Building and sailing the Journeyman 60
2006 – 2014
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We are now in the final preparations for departure to the Malvinas (Falkland Islands). As everyone knows, these islands have long been the source of a dispute between Argentina and Great Britain. As usual, peaceful Swedes do not take sides…
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Yay! After almost 12 months I have a bow thruster again!
The thruster first gave up in Las Plamas in the Canaries almost exactly a year ago. Then it was the gearbox that called it quits. Since then the control electronics and the up/down motors gave up too, due to salt…
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Avoiding small annoyances.
Sometimes really small issues get annoyingly large. Like this one: The drawers in my galley have locks that are pretty good. But sometimes when we are in choppy seas on the port tack there is too much weight sitting on…
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My first job as a lifting platform
The neighbour needed to store his gigantic welding machine in the forward cabin. No problem for a Journeyman ;-) !
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Going all nationalistic…
Apparently it is very important to fly the correct flags down around Cape Horn. So I figure I should start with replacing my own tattered Swedish one with a more proud edition:
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Sewing project completed
Now we have a convenient way to stow our 250 meters of floating mooring lines. These lines will be used for the traditional 3-point moorings used in the bays in Patagonia, where you want to stay close to the trees…
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Why is men using a sewing machine so odd?
Everybody who passed by on the pier this afternoon made various jokes in various languages about the fact that we were sewing. Making a sack for the floating mooring lines. To me, a man using a sewing machine is pretty…
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Nexus becomes Garmin, still provides good service.
My favorite instrumentation supplier Nexus has been purchased by Garmin, and I am hoping it means good things for the products. So far I have only good things to report. I needed to replace my log transducer, and Garmin provided…
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Washing up day
The cushions now have two years of intensive use on them, and even the heavy duty hospital-spec cloth needs some washing. Today we have wind and sun so it’s a good day for that.
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Back in the wet stuff
After 4 days of typical South-American “mañana”, the marina finally got us back in the water. I’m pretty satisfied with the new waterline, looks even better than the old I think.
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