Tag: Details
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On maintaining communication…
During my previous ocean cruise I lost my VHF radio microphone. It was supposed to be waterproof, but its mount was quite flimsy and didn’t hold i well, so it would tend to fall down when there was some violent wave or wash-over. Which usually meant it fell down into water. So after a few…
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Funky Door Complete
What makes a door funky, you may ask? Well, for example the fact that it is in three pieces. Two on separate hinges, to allow opening only the upper part, and keeping the lower in place as a wash-over protection. The third part is a small fold-able corner of the upper door part. It uses…
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Just when we don’t need them: Windows
It is hot on Saaremaa these days. Even hotter inside the boat now that the windows are getting mounted and the amout of open holes in the hull is going down. Lots of people are working inside so we actually need fans to keep the temperature reasonable. All windows are double glassed, to avoid condensation…
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Power needs to be regulated
In governments and in sailing yachts…. Since the Journeyman aims to be an environmentally friendly yacht in all respects, I have decided not to fit any generator. At all. Not even a shore power charger! Well… that’s maybe also because shore power is a dangerous thing to have in an aluminum yacht to start with.…
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Bringing serviceability to yacht interior design
The first interior bulkhead wall is up. Unfortunately you can’t see the nice woodwork since it won’t be mounted until the last moment. But you can see the system we are using to make it possible to dismantle the interior for repairs or changes. Most modern yacht are put together using glue, because this makes…
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Remembering 9/11…
At 5 o’clock in the morning on September 11, 2000, I arrived in St Johns, Newfoundland after a rather difficult crossing from Qaqortoq on Greenland. The following 30 hours were some of the weirdest in my life, with a complex set of personal events intermixed with the approaching hurricane Erin and the terrorist attack that…
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Doing dishes or makeup?
Dig this sink. I have been working on it for a long time. Today it arrived with enough shine to be used as a mirror as well as as a sink. The thing is, kitchen sinks in sailboats at sea never work. The whole concept of a hole in the middle breaks down when the…
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Stairway to … well, down.
Here’s a first glimpse of the interior design colors: The stairway from the deck-house down to the salon. All floors in the interior are covered by a safety floor mat originally designed for public areas around swimming pools and such. This mat is fully water, fungus and mildew resistant. But most of all it has…
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Bottoms Up!
(Sorry, cheesiest entry title so far, probably…) Since the Journeyman has a rather pointy bulb, there is always the risk of catching stuff on the point. Fishing boys, anchor lines and such. But if we do, at least we will be able to see what the problem is, and how successful efforts to remove the…
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Silent Night, Holy Night
An ocean crossing yacht sails around the clock. Which means people sleep around the clock too. So it’s nice if any running machines located close to the aft cabins is as silent as possible. Today we mounted the auto pilot pump and the cabin heaters, which fall into this category. So they all get soft…