While the sunshine invites for short bike rides during the days, the nights are still cold. Last three nights we were just at the edge of zero with some hoarfrost on Bimini and teak in the early morning hours. One morning I landed on my butt while leaving the cockpit. Luckily nothing happened.🍀
Coming night will add a scoop on it (-2°C forecasted) and I drained the shower tap at the stern bathing platform and put dishy into automatic snow melting mode, just to be on the safe side.😅
Exactly one month after being lifted back into the water another project got completed yesterday late afternoon – new upholstery.
It has been done by the same company, which did it 22 years ago when Hullu Poro was born – Torsten Pettersson Båt & Heminredning AB. They do all new Hallberg-Rassys since many decades. Actually, not only the same company but the same team. Mattias is running the show nowadays but founder & father Torsten had to step in and help out as the critical sewing staff was on medical leave. All respect and thanks to the 8X year old man adding 60 years of dedicated experience in workmanship to our beauty.
Job well done to the highest quality standards. Perfect in look & feel!
I am trying to get back into my routine, which shall include biking. It’s still fresh air but a parcel to Germany had to get despatched from Onsala, the closest DHL Service Point. A good motivation to get into the saddle. Obviously the sun helps and Gottskär was on my list anyway, a marina Susan and myself visited on our maiden voyage in 2003 while bringing our first Hallberg-Rassy home from Ellös.
Getting Starlink Dishy on 12V power supply is the next project.
It was time to explore Lerkil a bit as I have not seen anything except the marina since we are in Sweden.
My walk took me through the surroundings accompanied by some excellent sunshine, which was putting the skerries into the well known framework well known for Sweden.
I believe we deserve some decent weather now. It might be a good time to get the bike 🚴♂️ out?!?
After a very peaceful and quite night it was time for me to move back to Lerkil to get the upholstery job completed by end of the week.
The scenery is changing quickly once you get the first 6nm along the Göta älv behind you, back in the skerries. I did wait a bit in the morning to catch the outgoing tide, which gave me an extra knot for the first hour.
The devil turned up as predicted but has lost its teeth by now. Some of the gusts close to 50kn were extremely aggressive. Plenty of mooring lines kept the lady in reasonable control being tempted to Rock ‘n’ Roll now and then. Glad I came here, good shelter and no swell.