Boat on the water and first fishing trip booked!

When I was working on getting our ship ready, my goal was to get it on the water by last weekend. Somehow I managed to reach that goal actually. On Sunday, with the help of Ali, the boat ended up on the beautiful water of Glomma. Amazing! We couldn't get the motor started (we'll get back to that) so we had to row. Luckily it wasn't far, so we won't complain too much about that! The funny thing...

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The boat is almost ready!

Spring time last year I did a rather failed attempt at repairing and sealing some damage on my boat. It was a crack that went from one side of the keel to the other, and it took in more water than acceptable. I used glass fiber trowel as an attempt to seal it. It worked for a while, but not permanently. Especially towards the end of the season it was getting pretty bad. When we attended the Nedre Glomma Gjeddefestival competition, we had to empty...

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