Today, on New Year’s Eve, it is 200 days left until our planned departure date, when we will set sail towards the Caribbean. During 2019 we did a lot of renovation and set sails for the first time and sailed around in the archipelago. We got to know our boat and made it more livable again after a lot of years abandoned. But this post is not about what we have done, it is about what we have left to do before we leave. Winter months During the coldest months we will focus on: finishing the interior inside the boat finish the electricity (some lamps left etc) get a solution…

We thought that we would share some thoughts about buying our cruising sailboat. In December 2 years ago we went to look at our first cruising sailboat. We want to share our thoughts we had before buying the boat, what features we looked at and things we would prioritize differently if we would buy a boat today, 1 year after a lot of renovation. When we first looked at boats we had no experience of Bluewater Crusing, but a lot of knowledge about renovating boats. This blogpost is written after spending 1,5 years of renovating the boat and this is something that might look a bit different after actually done…

It is soon time for us to sail back into the city, where we will store our sailboat during the winter. We will keep the boat in the water during the winter, since we haven’t found a good and cheap spot on land. We still need to take her up on land before our departure, but this we will do when spring arrives and all other boats get into the water and then have her up as long as it takes to get all the land work ready. The major tasks we have for the winter are: Look at the steering and figure out a solution for the autopilot Install…

This weekend was a break from working on the sailboat. Next weekend we will go sailing in Stockholm archipelago, and the weather looks really promising, sun and a good amount of wind. 🙂 Fingers crossed that it stays that way! Anyway, we have updated some of the Cost & Information pages, there is a new page Other Equipment about all equipment we have bought (and want to have) so far and the costs for them. We have also quite recently updated the Renovation costs. Find the pages by navigating to Cost & Information, or click on the links above. Have a nice week everyone!