Reporting the Weekend

The Spring is really in, the lovely alder leaves are growing.

The hull was polished.

The mast was polished too and top of it equipped.

I was super-busy supervising this all action, both on the boat and managing the outside.

I monitor the situation carefully.
I stayed awake all the nights, securing the crew's sleep.

The old wise light house in the distance waits for us (it can be seen in the pic if you look carefully).
We are almost ready to set the sail and meet him again.

Spring is In

Like a Dream

Wohnmobiling

I made an experiment with a new way of transportation and accommodation. The captain rented a camper, or ein Wohnmobil as the crew calls them for still an unknown reason, for our weekend at the boat yard.

 This vehicle seems to be a combination of a car (while driving I stay in my travel compartment or wear a safety belt) and a boat (mooring possible close to shoreline and it can be used for sleeping and preparing food). The key difference is the transportation medium, its the road and not the water. 

The first night we stayed at Kalajoki. A parking site with a nice view was selected to be our camp for the night before driving to the boat yard. I totally relaxed as we arrived since I could see the Sea for the first time after the long off-season. The camper was equipped with plenty of windows that I learned during the night to be super-useful...

Oh, I was tired next day. I used most of the night observing the birds - what a selection of them there was available, almost non-stop for all night long...

At the boat yard

Finally we got in to the business. We spent the weekend working on the vessel, preparing her for the Summer. As a bonus, I really got excited about the environment - so many kind of birds were there to entertain me.  I feel like waking up from hibernation. Also, I experienced a new way to travel. I will elaborate on these in the upcoming posts.

It's getting close

It is soon mid May and finally, finally the action on Exter will start. We do not yet know when she will be launched but we know that we will do the Spring work on her very soon. I will keep you updated.