Liv Sailing

The adventures of S/Y Liv and her crew

Saildrive and propeller clean up

17 May, 2019

When planning to sand the hull to racefinish, I could not leave the saildrive and propeller the way it was. The brass on the propeller needed polishing, and the saildrive required both sanding and additional coats of epoxy. I started with sanding the saildrive and the brass with 240 grit sandpaper. For the saildrive this … More Saildrive and propeller clean up

Plastic Fantastic – New anchor box

5 May, 2019

We just wanted to add a bow windlass but ended up rebuilding the whole anchor box… We currently had no bow windlass. In the Baltic Sea, you seldom anchor from the bow. Most of the times you anchor with the bow to land and an anchor in the stern. A more permanent bow anchor with … More Plastic Fantastic – New anchor box