Vera - LLV (Laurinlahden Venekerho)

This Skäreläja my grandfather bought in the 1970's and when he died, his son and my uncle bought it. It's the "sailing boat" version of Skäreläja and I post some pictures just to show the differences of the interior of each boat. My grandfather and me, summer of 1975 This is something I'm a bit jealous about, it makes a bit easier to get into the cabin. They too have changed the engine to a new one, my uncle choice is a Yanmar and he had to make the engine house a bit bigger to fit it in it. As we had such a nice wooden one we managed to find an engine that actually fitted in the old one. This picture just to show the space difference between the "kitchen" and the engine house. If you steer the boat with the tiller, this throttle is very handy.

In the old kitchen and under the stove we have had a fridge, now we thought of have a cooling box there instead. And the reason why it's a lot of space in there is because the water tank use to be on that side (now we have it in the front, under the beds). We thought we could have a drawer above the cooling box to maximum the space, but if so also have the cooling box itself on a drawer.  Yeah I know, it didn't looked much to the world. But there were still a long way to go before install them into the boat. Now it starts to look better!

The Spring and the new boat season of 2018 started with installing the new stove and sink, plus get an authorized plumbing fitter to make a proper installation of the gas.    

A year ago, and in the end of the season of 2017, our stove decided it had enough and gave up. To get spare parts would cost more than to buy a new one and therefore we decided to do a re-make the whole kitchen. The old stove, or should we say "kitchen island", was a combined stove + sink, plus a never ever used fridge. We didn't even knew if it was installed correctly from the beginning, so we took the safe before the unsafe and through that away too.   With all the old stuff away, we had to plan how to fit the new kitchen and also, how to save as much as the old woodwork as possible. The bench lid had previously rested on the stove, now we had to build up a framework to keep the old cover up solution.  

Yes, there is actually a hole inside the boat! A neat little feature and a standard to Skäreläja, remember it is designed to be out fishing with. Imagine be offshore, and you by accident get a net (or a rope) in the shaft, it's a shitty situation to deal with. However, with the unique solution you'll find in a Skäreläja, you're able to clear it from the inside. I won't say it's easy, but it's possible! This was something we had to practice in 2016, when the kids "succeed" get the toy boat and the attached rope into the propeller. Two hours next to and offshore of Stora Herrö we were able to get enough rope away from the shaft so we could get home. With some great help from my neighbor we had some busy days to clear everything away, the possibility to open the hole made it easier to both get air down there as well as light. The tiny black piece, above and to the right, were one of the pieces we managed to get out from the propeller