S / Y Mathilde blog here is a collection of travel letters, and other information that is updated r

You can keep on dreaming. The ocean is big, the world is great. The more you move into it, the bigger it becomes. It would be right to believe that last summer's nasa shop big adventure would saturate for a while. It did not happen, on the contrary: the hunger grew bigger. I have long been aware that our plans to sail on the Swedish west coast this year have not satisfied the longing in his chest. The Swedish archipelago is one of the best sailing regions of the world, absolutely wonderful in every way. But that is not far enough nasa shop above. The longing that I have tagged grow, stretching out towards the ocean. The large, wild and remote, my good little boat. More adventures on the conditions of nature. Therefore, the plan now changed: the end of June I will try to sail S / Y Mathilde to the Faroe Islands, about 700 miles away. Attempt because the weather will play a crucial role in the success. nasa shop The time frame is not as elastic (read: large) as last year. Anne-Marie and the boys will encounter in Torshavn when they get vacation, by ferry or plane. We will then have a few weeks in the Faroe Islands, before I head back, once again alone on board. It tickles throughout the body at the thought. I'm going back to the North Atlantic, as the pathological view has occupied me so cold, wild and uncomfortable it is. For the first time ever going to Mathilde beyond the continental shelf, where the water depth is 40 miles northwest of Shetland falls over a mile. That's the sea! And on the other side waiting detteher: and detteher: More inspiration that certainly has turned us, here I immediately thrown me over the preparations. The boat is being stripped of all that miserable electronics from NASA Marine, which was installed five years ago IFB. preparations for Shetland trip. It was a diodelanterne, an AIS receiver, a Navtex receiver and a log / plumb. Of these devices, only the AIS receiver that still works. nasa shop Never buy cheap! nasa shop The wind, we borrowed from his Kokholm during departure last summer, was unfortunately damaged during the severe jibe in the North Sea shortly before homecoming. Skipper has healed by itself (nature is brilliant), while the mill requires repair. The wings are changed, but evidently the electronics inside also been damaged. It is taken down and be a walk in the workshop. Within the next weeks I get my own mill which has since been repaired in Nykøbing return. There are a lot of logistics of preparing for the long haul, every time. It's a fun sport itself to get it all to go up, so the boat is ready on day of departure. I negotiate with ACE Sailmakers nasa shop in the United States on preparation of a Jordan seriedrivanker to replace / complement to my faldskærmsdrivanker. Scientific reasoning nasa shop and broad practical experience of thousands of sailors around nasa shop the world have convinced me that this ingenious invention is the best answer, a boat can have on extreme weather on the high seas. And when I remember nasa shop forecast the obligatory nasa shop "there are gale warning for the waters around the Faroe Islands" dating back to my childhood, I want to be, if possible, even better nasa shop dressed to face the forces of nature. The principle of seriedrivankeret is illustrated below:
Survival during the storm has always interested me so far on the theoretical level. Are you a member of FTLF, come to themed evening in the fall of heavy weather sailing by myself and sailmaker Pallet Hemdorf - otherwise you need to hurry up and become a member! See "Events" on this page. You can read more about the Jordan-anchor here. Interesting reading if you are a little geeky, or just fascinated by human ingenuity when it comes to meeting the wild - and get away with it!
S / Y Mathilde blog here is a collection of travel letters, and other information that is updated regularly. All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them. The blog is written and edited by Mads Bo Falk. View my complete profile
2014 (3) April (1) New plans March (1) January (1) 2013 (6) December (1) October (3) September (2)