Sailing Anne-Mon

About
Our route
Youtube
Bluewater Cruising
Långsegling (Swedish)

About
Our route
Youtube
Bluewater Cruising
Långsegling (Swedish)

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E-mail: sailingannemon@gmail.com

Cheers!

… and welcome to our sailing blog!

We left Sweden August 2020 and sailed to the Caribbean and back again. On this blog we have shared everything from preparations and renovations before departure to our experiences when being out sailing. On the blog we also share what information and costs you need to know if planning a sailing trip.

In October 2023 we bought a new sailboat, which had been standing for 10+ years. On our YouTube channel and Instagram you can follow our renovation progress.

Hope you’ll enjoy our sailing blog!

Fair winds!

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Mast is off! 😃 With the engine back up running

Mast is off! 😃
With the engine back up running we could finally unstep the mast (we had to motor for a few hours to another marina to do the actual lift so working engine was necessary 😅)
Although we will go over all the rigging when the mast is down, the main reason for taking it down is that we have to redo the mast foot, as it is in quite bad shape😊 so that is a project we will tackle ahead 😊
Next up now is to make a cover for winter and continue working with the doghouse (yesterday we posted a video about the design for the doghouse, go check that out if you haven’t already)⛵️

The engine is up and running again! 😃⛵️ A c

The engine is up and running again! 😃⛵️
A couple of weeks ago, we discovered a leakage from the seawater pump, despite having fixed it earlier. When we removed the pump, we found that the bearings were completely destroyed, and the pump shaft had been spinning uncontrollably.

While inspecting the issue, we also noticed some play in the injection pump shaft. This had us worried that the bearing problem might have caused damage to the injection pump as well. To be safe, we removed both the seawater pump and the injection pump for further checks.

Thankfully, the play in the injection pump turned out to be harmless, and there was no damage. We repaired the seawater pump—this time following every detail by the book to ensure it’s solid.

Once everything was reinstalled, we did a test start, and the engine ran beautifully! 🤩
Now we’re ready to make another attempt at taking the mast down and covering the boat, hopefully before the next snowfall arrives ❄️

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This weekend, we had planned to take the mast down

This weekend, we had planned to take the mast down, but things didn’t go as expected ⛵️

The reason? We ran into some engine issues… Just as we were about to set off (we need to go to another marina to take the mast off), we noticed the problem—luckily, before we’d departed.

Whenever we’ve run into unexpected issues with the boat, we’ve always said, “Well, at least the engine is working”, guess we jinxed it 😅😅

The whole weekend became an emotional rollercoaster as we tried to gauge the severity of the problem. In the long run, we dream of doing an electric conversion, so our motivation to do any extensive work on the engine right now is pretty low…

But, luckily (after some hours investigation), we found that it is fixable, and we’re hopeful we can get the engine running again soon and take the mast down before winter fully sets in ❄️

More about the engine later on! In the meantime, here’s a picture of a beautiful boat (with its mast still up) and a cool sunset 🌅

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Next step: to start the construction of this dogho

Next step: to start the construction of this doghouse 😊⛵️

Wish us luck 😅😅

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Doghouse project has started 😃⛵️ And first

Doghouse project has started 😃⛵️
And first step of the project is figuring out how the doghouse should be designed and also starting to test the designs we believe in 😊
Very excited that this project has started 😃

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We are ready to start our winter refit projects 😃⛵️ and our biggest upcoming project is building a doghouse and arch 😊 and here we are looking at both design and construction ideas. For the construction we are investigating if building the doghouse with resin infusion, a method were you lay the fibers dry and then pull resin though the layup with vacuum 😊
Really excited to start next phase of our sailboat refit 😃😃⛵️

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Recap of the biggest refit projects during our fir

Recap of the biggest refit projects during our first year with our new sailboat 😃⛵️and apart from these bigger jobs there has been a lot of other smaller tasks we have been working with 😊 a lot of stuff to go over on a boat that has been standing for 15+ years 😅
Although we have finished some of the big refit jobs we still have some work left to do 🛠️ we are really excited for our second year with the boat and continue making her a better sailboat for us 😊😊⛵️

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New video uploaded! Join us we head out for a 24 h

New video uploaded! Join us we head out for a 24 hour sail on the Baltic Sea to test our sailboat in preparation for upcoming refit work ⛵️
Link to video in our bio or search for Sailing Anne-Mon on YouTube ⛵️
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Some footage from our 24 hours sail we did last we

Some footage from our 24 hours sail we did last weekend, out on the Baltic Sea and around the Gotlandic Sand Island (Gotska Sandön)⛵️
We left the marina together with three of our friends right before lunch and headed south through the archipelago, between all shallow and small islets.
We started of with quite little wind but it picked up during the afternoon 💨
We reached open water and watched the sunset before we sailed into the 12 hour long, cold night.
The night started cloudy, with very little stars visible.
We passed Gotska Sandön around midnight, we did a jibe and turned back home.
After midnight the clouds scattered and we got to see some stars ✨
We reached the outer archipelago about an hour after sunrise and enjoyed a sunny sail through the archipelago back to the marina ☀️
Throughout the night we had around 18-22 knots of southwesterly winds and we could sail on a beam reach both there and back again 😊😊
This was an opportunity for us to test our new sailboat on a longer passage - not only sailing performance and evaluating our new DIY keel. But also live ability; can we cook food? How is sleeping on the boat during passage? And so on 😊
So far we are really happy with our boat 😃 some more adjustments and she will be perfect! 🤩
During autumn/winter/spring we will continue working with refitting. Our biggest jobs will be the mast and the rigging and making a hardtop dodger, bimini and arch 🛠️😃

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New video is up! -Join us as we try sailing our bo

New video is up! -Join us as we try sailing our boat for the first time 😃 and with that testing the DIY keel we cast this spring ⛵️⛵️
You can find the link to the episode in our bio or search for Sailing Anne-Mon on YouTube 😃⛵️

Some snaps from our sail this weekend ⛵️ We we

Some snaps from our sail this weekend ⛵️
We went out with some friends, had some calm downwind sailing on Saturday until we reached our destination for the night 🌙 we enjoyed the sun and found some cute animals on the island 🐮 🐑
And then we had upwind sailing back home the day after, an opportunity to really test our DIY keel which we cast ourselves during the spring, and so far it seems to work really well 😃😃
Now we are preparing for upcoming sail this weekend, which will be little bit of an adventure (if the winds allow it) ⛵️⛵️

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We have entered the Cruisers Awards 😃 In the c

We have entered the Cruisers Awards 😃
In the categories:
- Refit of the Year 🛠️ because we started and completed the crazy task of casting a new lead keel, all of it ourselves. From creating the design to final steps 😊
- Emerging YouTube Channel of the Year ⛵️because here is where we share above crazy project and all other refit work we do to get this 53ft sailboat that has been abandoned for 15 years to the optimal blue water cruiser and then take her out on the seas again 😃

If you think we deserve a spot among the finalists in either category you can find the link for voting in our bio or navigate to youngcruisers.org/awards 😃😃

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Some pictures from our first real sail 😃⛵️

Some pictures from our first real sail 😃⛵️
Although we went out and hoisted the genua one time before it wouldn’t really count as real sail, as the wind died out almost immediately 😅
One evening about a week ago was more reliable wind - 6-8 knots from southeast. We sailed back and forth in the bay, cruising at 6 knots (7 knots at best).
We got to test a lot of stuff; tacking, handling the back- and checkstays and maybe most importantly - our DIY lead keel we made for the boat during spring 😃 and it so far it feels like it does a really good job at what it is supposed to, being a balanced counter-weight for our sails 😊 (but ofc some more testing is needed for full evaluation)
And another thing that we were a little bit worried about how it would feel sailing this big boat. Would the boat feel too big for us handle? But that wasn’t the case - the boat felt surprisingly easy to handle and not ridiculously big 😃 at least not in this nice, calm conditions we had for our first sail ⛵️
So conclusion is - a very good start and first real sail 😃 looking forward to get to know our boat better and do some more autumn sails 🍂🍁

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Out first sail! 😃😃⛵️ First time in 15 ye

Out first sail! 😃😃⛵️
First time in 15 years our sailboat got to be powered by sail. Not a very long though, as the wind died almost immediately after we furled out the genua 😅 but still sort of counts right?
We did however get a few minutes sailing with engine turned off ⛵️one reflection afterwards is that we have a really big genua 😅 you feel quite small next to it…
When the wind died out completely we decided we to just drift for a while, make some dinner and enjoy the beautiful sunset 🌅
Now we hope for another opportunity to come out and do a longer test sail, with the main sail hoisted as well 😊😊 and some beautiful autumn weekend sails ⛵️🍁

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First time in about 15 years that this beautiful s

First time in about 15 years that this beautiful sailboat has sails hoisted 😃⛵️
Very easy for the mind to wander and dream about sailing into the sunset, but then realize that the lines are still attached to the dock 😅😅
We have wanted to hoist the genua sooner, but we have had an offset between two sections for the furler. With that offset we couldn’t hoist the swivel (which the headsail is hoisted with and makes furling possible).
If you have seen our videos you know that we made some attempt of taking the sections down, but without success. Instead we have done a bit of a quick and dirty solution to make it possible to hoist the swivel (and a sail with it) 😊😊
With this solution (and mainsail also test-hoisted) we will FINALLY soon be able to do our first sail 😃😃 but first we have some securing-the-boat-for-sea to take care of…
Refit = boat is a complete mess 😅😅

(And yes, a proper go-through of the furler (or buying a new one💰💰) is on the agenda. But before we do major jobs on the rig; take the mast down and so on we want to test sail the boat a bit to get a better understanding of what we need and want to have 😊😊)

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First part of our teak deck restoration is now upl

First part of our teak deck restoration is now uploaded 😊😊
In this video we work on sealing the leakages we had in the deck since buying the boat. And when we started with the leakages we had to take a decision about what we should do with the teak deck and we decided to make an attempt of restoring the teak deck 😊😊
Find the link in our bio or search for Sailing Anne-Mon on YouTube 😃⛵️

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And we have 4000 screws to remove 😅😅 When we

And we have 4000 screws to remove 😅😅
When we bought our sailboat some months ago we were quite certain that we would remove the teak deck and replace it with non-skid paint. The sailboat has been standing on land (pretty much uncovered) for about 15 years and the teak is worn down.
But…
After some consideration we have decided to make an attempt to save the teak deck. By using the method of replacing screws with just plugs we can sand the teak deck further and hopefully reach a result we are happy with 😊
With this method we will rely on the glue to keep the teak in place, which should hopefully be sufficient. As far as we can tell they have been properly glued so we are not too worried about the planks falling off.
The ones that are in really bad shape and loose we will simply replace as we did with the middle piece.
Another concern is of course if the screws have been leaking into the core of the deck over the years. Of this we cannot be certain that it hasn’t happened but so far we haven’t found any indication from the screws (we have had other leakages in the deck from stay attachments). Now we remove the screws and seal with epoxy so step by step we seal the deck 😊😊

We are still naively excited about working with the teak deck, but we’ll see how we feel later after 4000 (our guesstimate) screws 😅😅 (and then we have all the caulking to take care of!)

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Beautiful boat and beautiful view 😍 And with t

Beautiful boat and beautiful view 😍

And with that said, don’t forget to check out our latest YouTube video 😊 in this video we focus on the service we did to our hydraulic tensioners, but also some other boat jobs 😊😊
Link in our bio or go to our channel Sailing Anne-Mon on youtube 😃⛵️

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Mandatory “up-in-the-mast” selfie 😃⛵️☀️
Now when we have the battery installed and life on the boat is getting easier it is time to start go over the rig 😃😃
Our plan is to make a first check and change what’s necessary, change running rig, try hoisting the sails and start sailing the boat under calm conditions so that we start to learn our new boat and also know if we need to do any adjustments 😊sometime later (before next sailing adventure) we’ll take the mast down and go over it more properly and do the adjustments we want to have 😊😊⛵️⛵️

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Back in the water after ~15 years on the hard 😃

Back in the water after ~15 years on the hard 😃

Our main focus now once the boat is back in the water is to start working on making her more liveable, starting with getting some electricity onboard ⚡️
During the winter we built a 48V Lithium battery that we will now install in the boat 😊😊
After that we start getting other systems working; fresh water, toilets, fridge, cooking and so on, and when we have all that in place it is time to start go over the rigging so we could do a first sail ⛵️😃
Very excited for the projects and time we get to spend on the boat during summer 😃☀️⛵️
(And yes, we now that she is a bit heavy in the front atm 😉)

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Recent posts

Pouring a lead keel for our sailboat May 24, 2024
Thoughts about our keel situation & Load test of our 48V Lithium battery March 28, 2024
48V Lithium system in our new sailboat February 11, 2024
Test run of swing/lifting keel function on our sailboat February 11, 2024
Winter is here! February 11, 2024
Starting the engine that has been sitting for 10+ years February 11, 2024
Securing our new sailboat for winter and how we found our new boat February 11, 2024
First weekend at our new sailboat February 11, 2024
New boat – a Wasa 530 November 18, 2023
New adventure upcoming! August 7, 2023

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