black flag sailing

The engine is a inboard Albin o21, gasoline driven and sea water cooled, from 1968, its the original from when the boat was constituted. Its a bit grumpy but seems to work fine. The manifold was quite worn out, but I got a new one when baying the boat. After I got it welded (it needed a bit of repair, and it turned out to be harder then expected, because welding in cast iron is apparently tricky) I painted it in a heat resistant colour that looks like green metallic nail polish, so cool.

Soon I will try to replace the old one and hopefully I will not destroy something in the process.

there is some wood details on the boat, even if they are few. some of the I change to metal or plastic, but some even I will keep, like the tiller. I took  it indoors because the boat is covered whit snow by now. after grinding it with sandpaper and oiling it whit four layers it got this nice dark colour, and will hopefully resist salty waters and not rot.

In the cockpit there is three hatches, in to the storage space underneath. They needed to be replaced, so goodbye old hatches, hello new hatches! The hinges and screws are in brass. I wanted to go for a dimmed gray/blue colour but failed horribly and ended up whit a desperate mediterranean look, the spray can is even called dolphins. After having to redo them twice, it’s finally done.

Today I got a 55kg of sea charts! It covers a big part of my route and are a mix of different brands and from different times. Maybe not the most useful thing, but definitely fun, and can come in handy, I guess.

I had a boat before, whit some friends, a small finmar sailor 20. It was a lot of fun and afterwords it made me think a lot about getting a bigger one, or rather one more seaworthy.

I also read some books and saw a move called hold fast.

I was felling lonely and bought I got a boat to keep me company. Together we dream about small islands and big sperm whales. This is what it looks like.

The model is called Albin Vega, and its #156 from 1968. Its known to be a very simple and cheap way of sailing off shore. My Vega was called “no stress” by the owner, two owners ago. Unfortunately its consider bad luck to rename boats, and I don’t what more of that then I already do. The previous owner was also unhappy whit it, and dispute the renaming curse, he carefully renamed it “nostres”, which means like “our” in latin. I guess I cant live whit ether of the names and are considering “No Sleep” instead.

What I’m doing now is renovating the boat. Its in good condition, but there is still a lot of work to be done before its ready. I’m spending long days on ebay and late nights at the boatyard.

I’m always looking for cheap sailing stuff and good tips.