - an Albin Vega 26, hull number 927, currently named Skip and located in Andijk NL. It's got loads of new sails and a Yanmar 2GM installed in 1985. New name: Spirit.