Last days before Nano is on her way to Sweden

Good news from Steven (Seahopper) - Nano is getting her finishing varnish and is booked for pickup&delivery on coming Tuesday! I hope we will manage to cross EU borders before brexit’s chaos!

In the meantime I got some photos showing how these boats are built and tested. Photo above shows the workshop, with water-tank for testing for water-tightness.
Below is a Seahopper on forming jig.

Once the hull is done there comes custom-made fittings.

There is lot’s of ingenuity in Seahopper’s construction. One of many cool ideas is a centre-board mounted sand-wheels. This is handy when one wants to roll the unfolded boat over longer distance. Even though my small Nano does not weight much it’s always easier to wheel-barrow it than to carry her on shoulders.

Seahoppers can be sailed:

… or rowed, like Nano will be:

When not needed the dinghy can be towed behind mother-ship or taken aboard and folded alongside handrails. Or stowed under deck, like I plan on Meritaten.

Well, we are waiting eagerly for our Nano.

Water around our island is free from ice so once she is here I’ll take her for test rides immediately!