http://www.sylinnea.com A blog about sailing a 36 ft sailing boat with junk rig Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:09:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stuart let me use his music here. (Check out more of his work here: http://www.youtube.com/user/KeltwegianKiwi ) What is next? A Coin Collection theme song? And I also have to say that we experimented with some new sheeting this day, so there is some funny creases at the aft end of the ... http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/08/08/same-video-now-with-music/ Some people and some countries take flags a bit too serious. Not Finland, at least not Åland. We didn't actually plan to sail there this summer but since the winds were blowing south we did anyway. But we didn't bring a guest flag. We didn't even have a Swedish nationality ... http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/08/07/breaking-the-law/ Found a CD in my mailbox from Göran today. (Thanks!) So I made one more video. Enjoy! (Wish I were able to add some music to it, but that is probably totally illegal.) I have been using JayCut to edit and publish the video instead of Youtube. Works great. Edit: as of ... http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/08/04/gorans-video/ Sorry about the crappy quality. It's my mobile phone... As you can see we had both light and not so light winds. http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/08/04/new-video-sailing-from-the-inside-2/ Nice weather. No tides in the Baltic. Reasonable depth. And two anchors out. http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/07/31/dont-try-this-at-home/ Just back from some weeks of summer sailing in Sweden and Åland. Lot's of interesting experiences and even some images to be published. http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/07/28/back/ It's not that tidy. But here is a small video from the interior of Linnea. While sailing. As you can see, the final finish of the inside is not there yet. But it works fine for some weeks of summer sailing. The reefed sail is badly set. We will try ... http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/07/15/new-video-sailing-from-the-inside/ View Larger Map About. http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/07/12/now-we-are-here/ Some days are slow, like today. Anyway, see our navigation table tell tale Lyth compass: Lyth compass As you also can see, dust and disorder collects quickly. We also worked on the head tank. I mounted the discharge pump upside down three times. Did I say today was slow? Head tank in the aft cabin Also ... http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/07/06/slow-progress-dust-and-disorder-collects-quickly/ We will use LED navigation lights from Lopolight. Expensive, but seems to be worth it. 2.1 W power consumption, waterproof, works for 50.000 hours, certified for ships up to 50 meters long. This is what they look like: Lopolight navigation lights And this is how the sidelights will be mounted: Lopolight mount. Tomorrow we will ... http://www.sylinnea.com/2008/07/05/lights-compass-and-scratches/