Journeyman 60

Tag: Supplier

  • Size does matter

    Size does matter

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    The crazy Australians that built my hydraulic steering system had a tendency to super-size everything. Not a bad thing in a steering system actually. But the auto-pilot got super-sized too, and that was maybe not perfect. With the original pump the HO/HO time is about 2.5 seconds, which is waaay to fast. So I have…

  • Nexus becomes Garmin, still provides good service.

    Nexus becomes Garmin, still provides good service.

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    My favorite instrumentation supplier Nexus has been purchased by Garmin, and I am hoping it means good things for the products. So far I have only good things to report. I needed to replace my log transducer, and Garmin provided one very quickly for a friend who was traveling down to Uruguay to join the…

  • Out with the old and in with the new

    Out with the old and in with the new

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    One of the products that I have not at all been happy with is my Max Power bow thruster. It thrashed its internal gearbox for no apparent reason while we were in Las Palmas, so I lived without thruster since. Journeyman is not simple to maneuver without a thruster, since the “One propeller/Two rudders” combination…

  • The product disappointments continue

    The product disappointments continue

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    I think I have enough trouble dealing with my own mistakes. But on top of that I have to deal with a multitude of standard products that fail. Here’s another one to add to the list: Today I was investigating a leak in one of the manual bilge pumps. It is less than two years…

  • Suppliers we like: Marlec / Rutland

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    As I wrote about earlier we had the newly installed wind generator fall down after only an hour at sea, despite the installation being done according to instructions with the manufacturers mounting kit. I must say that Marlec took care of the situation with perfection. Within a week I had a new unit to pick…

  • Funny suppliers…

    Funny suppliers…

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    Everybody knows that marine hardware suppliers tend to charge a lot of money for their products, right? Like just putting the word “Marine” on something instantly doubles the cost… I just had a rather funny example of this: As part of the climate monitoring sensors we are putting on the Journeyman we are also mounting…

  • Only the best is good enough for a Journeyman

    Only the best is good enough for a Journeyman

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    I am very happy to welcome Nexus Marine as partners in the Journeyman Project. The NXR Instrumentation System comes with outstanding precision and in my opinion clearly superior ergonomics, especially at night. Plus it has the Steering Pilot, an instrument which is invaluable when you are sailing with inexperienced helmsmen. So I would have chosen…

  • Suppliers we like: Southco

    Suppliers we like: Southco

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    I have to say a public thanks also to Markus and Henric at Southco Sweden (now Onmar Sweden), for going the extra mile in getting me exactly the hinges and locks that I wanted, even when it meant doing some custom modifications to their products. As a result, every single hinge and lock on Journeyman…

  • Creative Pump Design Department

    Creative Pump Design Department

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    I would like to publicly thank the engineers at Johnson Pumps for helping me come up with a solution to the trim-tank pump. The trim-tanks are very big and they should not take too long to fill. This can easily be done if you use a big, heavy expensive impeller pump. But besides being big,…