Mowing ballast. The westerly gales south of Cape Horn demands good stability. 84 kilo mowable lead.
January 08, 2022 by Sven Yrvind | Language: EN Play Time: 00:01:10 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
The Cape Horn route demands different sailing properties from the eastabout route to NZ first planned. The NZ route was mainly downwind. Downwind routes do not require so much stability nor sails with low induced resistance. The lug sails would have been OK except for the reefing.
2011 I sailed the 15 foot yeallow chinerunner from Ireland wia Madeira to Martinique. She had mowing ballast in the bedroom. It was not very ergonomical, to awkward. I still have the lead pieces 14 kilo each.
I have been thinking of ways to improve the canoe yawls stability. Now at the leventh hour I got the idea. I had aleready cut out the panels to the dining room when the evening between thursday and friday I got an idea of how to make it. Not much sleep but more thinking before in the morning I got to work. Very luckily, with few modifications my plan seemes to work.
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Sven Yrvind
Hi My name is Sven Yrvind. I design, build and cruise small boats. 1962 I left Sweden in 15 feet converted Blekingseka. I soon found out that there was room for improvement. To understand the basic I began to study mathematics and engenering. 1968 I sailed to England via many contries in a converted 13 feet rowing boat. People told me I be more happy on a bigger boat. November that year I found a wreck an old steam launch build 1885 I converted her to a staysail schooner and sailed her to Rio de Janeiro. That voyage advised me that a bigger boat do not bring happiness, happiness is an inside thing. I designed a 6 meter doubble ender built her in my mother basement. Tried to sail around Cape Horn with her but was capsized and pitchpoled. Later I built an 5.9 meter boat in her I rounded Cape Horn in the southern winter June 1980. I have continued to design, build, and cruise small boats often in high latitudes. Please support me on my donation button on my site yrvind.com
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