Boat fixing business! (Patreon)

Hello dear patrons, just a quick short update from the Faroes. I'm trying to keep the videos as close to real time as possible, but they're still couple weeks behind now, so in the meanwhile here's some random news :)

- Erik Aanderaa visited Torshavn but unfortunately had probably contracted COVID while in Shetland so had to cancel his trip to Iceland/Greenland. We spent some time with him so when we heard the news from him we spent some time in voluntary quarantine and then got tested, results negative. Erik got unlucky but on the other hand the weather also got so bad that there is no way he would've made it to Greenland, the last 3-4 weeks big storm systems have been rolling through all the time. So maybe it was meant to be?

- We had the rudders and rudder protection modified at the shipyard. We / the shipyard also did some other work, like new rudder bearings, new prop shaft bearings & seals etc. The second picture shows the modifications (back when we hadn't painted them yet).

- The above took a lot longer than expected and immediately after we launched again, we noticed that one engine damper plate is shot. It's this small, funny but vital part between the engine and transmission. It took some time to diagnose this and in the meanwhile we got very proficient at removing & reattaching the transmission and drive shaft. Did it a total of 5 times so far, including once on the other engine just to check what kind of damper plate it has! (Third picture)

So currently we're waiting/searching for the correct damper plate, unfortunately the manufacturer does not have it in stock so we're looking through some resellers.

The autumn/winter is coming in though, the weather took a really abrupt turn around 3 weeks ago and after that it's been just constant low pressure systems rolling in. Seems like we're going to have tough time making it to Iceland, even though the passage is only two days. In the past three weeks there would've been maybe one weather window to accomplish that. I know that Dan & Kika from sailing Uma have been trying to make the opposite passage (Iceland to Faroes or Scotland) for 3 weeks now, and I think today morning they finally managed to leave Iceland.

Meanwhile in Iceland the winter has definitely already started, here's a quick video from German sailor who seems to be spending the winter in Isafjordur, the same place where we'd also like to go this winter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMyxvR9Ons0

I hope you're all doing great! All the best from both of us!
- Juho & Sohvi