My first two days in Ellös

Yesterday, I arrived on a nice sunny day around 11:00 am local time to Landvetter Airport, Gothenburg.
During landing under white clouds the view below was very pictorial, the green countryside with forests and lakes gave an impression of  a dream country. Trekking should be lot of fun here.
Airport is located some 20 kilometers southeast of the city. I rented a car and set my destination to Ellös on the navigation system and started my trip.
Ellös is a nice little village between Gothenburg and Uddevalla on an island Orust.
Hallberg Rassy (HR) Shipyard is in this village and I am staying at a nice hotel called Sjögården Hotel facing the HR Shipyard.
I arrived Ellös around 15:00 and settled in a nice double room on the ground level facing the shipyard.
The first thing that strike my attention was, the robot lawn mover under my window, cutting the grass unattended in an intelligent way. The robot was recognizing the obstacles as well as non-green boundaries and turning to different paths and cutting the grass patiently.
Having placed my heavy luggage in the room I walked to the yard and visited Jonas. Jonas Algården  is the Area Sales Manager responsible for Turkey at Hallberg Rassy.  I should mention that both Mr. Galip Kaynar, the Turkish Representative of HR and Jonas  have been very nice and extremely helpful throughout this long acquisition process of my Olive. We had a short discussion over a cup of coffee with Jonas and planned the next day. Then Jonas took me to see Olive which was lowered to sea the same day I arrived without her mast. The plan was to install the mast next day.

After I left Jonas's office I made a short trip along the coast and took some pictures. Then I went to have a light dinner and went to bed early. I had only a few hours of sleep on the previous night.

I woke up to a cloudy and a rainy day at Ellös with temperatures below 15 degrees. This is very unusual for someone feeling the warm summer in his bones with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees in Istanbul in June and July. I had an appointment with Jonas at 10:00 so I took a quick shower had my breakfast and walked down to Jonas's office. We went through the parts list in detail then visited Olive. Technicians were working on the rigging and preparing the Selden mast carefully. In-mast furling was my choice when I decided to buy Olive. I wanted to simplify sailing as much as possible and try to get the pleasure of the boat during sailing.
We went in the boat and had a quick look at the cabins, the engine and the Hi-Fi system. Then Jonas took me to the shipyard and we went through the new releases from Hallberg Rassy; HR 43, HR 48 and HR 55 as well as a HR 64 in water. Then Jonas invited me to lunch at the hotel. It was a nice morning.

In the afternoon I went to the parts shop of HR and renewed my list and ordered a first aid kit from Germany. This company in Hamburg has been specializing in preparation of first aid kits for sailbaots and their list is quiet impressive. I decided to get one to be on the safe side.

I also brought my Cordette and thanks to my friend Ahmet Güney, he loaded my computer with a large number of music from his collection . In the afternoon I decided to go to a shopping complex some 50 kms away and see if I can buy a general purpose tool box and a cable to connect my Cordette to the Hi-Fi System in the boat. I need to buy a thick water-proof ocean going jacket-trousers and waterproof boots. I drove all the way to Torps Köpcentrum but could only buy a toolbox. Tomorrow I may go to Gothenburg to try my chance with the essential marine wear I need for the trip. I also want to see Olive with her mast assembled tomorrow.