Tag: Anchoring
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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 for that. The problem with this theory was of course that the forces on the…
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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 in the swell in the anchorage outside Ascension it got really destroyed in a big…
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May the man with the biggest sewage-pipe win…?
To start: I apologize for the web site not working very well since yesterday. My Internet provider has apparently screwed up things at their end. I hope things will improve, otherwise it will take a few days to move to a new one. Anyways…. The work on and in the sail locker has been completed!…
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Back at the yard. Nice bow completed.
First of all I would like to thank all of you who came by to say hello during the Stockholm Boat Show. I was really surprised by the number of people and all the nice comments. Thank You All!! Now it’s back to work at full speed. While I was away the bow has been…