dimanche 27 juillet 2014

Getting prepared to sail to the Lofoten archipelago!

After some technical work including:
- Changing the pump + cylinder to lift the rudder (see picture below),
- Changing two of the three ertacetal guides holding the rudder (thank you Celtinox)
- Tuning the pitch of the propeller for increased speed
- Changing all fixed anodes
- Scraping the old antifouling paint, and applying two strokes of new antifouling on the hull and appendages + new painting near the waterline
- Various maintenance tasks on the engine
- Changing two out of four 100Ah batteries
- Changing our fixed VHF
- Changing our main compass
- Various maintenance tasks on the sails

...l'Olonnois is soon ready for a new trip... to Northern Norway and the Lofoten archipelago, this time.


Stay tuned :-)