A fresh Albin Ballad owner here

[dmelentyev]

Hi,
I've just bought a 1976 Albine Ballad, which is rather a solid DIY (or, rather FIY - Fix It Yourself) project
Found an extremely valuable article by Dieter (@Ballad99) on keel fixes. Here: https://balladklubben.se/balladexchange ... php?t=3881
My very first task is to fix a crack in a keel skin and check if there's any issues with aft part of the bilge as I do suspect a decent hit on rocks had happen some time before.

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Other than that, she's "floatable" and may be even "sailable", although definitely not comfortable yet.

Looking forward for the first trip this season West to East along the whole Polish coast of Baltic sea.

Glad to join,
Dennis

PS. Still looking for the new name and the hull number