S/Y Obelix

Monday, July 28, 2014

Day #13 of my 2014 summer cruise

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Day #12 of my 2014 summer cruise

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Beautiful sunrise!

Obelix and I leaving Æbelø at 5:00AM. What a beautiful morning!

Day #2 of my 2014 summer cruise

Tour of Obelix

Please excuse my english. I hardly ever get a chance to use it and as a result it's ..erhm... "not that great".

Nasa battery monitor BM-1: http://www.nasamarine.com/proddetail.php?prod=BMN-1_Battery

Standard Horizon GX2000
http://www.standardhorizon.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&DivisionID=3&ProdCatID=83&ProdID=1559

Fusion RA-50:
http://www.fusionelectronics.com/marine/products/head-units-50-series/ms-ra50

Digital yacht AIT2000:
https://digitalyacht.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=11686

LED Lenser m7r:
http://www.ledlenser.com/uk/flashlights/m7r/

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Sorry, Iv'e been neglecting the blog lately. First things first; Obelix is back in the water! Now the race is on to get ready for the big summer cruise of 2014. The plan is to head north to Norway. More on both the preparations and the destination later. The last couple of weeks Iv'e been very busy installing the new headsail furler (Alado A2), redoing the wiring, installing the new VHF (Standard Horizon gx2100) and AIS transponder (Digital Yacht AIT2000) and a lot of other projects. I still have a lot on the todo list and only one month to complete them all.

During the six week long summer cruise I'll have access to the internet. Net 1 utilizes the old CDMA network to provide great coverage although at somewhat slow speeds (up to 6 Mbit). This should enable me to do all the posts I haven't had time to.

Friday, May 9, 2014

A quick "before and after"

Why?

The reason why is quite simple. Due to wear and tear the interior of Obelix was in bad shape. Much of the plywood had separated between the plys and in several places the outer veneer of the plywood had ben worn thru. There was no way I could save the old plywood. The only opinion in my eyes was to replace all the plywood that had been damaged. I did consider staining and varnishing the new plywood exactly as Peter did on his Ballad (http://www.mostlyaboutboats.ca/). Due to the fact that I had no experience varnishing and was unable to find a stain that produced a color I liked I ended up choosing to paint all the plywood.

I will be sure to post more "before and after" pictures once I'm 100% done with the interior.

Before and after photos

I think the change is for the better although I'm sure some people will disagree. I like the bright white color as opposed to the dark plywood and faded almost yellow fiberglass.