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    Uncharted waters part 1: Going forward

    Suwena anchored in Archipelago Sea

    Here starts our five part trilogy about searching for new Suwena. When we started the boating in 2008 we really fell into it at once. We have been travelling across the globe for our work several times a year, but

    andrus January 14, 2011May 5, 2019 No Comments Read more

    Uncharted waters part 2: The ocean going motorboat

    Nordhavn 47

    After making our target we started to think about what kind of a boat we need to fulfill our dream. For exploring the Baltic Sea our boat Skorgenes 335 Fly would be good enough. Her technical capabilities and living quarters

    Eve January 16, 2011February 11, 2020 1 Comment Read more

    Uncharted waters part 3: Sailboat, home at sea

    Nauticat 441

    Would a sailboat be an option for us? Sailboats are used routinely to do circumnavigations and there are a plenty of choices. So we started to look at sailboat options. We used a similar list of requirements that we did

    Eve January 19, 2011May 18, 2019 No Comments Read more

    Uncharted waters part 4: Seatrials of Nordhavn and Nauticat

    Andrus at the helm of Nauticat 441

    The search of a new Suwena is advanced to the point that we had two very different boats based on different technology: Nordhavn and Nauticat. We had arranged a seatrial of both boats to understand their soul better and highlight

    Eve January 27, 2011May 17, 2019 No Comments Read more

    Uncharted waters part 5: New Suwena

    Suwena in Nauticat Yachts boatyard

    New Suwena is being built right now at full speed in Nauticat Yachts boatyard in Pöytyä, Finland. In the mean time we are waiting very impatiently for the next May. The Suwena will be launched into water then. Here is

    Eve February 5, 2011May 18, 2019 1 Comment Read more

    And so it begins

    Contract signing of Suwena

    The Nauticat 441 Suwena’s construction began when at the end of successful negotiations we signed a boat contract. More than a year of negotiations resulted that we had in hand a tall pile of papers, which described all Suwena’s structural

    Eve February 9, 2011May 18, 2019 No Comments Read more

    Hull and deck

    Nauticat 441 hull

    The manufacturing of the Nauticat 441 boat starts with the lamination of the hull and the deck. All Nauticat boats are made of solid single skin laminate by hand laminating. The manufacturing process starts by laminating two half hulls into

    Eve February 21, 2011May 18, 2019 No Comments Read more

    Aft and fore

    Fitting the dinghy on swimming platform

    Metal and woodwork started after the joining of the deck and the hull. For average boater the visible metalworks are swimming platform, railings and bowspirit. Here are few remarks from our yacht. The dinghy has been a major factor in

    Eve March 1, 2011January 6, 2020 No Comments Read more

    Wooden ships and iron men

    Nauticat 441 aft cabin under work

    In the past the boats were built from the wood. Nowadays the wood have been largely superseded by GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic). The Nauticat however holds on the wood craftsmanship as the yachts interior is built by using the traditional

    Eve March 19, 2011May 18, 2019 No Comments Read more

    Choosing the boat interior

    Kaj presents the forecabin matresses

    The yacht manufacturing is a multidimensional project where many craftsmanships disciplines are integrated. Usually nobody thinks about this because the boat is seen as the complete yacht. Now we have followed the complete boat construction we really can appreciate how

    Eve April 6, 2011May 18, 2019 No Comments Read more
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    • South-west Iberia ’22
    • Galicia and Portugal ’19
    • Galicia ’18
    • The Bay of Biscay ’17
    • Brittany and the CI ’16
    • Ireland to Brittany ’15
    • Scotland ’14
    • North Sea ’13
    • Southern Baltic Sea ’12
    • Baltic Circle ’11
    • Around the Finland ’10
    • Nauticat 441

    Memories

    Muros in Galicia of Spain
    Muros in Galicia of Spain
    Lighthouse of Kołobrzeg
    Lighthouse of Kołobrzeg
    Amphibian car Blue Peter in the Motala Motormuseum
    Amphibian car Blue Peter in the Motala Motormuseum

    Clubs

    Malta Cruising Club Cruising Association Royal Malta Yacht Club Suomen Valtameripurjehtijat Oulun Merenkävijät Meripelastusseura
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