Lady Helmsman SWE 27 "Quelle Amie" - 1976

I have owned the boat since 1989 and it has been sailed between Västervik and Piteå with some excursions to Åland and Vasa-Jakobstad. It is a wonderful course-stable boat that sails smoothly in the sea, withstands strong winds, but is also lovely in light winds in the archipelago. She can be sailed alone but it is quite a distance to the bow when the anchor is released.

All hatches on deck are reinforced (sandwich construction with balsa wood encapsulated in fiberglass laid in epoxy). The hull has been sanded down to the fiberglass hull and sealed with 6 layers of epoxy. This was done because there was a lot of filler on the hull. There has never been any sign of water ingress into the hull (osmosis). I took the opportunity to reinforce the rudder with a layer of fiberglass in epoxy the same year. The boat was blue when I bought it with clear lacquer over it which darkened, causing the boat to become blotchy, which is why it was painted by a car painter in eggshell white color about 20 years ago. Volvo diesel engine with fresh water cooling and sailboat drive. Changed the damask on the drive in 2015.

Equipment List (selection):

• 2 lead-acid batteries (for engine and consumption).
• 50W solar panel charger.
• Electric autopilot (Helmsman) for self-steering.
• Silva compass.
• Nexus log works well, with accompanying wind instrument that I have not yet installed.
• 2-burner gas stove with oven.
• Gas heater with element under bunks in cabin and forepeak.
• 2 x 6 kg gas cylinders aft of cockpit in drained compartment.
• Toilet with holding tank (but lacks deck discharge).
• Freshwater and seawater with separate electric pressure pumps.
• Water tank 70 liters.
• All lines led to cockpit, including 1st reef for mainsail and Lazy Jack with separate cleats for this and 2 winches.
• 2 winches for headsail sheet.
• 2 winches for backstay.
• Mainsail with full battens.
• Furling jib system - in recent years I have only used my new Jib.
• Genoa approximately 40 sqm.
• Spinnaker (from Ballad, approximately 60 sqm).
• Anchor roller with 50m of chain.
• Lightweight anchor + 10 kg stock anchor (in need of regalvanizing).
• Mooring line approximately 20m x 2.
• Headsail sheet.
• Spinnaker sheet.
• Plus various ropes.