So, she floated after a while. One thing that has been good about her sinking at first is that the top-sides took up as well. This made the season particularly dry inside. 2006 was a very dry summer and Dobra wasn't used much early in the year. Daylight was visible through the seams of the freeboard.
2007 was a good summer for wooden boats - not too hot, a good bit of rain... And some time to use one!

The advantage of owning a small boat with an easy rig, is the ability to take her out for short trips. I take advantage of this, and enjoy many evening sails; often alone with a good bottle of beer.

But we did manage some voyaging. Taking trips to join friends and generally messing about in the boat.

Eventually the season drew to a close, and I elected to take the boat out late ( for people outside of sweden I will describe how our club works in a separate post ).