Journeyman 60

Building and sailing the Journeyman 60

2006 – 2014

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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