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Marine IV

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.


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