The Walpurgis night - 30 April 2018

We spent "sista April" (the last April [day]) with good friends in Löparö. We stopped there  on our way back from the north in 2016. This time, we went by car as the forecast was for two days of rain.

A view of the country side in Löparö island.

But this was the Walpurgis night, so much of a tradition in Sweden...

2018 season opening in Artipelag! - 28 & 29 April 2018

April this year will be the first cruise of the season. The Saturday 28 was not very nice though, but later in the afternoon the sky cleared and we got a nice setting sun when departing from Wasahamnen. See the rainbow on the right of the picture below. The rain had stopped just half an hour ago.

Bleeding the pilot cylinder - 19 April 2018

At the end of the season last year, I had the bad surprise to get my pilot to stop operating the tiler, while I could still hear it attempting it. A few checks later, I realised that I was missing oil tank was empty...

No oil in the level bubbling window!

An inspection of the hull below the cylinder identified red oily spots indicating that there had been some leaking from the purge bolts...