Journeyman 60

Tag: Launching

  • First Sailing Video

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    Finally I got some time to put together a video from the launch and initial sailing trials. Enjoy!

  • Catching up: Launch images

    Catching up: Launch images

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    Not much happening in Västervik today. I spent the day catching up on paperwork. But I also got some images off my camera, so I thought I’d post a few from the night transport and early morning launch last week.

  • Motoring is boring… and dependent on an engine!

    Motoring is boring… and dependent on an engine!

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    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…

  • Pre-maiden Journey

    Pre-maiden Journey

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    First of all: I still do not have the correct stuff to get photos from my camera into the ship computer. But you can find a lot of images taken by a local newspaper photographer here: http://foto.saartehaal.ee/thumbnails.php?album=181 And here is an image from todays sail from Kuivastu to Kuressaare: We are having issues with the…

  • Getting ready for the road…

    Getting ready for the road…

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    She kind of looks like an old fashioned street car, but in fact these bars are meant to move the power lines away. There are at least a couple of places where we know we will need them, and probably some we don’t know yet. The transport is 30 km. At 10 km/h it will…

  • End Run – Launch Scheduled

    End Run – Launch Scheduled

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    OK, we are officially launching on Thursday. I have been complaining sometimes over the passed year that the Alunaut team has been busy building other boats and Journeyman has been delayed. But I can’t complain about the number of people now working on the yacht! We will still not be 100% complete at launch though.…

  • Paving the road for launch

    Paving the road for launch

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    Literally, in this case. The exit from the yard to the main road was too narrow for the Journeyman on its trailer.

  • Trailerable boats. It’s a matter of definition.

    Trailerable boats. It’s a matter of definition.

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    As you might have seen from some pictures the Alunaut yard is not even close to the water. Today the trailer we will be using to launch the Journeyman arrived. It looks reassuringly solid… Plus the guy that drove the offloading crane got bonus points for matching his looks to the crane´s: