Introducing Kinabalu

Kinabalu is a Jeanneau Sun Oddesey from 2007. We've just bought her and instantly the weather here in Denmark turned bad :-).

So far we have managed 3 short sails if you include the handover sail. The longest was probably 16nm. It was quite exhilarating and we managed to hit 7kts on our way back.

It is a saying in the sailing community that a boat is a money drain and a continuous maintenance nightmare. So far that is true. Early on we identified at least 4 things we need to do:

  • Get new mooring lines (we've partially done that)
  • Fix the backflow in the marine toilet (yuck)
  • Get a couple of more fenders to secure the boat in the berth we've got
  • Fix the interior light - the bulbs are missing in most of the fixtures and the replacement bulbs we have breaks when we try to install them
We've also had the fearless cat onboard for a night. Not an all out success as it hid in the aft cabin for most of the time.

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