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.