Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to Amsterdam.

I sailed Sasha to Amsterdam from Den Oever through Ijsselmeer, Markermeer, and the beginning of the North sea canal. It is a kind of cool feeling to enter Amsterdam by boat :) I went to the fully renovated Sixhaven, which was a nice surprise. Last time when I was there the place was a rat hole :)

Happy Birthday Sasha :)

Sasha turned 39 on 11.06 , and she got as a present new:

sails;
Main sail: Off-shore/racing, 5.77 Oz. (244 gr) High Modulus Marblehead Premium Dacron, cross-cut.

Genua: Off-shore/racing, 5.77 Oz. (244 gr) High Modulus Marblehead Premium Dacron, cross-cut.

http://www.sailselect.nl/,

furler;
Furlex 104S 5mm forestay.
 http://www.seldenmast.com/en/products/furlex_jib_furling_and_reefing_systems/furlex_304s.html,

and spray hood :)
http://www.mijnnaaiatelier.nl/over-ons.html.

Happy B-day Sasha :)

Launching 2015

Yesterday I launch Sasha in Den Oever Marina. The sailing season is officially open :)

Last works before launching.

I checked and fixed where necessary hull to deck join, placed new toe rails, and Sasha got new one component urethane paint :)

Standing rig replacement

I decided to replace the standing rig, because at the end of the season 2014 some of the wires started breaking. I used the following configuration:

4x  Lower shrouds stainless steel  1x19, 4 mm.
2x Shrouds stainless steel  1x19, 4 mm.
2x Backstay stainless steel 1x19, 5 mm.
1x Forestay stainless steel 1x19, 5 mm.

New bow tip and anchor roll

Just got a new bow metal tip, with anchor roll :) In this way I have a possibility to keep the anchor on the roll, which creates more room for the future instalation of the roll Genoa.

Antifouling

I did not know what kind of antifouling has used the previous owner. I decided to strip what I can. Applied two layers of Primocon folowed by one layer of Cruiser UNO both from International. I renewed the waterline afterwards.