I’ve returned from a beautiful stay on Tenerife in April. (Yes I was back there again!) and I’ve returned to do the maintenance on BAIA to get her ready to sail to the Canaries.
The sailing trip is postponed to October as I’ll be working as a charter skipper in Greece for the season.
I’ve contracted a local maintenance company to do most of the big items on the maintenance list. and I’ll be doing some small jobs myself during this month. So this post will be updated when there is something new to write about. So check back frequently if you like to keep updated! Obviously there are loads of little things to do, so I’ll not write about all of them.
Anchor chain marks
I pulled out all of the anchor chain. Inspected it and added colored markings so the operator can see how much chain is layed out.
A quick and easy job when BAIA is moored bow-to.
Profurl and Gennaker
BAIA came with a large number of sails. One of them being a Gennaker which can be furled on a Profurl system. The winds were very light in the marina, but still a bit too much to try to furl it in the berth. So I tensioned the system across the dock and slowly furled it on.
Works fine and I’ll now be able to test it out on the water.
Stickers removed
So all this time the stickers “BAIA” and “Juelsminde” were still on the stern. Although the name stays the same. I don’t like the font. It looks like “Comic Sans” and I just hate the feel of that font. So I’ll make some new stickers for “BAIA” and “IJmuiden” and stick them on after the stern has been polished.
Ships Registry
As BAIA is an international sea-going vessel it should be registered in a ships registry. As I’m Dutch and the ship is flying the Dutch flag it makes sense to register it here too. So a friendly guy from the Kadaster came by to inspect the ship and stick on the registration plates. And the IL&T will provide me with all the documents in a couple of weeks.
New Dinghy!
So when sailing internationally it is very useful to get a dinghy. Especially if you like anchoring in bays but also need to go ashore while doing so. I still had a 16ft console boat sitting on a trailer with a good Mercury 60hp 4 stroke engine hanging off the back. I asked the marina where it was stored to sell it but they made a bunch of problems so I contacted the company I bought the engine from.
I went there, had a chat, and decided to trade it in for a dinghy and a new Honda BF4 outboard engine!
I’ll post a photo when I got the dinghy inflated and running for a test ride. Probably next Saturday!
I got my friend Julian to help carry all the stuff on board and find a suitable spot for it. As BAIA doesn’t have Davits and I don’t want it on deck. I like my boat looking clean. Opposite to most cruisers.
Line & Warp replacements
Last post you already read about me replacing a reef line and some warps. I’ve bought lots more 14mm line to make some specific springs and long warps. So I’ll be doing a lot of splicing these days. And obviously I need to make a good towing line for the dinghy too.