Seikkailu Makes her Debut

Well, no need for a lot of lofty words on this one. Tracy and I decided this week that it was "time" to put the boat (Seikkailu -- a Finnish word for Adventure) in the water. We could have postponed it longer and tinkered on a few more things, cleaned and buffed this, touch-up paint on that, finish the paint and wiring on the mast. But we bit the bullet, and dipped her into the water---without the mast, which looks kinda funny, but oh well. We are putting a fresh coat of paint on it and have some new lights for it. That will be this week's project. We didn't do anything special for the occassion, but will be sure to do something special this summer. Maybe we will do a blessing ceremony.

Here are some photo highlights starting from when she was picked up and ending when we arrived in our slip (#47). Woo hoo.