So we finally got started installing various radio and navigation equipment on Elida V. I and Robert attached the various devices to the navigation cabin on the deckhouse. We have a lot of radios, and a lot of antennas, but this is because the equipment is heavily regulated by the maritime administration. Being a passenger ship, Elida V needs to be fully equipped with shortwave radios, VHF radios (about 4-5 of them), GPS, AIS, NAVTEX and lots of other things.

On Monday we will leave the harbour of Fiskebäck to tug the boat to the shipyard at Öckerö, which will install the final electric equipment for the engine to run.

December is already here, and we have been in Fiskebäck for two months straight and building the ship all the time. What keeps me thinking is the relatively high temperature so late on the year. Although it now has become evening, the thermometer still shows 12 degrees celsius. I guess there won’t be no white christmas this year. Normal temperature in December is around zero degrees as far as I know.

Over Christmas I will travel home to Västerås to be with my family, and on New Year’s Eve I will be at Livskraft in Uppsala, a christian new-years camp for people like me. Hopefully I and my friends will be responsible for the café entertainment during the evenings.

We have also got wireless LAN on the ship. I am typing this message from the rear window of the captain’s cabin, connecting to our office about hundred meters inshore. That is a great relief, since I am able to check my mail, blog and do various surfing without having to freeze outside (it is still too cold outside to sit still comfortably)