Author: Jesper
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Cape Pembroke hike
Looong walking hike today. The old lighthouse was put out of order by the Argentinians in 1982. Some people still want it renovated, but for now newer and cheaper technology rules. We’re in Land Rover paradise here. But sometimes not even Land Rovers cope…
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Sail Maintenance and so on…
Today the weather was really nice and calm so we profited from that by doing a small repair on the genoa luff. It had a small rip in the usual spot just at the start of the fore-stay groove. Now it has been reinforced by a bit of kevlar so it should be OK. We…
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Chrsitmas Repairs…
Today’s happy repair is the wind indicator that the clumsy skipper (me…) fell and smashed during a reefing manoeuvre in darkness in the crossing from Uruguay. The cover glass was cracked in several places and the salt water that got in to the unit damaged one of the background light LED’s. After deciding that it…
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Lucia Celebration
Today the 13th of December is a very traditional celebration day in Sweden. Here in the Falklands we are trying our best too. So I had made a very nice and spicy Glögg and fresh Lussebullar. All the neighbours were invited, so here we are with the crews of Pelagic and Pelagic Australis. After the…
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Making Friends in the Falklands
We like Port Stanley. It feel much more “real” than Ascension felt. Probably because people actually live here. They’re not just here on contract. And there’s a lot better food available in the stores. Really good selection actually, with the exception of vegetables. This morning a couple of Norwegian guys from the Ocean Prince platform…
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Uruguay to Falkland Islands
The leg started with a most annoying thing: We discovered our cooker did’nt work. It has not been used for a long time, and now it was dead. Well the oven worked, but not the stove. So the first dinner was cooked in the oven, and the next day I took it apart. Actually, it…
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Re-supplying…
OK, the sails are back on, the fridge is full again, all tanks are refilled. …and that nice little stir in the stomach, which means that another trip into unknown waters is about to begin, is in place. Tonight we bid good bye to Piriapolis with a nice Asado in our favorite resto. It’s been…
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All Systems Go
To be honest, I actually think I have never had so many things working at the same time on the boat. We have a new fuel system, restored bow-thruster, ballast tanks working, better auto pilot, better water circulation for the fridge, (almost) all electronics running correctly, and lots of other small issues have been addressed.…
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Size does matter
The crazy Australians that built my hydraulic steering system had a tendency to super-size everything. Not a bad thing in a steering system actually. But the auto-pilot got super-sized too, and that was maybe not perfect. With the original pump the HO/HO time is about 2.5 seconds, which is waaay to fast. So I have…