Journeyman 60

Tag: Racing

  • DNF

    DNF

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    First time in my racing history actually. But we don’t want to stay out here for ever. Average speed over the last 5 hrs has been 0.85 knots. We’re in between two low pressures of 1007 and 1009 bar (eh? I thought that was a high ;-) ), and very little improvement expected for the…

  • GR Update

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    Good news and bad news. Let’s start with the bad: We are last in the fleet, and the wind is dying and will continue to do so according to the forecasts. This means we have no chance to catch up, which is kind of boring. If the forecast is correct I think we might even…

  • We’re in with the in crowd…

    We’re in with the in crowd…

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    Jesper
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    Having a cosy time between 50 footer NOR 12811 “Camilla”, (Cookson 50, TCC 1.39) and Niklas Zennströms’s 72 footer GBR 7236 “Rán 2” (TCC 1.57) :-)

  • Joining Gotland runt comes at a price.

    Joining Gotland runt comes at a price.

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    We tried in vain to get into the SRS class in Gotland Runt. Unfortunately the race commitee has decided on a maximum SRS rating of 1.5 for the class, so we were not allowed. First time I have been told I can’t participate because the boat is too fast ;-) So the only alternative was…

  • Holy Cow: One point sixty-one

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    The Swedish Sailing Federation just assigned the official SRS racing handicap rating for the Journeyman 60: 1.61 …which means that according to them the Journeyman is one of the fastest monohulls in Sweden at the moment, less than 10% below the TP 52 (Here is the official list) Which makes me smile of course. But…