Tag: Deck Gear
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Out with the old and in with the new…
I have had four dorade boxes from Vetus mounted for my deck ventilators. I looked at them when they were delivered and thought: “Strange that they make really sturdy ventilators and mounting bases, but then put a crappy piece of plastic between them. Of course the crappy piece of plastic was not very durable, so…
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Biggest designer muck-up so far.
OK, so there has been lots of small things that will be better if I get to build a second Journeyman. And some things that were designed wrong but could be easily changed while building. But this collision was not solvable without a major cockpit redesign: As you can see the handle of the primary…
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Beautiful Lifelines
We just put the lifelines in, and in the middle of all delays and small setbacks they are making me very happy. Everything fit perfectly, and the welding work on the pull-pit is absolutely superb. This image also shows the chainplates for the stay-sail, solent and code zero (actually I will have more of a…
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Lord of the ring
In this case, the One Ring to Rule Them All is the deck ring. It sits around the mast in the deck, and all halyards, reef lines etc are attached to it. We have one of the best deck ring manufacturers in Sweden: Seldén. So I ordered their largest deck ring a while ago. Our…
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Toe-rail or foot-rail?
Whatever you call it, it’s an important part of the looks of the boat, so it’s nice to see it go on!
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Bachman Turner Overdrive…. not.
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 become very soft. I have seen enough other alu yachts with bent stanchions after some…
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Deck Layout Brain Damage
After two days of brain burnout trying different alternatives to the deck layout I have arrived at what looks like a simple solution. Since I think I have stared too long at this to actually see things clearly anymore I am hereby asking for feedback. The actual layout drawing is available for download: Deck Layout.PDF…
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….a small taste of sailing!
OK, this is I think my first post of something which looks like it will become a sailing yacht, not just lots of aluminum. We have started to position the winches and build the reinforcements for them.