Morning has broken in S/y Nauta 2024

New day dawn, the crew of Nauta on a shopping tour for food and some Inox materials from a company in Chafiras. This time by foot 2,5 hours and one coffee pause in a nice Coffee shop El Nino, Chafiras China Town. We found at last the land lubbers fresh food market in Chafiras, open […]

Live at the yard

Things are happening 24 hours in the busy yard of Amarilla Marina. The beauty of huge machines and the detail working with spars and electronics etc You seldom see these things happening around the shining yachts We all love the yellow submarine in Amarilla Marina

Sails in the Sun

Sails in the sun – Sheeting the sails – Letting loose – Down wind sailing – Oreha de Burro – Always in the sun – Light of my life – Remember always to hoist the sails and stop the engine

Tenerife boat builder – S/y Nauta – Wood working – Data channel for you

S/y Nauta our new boat, making more stories of Atlantic Navigator, Wood working in the interior of sailing yacht Nauta, New wooden parts inside and outside of this famous yacht of Don Eloy Garcia, Material info and how to do the work, Interior design modifications with new colours and materials

Give your stainless / aluminium parts longer lifecycle – Data channel for you

Maintain your stainless steel and aluminium fittings on deck. S/y Nauta new boat gets maintenance for S/S parts. New rubbing lists on hull and deck joint. Old aluminium list corroded and now removed
New aluminium mast foot is essential to look after. Toe rail grinded and treated with epoxy primer

Tenerife boat builder – Data channel for you

Technical hints of working methods and materials, where to buy, prizing, etc. Atlantic Navigator is getting a better stronghold for my sailing adventures in the macaronesian islands. Calima heats up the environment, a jump in to the sea helps. A fresh water shower is essential in the boat. Short sailing tours help the working days […]

Atlantic Navigator New challenges for the skipper

Tenerife Puerto San Miguel, fitting a new boat

Atlantic Navigator alias S/y Naneux service works in Tenerife 2022

First, second and third service trip in 2022 This is the full story with picture, what can happen and how to manage with people and corrections of the wrong made decisions Learn of the whole process and make strickt rules for the working staff, because you are paying the whole alot S/y Naneux service and […]

Year 2018 – almost a whole year – The only camera I HAD was my LG, G 4 phone camera

Winter 2018 was mild. Ice period only lasted two months or so. This year was busy with a lot of building work in our premises in Turku in Kipinä yritystalo. I had several trips to the archipelago of Turku to vitsit Eva. February at last we saw the sunshine in the Canaries. A short maintenance […]

Wide angle photo´s – Beaches and harbors cavalcade

Some of the photographs are taken with the Fuji X Pro wide angle program, some faults occur. Other photographs are with my Nikon 700 and the new Sigma 15mm fisheye lens. These photos are from my recent trips in Europe please look the photo cavalcade and enjoy Thank you for looking my wide angle atmosphere […]

Year 2015 – Atlantic Sailing -A-year of antithesis

This year was a year of many contrast in my life. My photographs this year in April – June are mostly from the Atlantic Ocean and of Macaronesian Islands. Winter period in january – february I made some trips in Turku archipelago resulting some beautiful seascapes. The rest of the year has passed with various […]

The Taste of The Sea

Photos from Baltic Sea to English Channel 2014 – Atlantic Navigator

Photography highlights of the year 2014 of the different places of my sailing trip. From the archipelago of Turku in Finland to Nazaré in Portugal. Here are the photos from Baltic Sea to Cherbourg in France. From the logbook: We sailed through Swedish and Danish islands to Germany near Warnemünde. Next harbour for us was […]

Atlantic Navigator – The Journey goes on

Now we are in October, year 2014. The first third of the JOURNEY is done. Nearly 3000 nautical miles and two and a half months of time is spent in a tight relationship in a small boat with my daughter and our trusted friend plus some extra crew members. Lot of discussions and feelings have […]

Atlantic Navigator – The Journey

Sailing Atlantic Navigator from Turku archipelago to the Canaries We set the sails from the archipelago of Turku 22.07.2014. Sailing from Airisto which have been our home port for the beginning of S/y Naneux sailing era. The crew has varied during our sailing trips, the skipper and the first mate have always been the same, […]

A task and a photo a day

My home harbour in the suwn and S/y Naneux just returned from the North Sea trip Now I’m in a hurry. We have a scedule to sail S/y Naneux down to Lisboa. Starting in the first half of July. We have to be in Southern Europe before the autumn storms start to rage in Atlantic […]

M/y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesiteillä, Part 5

( This old photo journey is only written in finnish ) Matkan viimeisellä osuudella ajamme Liègestä, Belgiasta – Muideniin, Hollantiin. Liegè Liegèn teollisuuskaupungista matkaamme ensin Albertkanaalia Hollannin Maastrichtiin ja edelleen Waal jokea historiallisen Utrechtiin. Purjehdimme edelleen vanhaan Muidenin linnoituskaupunkiin Amsterdamin kupeessa. 07.5-96 Liège – Maastricht Albertkanaal Meuse vaihtaa nimeään Maas joeksi […]

M / y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesiteillä, Part 4

( This old photo journey is only written in finnish ) Nyt matkaamme Ranskan Toulista Namurin vanhaan linnoituskaupunkiin ja edelleen Liegen teollisuuskaupunkiin joka sijaitsee Belgian puolella. Canal De l’Est – Ardennien kanava – Meuse joki 28.4-96 Toul – Comercy Canal De l’Est Merkillepantavaa on kanavan helakan turkoosi väri, kaunista ihan kuin Maltalla olisi, siellä muistan […]

S/y Naneux – Home waters – Airisto

THIS IS MY HARBOR IN THE SUN All the four seasons are great, though the winter is always too damn long for a sailor. The nature is great; deers, white-tailed deers, lynxes, foxes and white tail eagles are all present. The sun dyes the horizon with all the beautiful colors. The calmest summer weather changes […]

Atlantic Navigator – building my old 34 foot boat for The Southern Atlantic

S/y Naneux at home port in Airisto (the documentary photos are taken with a cellphone Nokia N-8 camera) Many unforgettable sailing trips have been made with this sailing yacht. The yacht is nearly 25 years old and was last rebuilt year 2000 for long distance sailing trips. We sailed to German Bight and Dutch waters […]

S/y Naneux in North Sea 1999 – 2001

Historian siipien havinaa, S/y Naneux veneellä Pohjanmerellä ja Friisien saaristossa A story from our past with S/y Naneux in North Sea and Frisian Islands Always with the best crews in The Baltic and North Sea. Sailing down the Baltic has always been the start of an adventure. The Nordic weather is getting warmer the more […]

S/y Naneux Pohjanmeri 2002

Historian siipien havinaa, Paluu kotisatamaan Jatkotarinaa S/y Naneuxin purjehdukselle Hollannin Friisien saaristossa 1999 – 2002. Aina on palattava. Tällä kertaa ilmansuuntana on pohjoinen kotisaaristomme. Kotisatama on juuri valmistunut vastaanottamaan aluksemme. S/y Naneux on saanut Lauersoogissa uuden hienon potkurin ja latauslaitteen. Alkukesällä varustelulaiturissa Lauersoogissa on pitänyt kiirettä. Alkumatkalle astuu Kapun vanha mate, Kapteenska sekä hieman kokematon […]

Tall Ships Race Turku

Photos from Tall Ships Race 2009 in Turku. The port of Turku has been the host of Tall Sips Race many times in Finland. The glory is obvious but it has been almost a playback of the previous visits. Here we get seldom visits of the ships from the Med, South or North America. This […]

m/y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesiteillä, Part 2.

( This old photon journey is only written in finnish ) Photo Journey Part 2. From Wiesbaden to Koblenz (Castle tour) RHEINGAU RIESLING ROUTE Rheingau Riesling Routen viinialueeseen tutustumme veneellä, viini vijelmät ovat pääasiassa Rheinin idänpuoleisella rinteellä joen välittömässä läheisyydessä. Rheigau Riesling Route, yksi saksan kuuluisimmista valkoviinialueista joka alkaa Hocheimista läheltä Wiesbadenia. Tutustumme ensimmäiseksi Walluffin […]

After the summer – Memories grow sweeter with time.

Boats, old ropes and the whiff of diesel fuel catches your mind every spring. The sea life is there in your mind during the long and dark winter period.

Framboat, A boat yard that made Colin Archer 33 Boats in various stages

Framboat Document written only in finish Historiadokumentti 1979 – 1984 Uusia kuvia löytynyt itseltäni ja ystäviltä! Myös lisää juttuja / syyskuu 2012 Jukka Pohjola Tattarisuo Framboat toimi aluksi 1979 Tattarisuon teollisuusalueella, jossa valmistimme Pekka Piirosen kanssa kaarihallissa 4 kpl Colin Archer type 33 runkoa. C-A 33 muotit olivat harrastetyönä Crisse Lydmanin tekemät ja niistä […]

The building of a 3/4 ton class boat “Suomenlahden Kone”

Framboat, Haxi 1982 Valokuvat / Photographs: Sakari Katiskoski and Jukka Pohjola Historia dokumentti / Historic document from the years 1982 – 1983 English text in the end of the bloc. Framboat, “akateeminen” veneveistämö, jossa taidot ja innostus veneitä kohtaan olivat usein merkittävämpi osatekijä kuin taloudellinen menestys. Pääasiassa veistämö teki Colin Archer 33´ venettä runkovalmiina myytäväksi. […]

M/y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesireiteillä, Part 1.

( This old photo journey is only written in finnish ) Photo Journey Part 1. From Basel to Wiesbaden (Südliche Weinstrasse) Mahtava Rhein virtaa