Building and sailing the Journeyman 60
2006 – 2014
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One of the good things with Piriapolis is that there are lots of cruiser sailors here. So when you need to do gluing work you can just ask around to gather a whole set of clamps.
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Handles on a rainy day
Another day with 150m cloud base and a drizzle. Good day for working in the galley. One small issue has been the opening of drawers when heeled over on a starboard tack. If the drawer is full of stuff it…
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The anchor arm that never ends.
The original build of my anchor arm kind of hinged on the theory that it would only be used when raising or lowering the anchor, not when actually sitting at anchor, since I have a special strongpoint in the bow…
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Remembering -25° in +20°
Much more inspirational weather in Piriapolis today. Finally it feels like the spring it should be down here. So I thought it would be a good day to start tackling the inner frames of front windows. They are screwed to…
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Fuel woes: Be gone!
I’ve had problems with the engine fuel on a few occasions, as the faithful readers of this blog will remember. Very annoying. It never happened in critical situations, though. But I don’t want to tempt fate… So I just finished…
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Back on the Chain Gang in Uruguay
End of the summer break! Or should I say winter break? I get confused, because most people I talk to think it has been summer during these months. But down here it has been winter. And still is to some…
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Argentina, Falklands and Cape Horn, Nov 2012 – Jan 2013
The Journeyman is currently resting in Piriapolis, at the mouth of Rio de la Plata in Uruguay. Getting ready for the most exciting leg of the journey so far. If you want to be part of this journey, now is…
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Voyage tracks available on Google Maps / Earth
To plot our tracks in Google Maps, just klick this link. In Google Earth, open this URL: https://journeyman.se/hd/journeyman.kmz The tracks has some gaps and small errors, and the last week of sailing is not there because I forgot to take…
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Micro small carbon work
Sometimes it’s fun to try something just to see if you can do it. One of the zippers in my mainsail cover had broken, and I had new zippers from the sail-makers to replace the old one. But I decided…
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Things you can find in your fuel system….
I’ve been having a bit of trouble on and off with my fuel system. What I know is that I originally put in a filter system that was too much of a toy. So I’m going to replace it with…
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