Tag: Errors
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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 now that I have plenty of time is to write an entry listing some of…
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Friction, actions, reaction.
Yeah, OK, we’re on our way. But as what seems to be the norm in this project, not without friction. One of the things that caused a bit of friction before we left Stockholm was the material for the keel sliders. I had designed it using established materials and techniques, but it wasn’t working very…
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Two steps backwards: Tank cleanout
We have not been able to do as much sailing as I would like due to continuing engine problems. I have changed filters in for the engine fuel so many times it is not even funny any more. So I decided I had enough. And ripped the tanks open to see what was going on.…
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Getting the steering back on track… almost.
The steering problem that hit us during the trip from Västervik to Stockholm was quite simple. (Everything is once you know it, right?) The installation instructions clearly tell you to put a cap with a breader hole in the filling port of the steering pumps. But I have two steering pumps, and two breather holes…
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Disaster strikes … a spreader.
In the picture below, the keen viewer will notice that there is a spreader missing… It was damaged by a falling furler swivel during the hoisting of the mast. Hopefully the Marström team will be able to repair it over the weekend, but it still means that we won’t be able to move out of…
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Motoring is boring… and dependent on an engine!
So we have arrived in Västervik. First of all I am very tired after not sleeping much for two nights, which made me press the wrong button when updating the website, and a lot of things broke. I’m too tired to fix that right now… Anyway. We did not get very far on our first…
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More steering, plus a solution.
So this is what the steering position looks like. In the picture you can also see the now solved winch collision problem. You can also see the steering control valve I talked about in yesterdays post, it’s the small silvery handle to the right of the wheel center. You can see two joysticks on the…
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Bulb Trouble
The guys in Trollhättan who did the bulb apparently were in a bit of a hurry to go on holiday or something. We have a few issues we need to fix. Like all the bolts have been damaged. And there are large areas of bad casting. No disaster, it can be fixed. But still it…
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Hysteric amounts of WIP
Being busy is about the lamest excuse for not blogging, I know that. But I’ve been doing 16-19 hour working days the last 10 days, so I had to get the tempo down a bit before I could find the peace to write here. It is somewhat exhausting trying to lead a team of 7…
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Bad hair day in Journeyman land
Today has been full of bad news. Leak testing of the deck showed that ALL of the hatches were leaking. In the same spot. Not in the mounting, but through the hatch itself, due to a manufacturing error at the supplier. The leak in the ballast tank pumps that I wrote about yesterday was not…