Springtime – a revelation!

Spring, the sweet spring, is this year´s pleasant king!

It’s finally spring. The sun is shining and the heat spreads its wings. Flowers and trees are in full bloom. It’s a beautiful sight to see how winter is turning into spring. I love spring and the teeming life that appears.

But our queen is dirty and faded after a long winter and now in need for care and love and a good cleaning and polishing. It is also time to check the boat to see if it needs maintenance and repairs after a long winter. And indeed it was time!

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet!

After checking the boat there were absolutely something to do, both inside and outside. Of course we had to wash and polish the boat and the teak deck. But this year we also wanted to set up a safetynet to ensure that our little dog could walk safely on deck. We had to change the battery pack too. That was a bummer, but had to be done. We also wanted some windshield in or around the cockpit so we ordered the same fabric from the supplier as we have for the cockpit tent and sprayhood, #Kapell og annat# and then Kristin made them herselves. They got actually incredibly fine when finished 🙂 🙂 and it is working!

When it comes to water pumps, bilge pumps etc. in Hanse boats, it seems these are the cheapest you can get on the market. It is strange what boat manufacturers save money on. It seems as it’s the little things. But then again, for a “MCGyver” kind of guy, like my husband, they are easy to replace with better editions. I love my “McGyver” 😉 ❤

We also had to replace the seal on the deck shower when we inadvertently forgot to empty the hose for water before winter set in.  And it proves once again, that freezing temperatures take their toll on seals 🙂 Note to ourselves 🙂

Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit.

This spring we also got a new oven, slightly bigger than what we had. When you are a family of 4, we needed more gas flares than 2 1/2. So happy wife – happy family 🙂

We’ve had TwoCaptains for a year now and we still love the sailing life. But we have also seen the downside not having seats in sailing position when we sail longer distances. So we ordered two seats and got them mounted. But ordering boat parts from Hanse in Germany takes an incredibly long time and and you are exposed to infinite amount of irritation, and it is so expensive! Just saying!

We discovered that our dingy had suffered some damage. So Knut (Leo) had to buy the

“Repair Kit Epoxy that contained”

200 ml epoxy
100 ml Epoxy hardener
1 m Fiberglass fabric 15 cm wide
225 ml filler powder – Microcapsules (gray powder)
225 ml glue powder – Microfiber (white powder)
1 piece. brush
1 piece. Mixing Cup
1 dm2 grinding paper
1 pair of gloves
1 piece. Stirring Pin
Operating instructions

Cant get any easier than that 🙂 🙂 🙂

But the best thing about spring this year when it comes to TwoCaptains, was to finally name our Queen – TwoCaptains <3. Champagne for everyone 🙂

And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay:

We’ve lived like liveaboards for a year now, survived the worst winter in 20 years, managed to keep the boat warm throughout the long winter. We have become more united as “family”, we laugh a lot more, we have more fun, we have more time, more time for each other.

We have much less stuff and a lot more time to spend outside.

And now when spring comes and we can again use the cockpit, knowing that the warm spreads and the sun will shine. It will be lighter evenings, as we are approaching summer. Then four of us and our small dog agree that moving into TwoCaptains and start as liveaboards is the best decision we have made so far in life <3!

Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

Wishing you all a happy spring!