Waiting that the ribs are cured...

So what the heck... AquilaDeux is standing on the port. Why, might the reader think?

The reason is that apparently when the better half of the skipper dropped in the sea the 26th of June (in Hanko), three of her ribs went broken (from the back, maybe because of the radical 150N pull of the lifevest). This is the simple reason for this phenomenon.

The Skipper is still hopeful to get her cured (The doctor told to be at least 6 weeks careful) and make some small trips during this exceptionally warm summer on these latitudes.

But meanwhile.... almost every day one can do some small things in the boat.

Today we washed the deck, and cleaned the boat from the interior. Tomorrow I will make the seabeds better and attach the new nets to them.

Yesterday we cruised around Helsinki to see the shores with PetitAquila (below)

Maybe the next week we try to sail somewhere east (if we get Matias The sea rebel with us).

If the weather is good we will go to Tallinn with Matias and his better part the 8th-9th of August.

... and anyway there are three more races to go. 7th, 14th and 20-22nd of August. So there will be still more adventures for this summer.

Bowsprit + Asym furler installed

The long and sweating day... (sang in the tune of the long and winding road...)

First to measure where to install the Bowsprit... then actually do it!

One can not even think the angles and positions where the nimble captain can bend. Amazing. Luckily I got some help from my daughter to keet the screwdriver on the right position outside...

The biggest issue was to saw the bowsprit to the operating length... but in the end the result was very satisfactory.

Setting up the asym furler was much easier. Maybe tomorrow or sunday we can test how the asymmetric spinnaker works with that.

Day Tripper

Hot weather in the city pressured to go to sail in front of Helsinki. We sailed this day just to escape the weather. It really was cooler on the sea. Thunders & LIghtnings followed us to the port.

One night in Katajanokka

Yesterday we heard the good news. The pier-repairman is coming. So I went with my first mate Matias and his fiancé Laura to have a small sightseeing in the front of Helsinki.

We parked the boat in the Katajanokka marine, which is very well located in the center of Helsinki under the onion shaped towers of the Orthodox Church.



Naturally the skipper spent the night in the boat and went to work for one day from Katajanokka. Today evening the piers was ready and Matias and the Skipper took the boat back to the repaired home-docks.

Shopping in Helsinki

Even though we are in the home port we decided to be tourists in our own city - Helsinki.

In the morning we took off and went with a motor-boat to the center of the city to visit market square. The old Commodore and his wife (Papa & Mama) came with me there. Today is their golden wedding day - 50 years married.

I am thankful for them for all those years when I was a child, we always sailed in the Baltic sea. The infected me with the love to sail and to be on the sea. They also infected me to be in love with special Swan-yachts.

In the afternoon we should grill the two kilo´s Filé we purchased from the market square to start the festivities.

Back to the home port

What a day. Nice fair or side wind the whole day! Wind speed between 3-11 m/s top speed 7,5 knots.

Thirteen hours from Hanko to Helsinki, enjoying of sunny day for the large part of the day.

As a lunch we enjoyed some Gulash-sauce with new potatoes. No wine serviced this time. Cola was good to sip down the food.

Just before 23 we arrived safely at home port.

Short, but nice trip.

Summer continues, also with Aquiladeux.