Ester was launched and sailed over a few days across the south of France to Monaco by Laurence, France and Emmanuel. They were accompanied by Ulf and Pia assisting them and supporting where necessary. Having arrived in Monaco, Ester was moored next to a large array of yachts of varying sizes, from 12' Dinghies to the 56.5m William Garner 'Atlantic'. Ester was welcomed and admired. A difficult week of sailing followed during which the race team were Joined by Simon from Portugal. The wind …
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Ester arrives in France
Ester's journey over the North Sea and continental Europe is nearly complete. She is in her new home of Hyeres and will soon make her voyage to Monaco by sea. …
Sea Trials
Ester was successfully launched in Örnsköldsvik last week, as you may have seen from the previous post on ester1901. Since then, Bo and the team have stepped the mast, completed the rigging and pulled up the sails for the first time. Yesterday, on Friday the 2nd August 2019, Ester sailed for the first time since approximately 1935, when she was lost beneath the sea near Trysunda. Please see Leif's film on the sea trials, including an interview with Bo the project manager and Laurence …
The unofficial launch
https://www.facebook.com/leiwik/videos/10214495450280863/ Leif Wikberg has made a short and silent video of the day Ester returned to the water. …
Out of the shed
3 years after the team recovered Ester's sunken hull from the sea bed, she has emerged from the hangar looking shiny and sleek. Laurence and Jean-Michel have joined Bo and Yohannes in the final tasks that remain before Ester is relaunched in Sweden for sea trials. Leif Wikberg has made a short film documenting the recent activities. https://vimeo.com/343868437 …
Spar Building
images courtesy of Leif Wikberg In the Autumn of 2018 we planned out the joints in the staves of the sitka spruce mast and the douglas fir boom. Both of these spars required 8 staves with one or two joints per stave. We used long 1:12 scarph joints to maintain the strength of the timber. spar planning By February we had glued up the staves and started setting up the spindle moulder to cut the tapered bevels onto the staves. A spreadsheet was useful to verify the geometry and the size of …