There's a hole in the boat!

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 shaft.

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Those were the days

The Swedish photographer Tore Hagman have done a lot of very nice photo books, one in particular is from the Swedish West Coast ( Västkust : från Nidingen till Koster ), published both in Swedish and English. There is some pictures from the hometown of Skäreläja and skipper Kalle (author of this blog, LLV member 809). And actually, most likely this Vera Skäreläja is on this picture. And if we take a closer look at the picture there's two interesting boats to have a closer look at. On the docks in front left, there's a wooden boat that belonged to Kalle back then. And on the Marstrand Island, almost in the middle of the picture you'll find "Vera LLV". Keijo, captain and owner of Vera (LLV member 226), bought Vera in the Autumn of 2011. Kalle's father Petter did all the research and helped with the buying. Here's one of the first reports Petter sent back to us in Finland: Tyvärr glömde jag att fota toan, men den sitter i aktern. Finns holdingtank med tömn

What to do with the fridge space?

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!

Magic Sponge

During this Winter the tarpaulin protection have caused some dark stains on the boat. Well, let's see if a magic sponge would make the trick? Good enough!

Vera - LLV (Laurinlahden Venekerho)

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