MS Cava

It takes quite a few filters and liters of oil to prepare for the summer cruises.

Of course MS Cava is operated by parts from Roll-Royce Marine. (Steering wheel hydraulic pump)

We continue the work on cleaning out some 60-70 years of dirt and oil. Even cleaning the Iron ballast blocks.

About half way through the front (main) Cabin.

… we are too old-school for that (i.e. shopping hauls)

But it does take a lot of stocking up to prepare for the summer season.

This time around, it was a variety of chemicals, filters, impellers, and tools… It’s an endless list and yet another testament to the point that having a boat is not really a cheap way of doing holidays.

The heart of the boat is obviously the engine. To keep that running, and to be ready for emergency situations – we need to replace and refill a lot of consumables – and keep backups in stock for “on the spot repairs”.

So this first season we have to double up on everything. And as we have quite a few engines at the estate – we need pretty much to double up on all tools as well…”

In many ways it’s the kind of shopping spree il Capitano loves…


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Ok. If you insist!

Here’s todays haul:

– Lacquer (because some people do not respect the no shoes policy)
– High grade (fine) sanding paper (see above)
– Oil for Gearbox
– Oil for Engine
– Additives for Diesel (killing wateborn bacteria – preventive)
– Filters for Diesel (it takes two per cycle)
– Filters for motor oil
– Glue for fixing the rubber dingy
– Sea-weed filter (for some reason never installed)
– Coolant for engine
– Socket tools
– Bits (for different types of screws)
– Impeller (kind of a pump thing)
– Grease for Impeller
– French hot dog. It’s a danish thing. Sausage in a bread roll. (because you have to have at least one – when shopping in Biltema)

It is the classic movie suspense-peak. Is it this one? There is a lot of wires/cables. A lot!

One by one they need to be re-traced and figured out – before cutting. It takes time. A lot. We have an autopilot, chartplotter (navigation), lanterns, engine controls and metrics, gauges, speed, depth – and a lot more…

Il Capitano is considering going completely old-school (no fancy electronics) – even though advised against it. We’ll see.

Almost done in the front. Next up (after another day or two) is to install a preliminary cabin sole and then clean up the hull (it’s pretty soaked in old oil/diesel – se we are on a mission to get that smell out)

Not bad for a lunch break