Author: Jesper

  • Thoughts on racing ratings

    I have written previously about the Journeyman not being allowed to enter the SRS class in Gotland Runt due to the high SRS rating we were assigned. (The fact that Thomas Blix’s TP52 with an even higher rating is apparently welcome in some races anyway is a different story ;-) ) We have now gotten…

  • Finally something goes right…

    Finally something goes right…

    The last 3 weeks have been slightly too troublesome for my taste. Progress on the final to-do list has been very slow and sometimes almost backwards… Especially since I am trying to get some sailing done every now and then. But today I got a nice verification that at least I am not completely lost…

  • Mounting research stuff and more

    Mounting research stuff and more

    After the miserable weekend comes a much better start of the week. On Monday we got all cabling and piping done for the scientific instrument installation: We also got an AIS transponder mounted. It is mandatory for the IRC class in Gotland Runt. So now I can finally see myself on my own AIS plot:…

  • Miserable weekend.

    Miserable weekend.

    When we lifted the boat for the IRC measuring last week we uncovered a few problems that needed to be fixed. This was supposed to happend this weekend. The bowthruster cover plate had gone missing.And there was about 10 small corrosion spots on the bottom. Plus the cover for the keel bolts in the fin…

  • View from the deck

    View from the deck

    By most standards Journeyman is a pretty big boat. But today it looks bigger than usual…

  • Get In Gear!

    Get In Gear!

    The Journeyman Apparel Store has just opened its doors at http://journeyman.spreadshirt.se. Some you who have already signed up for the various trips have been asking for T-Shirts and stuff. So now you can go crazy! I am using a 3rd party supplier so I don’t have to keep track of sizes and orders myself. The…

  • Joining Gotland runt comes at a price.

    Joining Gotland runt comes at a price.

    We tried in vain to get into the SRS class in Gotland Runt. Unfortunately the race commitee has decided on a maximum SRS rating of 1.5 for the class, so we were not allowed. First time I have been told I can’t participate because the boat is too fast ;-) So the only alternative was…

  • Very long-in-the-making action item getting done.

    Very long-in-the-making action item getting done.

    Some tasks in the Journeyman project have been stubbornly resisting getting done. The fridge and freezer installation is one of them. As I wrote about earlier, I have done a special version of the heat exchanger integrated into the hull bottom plate. Now the story about getting this finally connected and running involves several different…

  • A tough man needs a tough son?

    A tough man needs a tough son?

    Presenting “Son of the Journeyman”: Well… I’m really not sure what to name the dinghy. Anyway, now it’s ready and running very well thanks to it’s rather deep V-shaped aluminum hull. As you can see I reused a little bit of the antislip flooring from the interior for the deck. The hull for the dinghy…

  • Out with the old and in with the new…

    Out with the old and in with the new…

    I have had four dorade boxes from Vetus mounted for my deck ventilators. I looked at them when they were delivered and thought: “Strange that they make really sturdy ventilators and mounting bases, but then put a crappy piece of plastic between them. Of course the crappy piece of plastic was not very durable, so…