Journeyman 60

Author: Jesper

  • Falkland Islands and Cape Horn

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    Yada yada

  • We like aluminum

    We like aluminum

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    My neighbor, a french guy, also has an aluminum boat with an aluminum dinghy. Except he did an Optimist instead of a RIB like I did. Cute!

  • New friends in Piriapolis

    New friends in Piriapolis

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    So I quickly got myself a small “fan-club” in Punta del Este, a team of young Uruguayan sailors who came with me on a very pleasant and speedy sail from Punta del Este to Piriapolis. Piriapolis is a typical summer town, and it’s winter now here, so I was expecting it to be very empty.…

  • Stormy night in Punta del Este

    Stormy night in Punta del Este

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    After a very nice 8 day journey we have arrived in Punta del Este. We had great sailing most of the time, maybe a little too much motoring, but overall a very nice passage. I was quite satisfied to be in a marina tonight, as the winds picked up to blow a steady 40 knots…

  • Off to Uruguay with plenty of Guacamole

    Off to Uruguay with plenty of Guacamole

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      Ok, finally it’s time to sail again. Feels good. The sails are back on. Food supplies full. I illustrate this with a picture of a Brazilian avocado. Very large, very good. We made a big bowl of Guacamole for the trip. Fruits and vegetables are so much more fun to shop and eat here,…

  • The product disappointments continue

    The product disappointments continue

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    I think I have enough trouble dealing with my own mistakes. But on top of that I have to deal with a multitude of standard products that fail. Here’s another one to add to the list: Today I was investigating a leak in one of the manual bilge pumps. It is less than two years…

  • Disgusting seafood.

    Disgusting seafood.

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    The Journeyman has been in the water almost two years now, and the antifouling paint is dying. I dived for a few hours to clean the hull, but I was forced to end early by an invasion of microscopic shrimp. I guess their way of protesting me destroying their habitat was to crawl all over…

  • Muddy waters

    Muddy waters

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      Today I was making a small excursion with some friends who came to visit. Since I had been anchored for quite a long time in this muddy bay, I had a notion that there might be a lot of mud on the anchor. So before my friends arrived I went into town and bought…

  • Fridge tune-up time.

    Fridge tune-up time.

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    Today was a day dedicated to the fridge and freezer. I had noticed that the fridge especially had very long run times, and was causing a bit of battery drain. When I had a look at it, the piping outside the actual fridge was covered in ice. This of course seemed a bit wrong, I…

  • Dear Johnson Pumps, is it supposed to look like this?

    Dear Johnson Pumps, is it supposed to look like this?

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    Well now I know why the transom compartment bilge pump stopped working ;-) I guess the pump was not as watertight as it was supposed to be. Oh well…