Journeyman 60

Building and sailing the Journeyman 60

2006 – 2014

  • OK, maybe it is a bit hard to see what’s in this picture when you haven’t seen the boat in real life… The picture is taken through the transom hatch, and what you see is the dingy garage and the…

  • I think the first time I had the idea that I could actually build my own boat was when I met Peter Stuivenberg on his yacht Crossroads in the Horta Marina on the Azores in 2001. If he could then…

  • It’s not obvious yet, but yes, we are actually building a sailboat here… The rigging is already mostly done, and waiting at Marstrom in Västervik. But we need sails too… Selecting the sail type, material and who is to make…

  • I got this old song lyrics humming in my head… I think it was a British Eurovision Song Contest entry way back when. Anyone remembers? It’s all about ripping things up and starting over again. So anyway, two weeks ago…

  • I have to say a public thanks also to Markus and Henric at Southco Sweden (now Onmar Sweden), for going the extra mile in getting me exactly the hinges and locks that I wanted, even when it meant doing some…

  • Whatever you call it, it’s an important part of the looks of the boat, so it’s nice to see it go on!

  • The nice Australian steering system that I wrote about earlier (in Swedish) did surprise us by being larger than specifications for all components. Actually the guys at HyDrive changed their mind in the last minute and said we needed stronger…

  • OK, maybe the pun in the title was kind of far fetched, but anyway: Our turner has been getting busy: These are the attachments for the lifeline stanchions. Making the stanchions in aluminum is not a good idea, since they…

  • The main large storage space in the cockpit is under the sofa seats. The forward part of the seats has the clothes closet in the aft cabins underneath, so there can be no storage there. This would mean that the…

  • I would like to publicly thank the engineers at Johnson Pumps for helping me come up with a solution to the trim-tank pump. The trim-tanks are very big and they should not take too long to fill. This can easily…

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