Tag: Safety
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Departure preparations in full swing
We are still shooting for departure from Stockholm around September 15. Lots of work still to do on the boat, but things are looking OK so far. Today we did Man Overboard exercises with the crew that will join from Canary Islands to Capetown. There are several kids in this team, so we have done…
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Next Milestone: Salon Finished.
Things are moving along nicely. The salon interior has just been finished and work has moved on to the forward bathrooms. There is comfortable seating space for 9-10 people with this layout. I have also implemented the bar, as you can see in the upper right corner. (This is an extreme wide angle shot, so…
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Floor safety
One of the most common causes of small injuries on an ocean crossing yacht is crew members slipping and falling. Your typical “luxury” cruiser has nice shiny floors. Shiny, however, is not so nice when you have wet shoes and the boat is heeled. The Journeyman 60 has a high tech floor material made for…
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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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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…