Building and sailing the Journeyman 60
2006 – 2014
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This morning was nice and calm. Cloudy, so not as hot as usual. I was working in the transom compartment, trying to find out why the automatic bilge pump had stopped working, when all of a sudden it was not…
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Things that went wrong and mistakes to learn from
It is now too late in the season to continue the journey south. So I am forced to rest a while, waiting until next spring to continue, sometime in September. One thing that I thought would be fun to do…
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Bahia do Ilha Grande – A beautiful gem, but well used
Journeyman is now moored in Paraty. I plan to stay here or in the nearby area over the winter. Before writing a couple of longer entries in this blog concerning lessons learned over the last half years sailing, and about…
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Rio de Janeiro
Sailing towards Rio de Janeiro has been uneventful. The winds are very light, forcing us to motor quite a bit. There hasn’t been a lot of boat or sailing events to write about. So I’ll just contend myself with posting…
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Cabo Frio. Aptly named!
Last night we sailed down towards Cabo Frio. It was quite interesting. I woke up for my night shift at 02:00 in the morning and was freezing cold. Check out the measurements of temperature from our Oceansearch sensors (temperature axis…
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Smooth sailing on the Brazilian coast
We’ve had really light winds lately. This is sometimes challenging, especially when coming from behind. The swell makes the sails flog when the wind is so light that there is little pressure on them. And this flogging under no load…
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Finally sailing again!
After a long pause for big repair works, we are finally back at sea. The new crew has made the decision to not sail so aggressively to start with, so now we are heading south along the Brazilian coast for…
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While we are on the subject of things I designed too weak…
Now that the ballast tanks are strong, there are a few other things… :-) One thing that I clearly did not make strong enough was the anchor arm. It was bent a few times already before we left Sweden. And…
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Tanks done and tested. Time to put things together again.
I remember when the tanks were pressure tested in the yard. As the pressure increased there were plates going “Boooink” as they adapted to the pressure. I should have taken that as a sign that something was wrong, but at…
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Tank work coming along. Slowly but surely.
All sorts of factors are adding themselves on top of the Bahia tempo. The local Military Police are on strike. This totally screws up traffic in the city. Takes hours for my welder to get here in the morning. The…
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