My dad has bought an unused but five years old watermaker, a Pur PowerSurvivor 40E, the former owner never installed it. We are going to borrow this for our voyage so I was interested in knowing whether it works or not. In the manual they say it can't be stored for more than a year, hopefully this can be stretched a bit. I went to Ransvik to get some seawater and came home only to find that the watermaker needed 75 liters of water per hour, in the two plastic containers I had no more than 30 liters. I decided to do the cleaning of the membrane with fresh water and then change to seawater. In the end I got enough water to fill the sports bottle, the watermaker produces about 5 liters of fresh water per hour. I tried it with suspishion but it tasted absolutely normal. Great! /Captain Ingerup

I had hoped to be well into the gearing by now but a lot of things came in between. I moved from Gothenburg when my job finished, so I am back at my parents, a lot closer to the yacht at least. Since I no longer have a steady job I have to grab every opportunity to earn some money which led to me working a lot at my dad's company this Christmas. If you have followed this homepage/blog you have seen the appearance change during the holidays. It took a while to figure out how it would be easiest handled, I hope this is it. This blog can be updated by email which is perfect for us while at sea. We can't afford using the Internet over the satellite phone but we will be able to send and receive emails.

Therefore today was the first yacht day in a long time. We took out the cabin sole to make it easier to check the keel bolts. The B31 has 23 keel bolts so it is a secure construction, unfortunately they didn't use stainless steel washers so we have decided to remove the plastic binding and exchange them. / Captain Ingerup

Sofia came back to Sweden this weekend. She stopped by on her way to work to check out the latest developments and found the yacht in a total mess.

There hasn't been much progress, but I have disconnected all the radiators and the tank which held the glycol water.

/ Captain Ingerup

This weekend I have cleaned the engine room, and started to disengage the heating system. We have decided that we're better of with more space for tins than an old heating system that barely works. I did get some help from Deckhand Emelie who fitted nicely in the very crowded engine room as you can see in the picture. We have also started to fit the windpilot to the stern, but it will probably take a few more days before that's finished.

/ Captain Ingerup

I have started on a long list of things to do, about 64 posts right now. This weekend I began the preparations and gearing of Cantare. I took some photos of the interior which I will send to insurance companies in an attempt to get us insured over the Atlantic and in the Caribbean. There is no problem getting an insurance from Sweden to the Canaries but from there on it seems quite impossible. We have been in contact with all the Swedish companies and the German company Pantaenius, which is one of the most well known, but so far they have not been willing to give us more than a third party insurance. They say the yacht is to old and not worth enough. For us it still seems like a lot of money to loose if anything happens. Ecpecially since the yacht is not really ours but my parents. Hopefully these pictures will show them that although Cantare is more than 30 years old she is in good health and fit for the voyage.

I also started disconnecting the engine, which we will take out of the yacht and give a thorough check. While I was doing the interior work my dad built a staircase, very nice of him, to make it easier getting things in and out of the yacht. The last thing we did Sunday afternoon was lifting the engine out of Cantare, it was quite tricky and we had to disengage the generator and the starter. My dad has really embraced the idea of us sailing to the Caribbean and is now fully engaged in the plans for the preparations and we were happy with the results of the first weekend.

Next weekend is also devoted to Cantare. More info then.

/ Captain Ingerup