So after a couple of weeks back and slaving away on Marie to get her ready for the cruise she's finally in the water. Most of the work I've been doing was on the interior and electrics. Still some work to do there but externally she was ready to go in. She's had a good clean, polish and wax, and freshly painted boot top and go-faster stripes, that should add a knot or 2 :)
... and then in the water looking rather naked without her mast.
Nina came a long the follwing day to help put the mast up. The mast went up without too much complaint this year, apart from a little argument between the windex and the mast crane all went well and we were on our way to Gustavsberg.
As the mast was up we had to go South of Södermalm, through Hammarby slussen and the opening bridges. Fortunately, despite my work on the wiring, all her electronics were up and running first time, including the new AIS radar which will be a handy addition for solo night sailing - it still needs a proper location though.
After a couple of hours passing the houses of the rich who can afford summer houses close to Stockholm we made it to the familiar bridge of Gustavsberg, and Marie's home port.
Still much work to be done, but it's nice to have a boat that's actually in the water. Hopefully she'll be ready for a little cruise to celebrate the Swedish midsommer on Friday.
well done I see you've made it!
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