A sailing adventure with Ava (Patreon)

Hi guys!

Ava and I just got back from our planed little sailing adventure. Surprise surprise it didn't quite go as planned ;) We were at the same time both very lucky and unlucky with the weather. We got one day with some of the best weather I’ve seen this summer but we also got one day with a fair bit of wind from the completely wrong direction. You can’t win them all ;) One thing is for sure we had a lot of fun and Ava was amazing when things got a little “unplanned” :) What was really cool besides getting to spend some time together without any distractions was talking about how we want to set up Athena for cruising and anchoring. Turns out we both prefer anchoring compared to cramped marinas :)

Next weekend I’ll be back to working aboard Athena. Those structural members aren’t going to fix them selfs - sadly ;)  The plywood should get here in about 10 days meanwhile I’ve got plenty of glass to lay up. One of the things we talked about on our little trip was some alterations to the sallon. Rather than having a setee cover the tank in the middle of the saloon we would like to use that as a little kitchen island to get more counter space. The bottom of the island will cover up a gigantic diesel tank that will bring is close to our goal of 1000L (264 gallons) diesel onboard (primarily for heating). I’m getting so freaking excited about the new layout! That excitement is what’s going to motivate me through the last roughly 80 hours worth of laying up glass :)

It’s Ava’s second to last night here so I better stop typing and go spend time with her :) I hope you’ve all had an amazing weekend! Thank you so much for your support! :)