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Cecilia Ennals, winner of a wooden-boat restoration prize awarded during the summer, describes the problems that followed her win: water ingress while racing and cruising forced the crew to run pump watches in harbor, filling to the floorboards.0:50 The bilge pump was replaced twice after the hand pump failed.1:00 The engine, which had run reliably for two years, short-circuited late in the season and likely needs full replacement.1:17 Winter work at Blåndenholm will prioritize drying the boat tent — using diesel heat or a condensation tent — then refinishing the mast and boom before spring.3:31 Interior work is planned but secondary. Ennals also received a "Boat Influencer of the Year" award at a Christmas dinner for documenting restoration work on Instagram.2:18 Her activity has drawn a group of under-25 wooden-boat owners into KTK Ung, a youth section of the club she now leads, with six boats currently berthed together at Blåndenholm.2:45 She confirms the engine short-circuit is the most pressing unresolved problem heading into winter.

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