zeyang
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soon ready to go south.
sailing the farm - sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.
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soon ready to go south.luke1000123
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Looking great
ripvan1
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Have a great adventure or two !
Yngmar
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Well done! I fully expected this to be yet another abandoned hull rotting away in a dark corner of a boatyard somewhere. Nice to see I was wrong :encouragement:
zeyang
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out of 100 who start building 10 finish and out of 10 finish 1 go sailing. we struggle hard to be that one!
15000 hours and counting
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zeyang
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Sailing the farm is under way from Norway to Scotland, UK and beyond. If you want to join please send an email to zeyang@laowai.no
zeyang
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Newsletter Sailing the Farm september.
Dear All
Short update.
We plan to leave for Inverness in Scotland soon. After our journey to
Denmark and back the list of to-do stuff on the boat is getting
smaller by day.
Its still space on board along coast of Europe, across to South
America and onwards if you want to join us! Just send an email to
zeyang00@gmail.com to get our application form. Everyone including
your chickes, cats, kids and seadogs are welcome to join!
Things on todo last couple of weeks.
- The deck was way too slippery. We mixed in sandblasting sand and
sticky paint. It looks good sofar. hopefully it will stop us from
sliding off the boat.
- Our rope chewing rig has been tamed. She was eating ropes like
spaghetti. The journey to Inverness will tell if her meny still
contains tasty poly-ropes.
- Paddle for Monitor Windwave broke straight off. Can be found on 400
meters deep in Kattegat. New one has been ordered. will be replaced
in UK or further south.
- Electronic charts have been installed. it will be two separate
system: one with Navionics on tablets (with a spare tablet hiding in
the pressure cooker) + open CPN. Then we have a few thousand paper
charts if everything else fails.
- AIS transponder is onboard: You can follow "SAILING THE FARM" on
marinetraffic.com or similar places which receive AIS signals and post
them on internet. Far offshore we are using HAM-radio to transmit
position. (different link will be posted later when have been testing
this) (I think it will be this:
http://services.wlw.winlink.org/maps/positionreports.aspx…)
- For those shortwave radio heads out there: We are transmitting for
the first time!! We can now communicate far offshore. Plan is to have
a regular radio schedule with our friends and family back on land. You
can tune and listen or talk to us soon. We will keep you updated which
trasmitting frequency we are sending on. (system is Yaesu FT-897 with
FC-40 tuner, 6 meter fishing pole on the aft rail and
winlink/rms-express for receiving weatherfax/grib-files and
sending/receiving email). We are really grateful for help from the
local HAM-radio club in Kristiansand, Norway. This stuff is pretty
complictated - but fun.
Wish us fair winds and following seas.
love from Sailing the Farm
Dear All
Short update.
We plan to leave for Inverness in Scotland soon. After our journey to
Denmark and back the list of to-do stuff on the boat is getting
smaller by day.
Its still space on board along coast of Europe, across to South
America and onwards if you want to join us! Just send an email to
zeyang00@gmail.com to get our application form. Everyone including
your chickes, cats, kids and seadogs are welcome to join!
Things on todo last couple of weeks.
- The deck was way too slippery. We mixed in sandblasting sand and
sticky paint. It looks good sofar. hopefully it will stop us from
sliding off the boat.
- Our rope chewing rig has been tamed. She was eating ropes like
spaghetti. The journey to Inverness will tell if her meny still
contains tasty poly-ropes.
- Paddle for Monitor Windwave broke straight off. Can be found on 400
meters deep in Kattegat. New one has been ordered. will be replaced
in UK or further south.
- Electronic charts have been installed. it will be two separate
system: one with Navionics on tablets (with a spare tablet hiding in
the pressure cooker) + open CPN. Then we have a few thousand paper
charts if everything else fails.
- AIS transponder is onboard: You can follow "SAILING THE FARM" on
marinetraffic.com or similar places which receive AIS signals and post
them on internet. Far offshore we are using HAM-radio to transmit
position. (different link will be posted later when have been testing
this) (I think it will be this:
http://services.wlw.winlink.org/maps/positionreports.aspx…)
- For those shortwave radio heads out there: We are transmitting for
the first time!! We can now communicate far offshore. Plan is to have
a regular radio schedule with our friends and family back on land. You
can tune and listen or talk to us soon. We will keep you updated which
trasmitting frequency we are sending on. (system is Yaesu FT-897 with
FC-40 tuner, 6 meter fishing pole on the aft rail and
winlink/rms-express for receiving weatherfax/grib-files and
sending/receiving email). We are really grateful for help from the
local HAM-radio club in Kristiansand, Norway. This stuff is pretty
complictated - but fun.
Wish us fair winds and following seas.
love from Sailing the Farm
ripvan1
New member
How many on board and who are they, skills etc, need more photos, how long do you plan to take or is that a how long is a piece of string question? (how are you financing it) Good luck from me and I'm sure many others are watching your story unfold. :encouragement
zeyang
New member
crew are changing all the time. Only the captain is onboard all the time.
We try to spread the skills among all onboard.
We try to spread the skills among all onboard.
zeyang
New member
merry christmas. soon ready to cross atlantic. want to join us?
ripvan1
New member
And a very happy new year to you all - where are you now?
zeyang
New member
Newsletter January 2017
Dear all,
As we enter 2017 sailing the farm wants to wish all our friends a
sincerely happy new year.
2016 was a big change for our project- it was the year of sailing, not
just boatbuilding and farming.
Sofar we have sailed more than 2000 nautical miles from Oslo to the
Canary Islands.
been more than 30 pepole onboard in 2016. Hailed from all over the
world. It has been a joy to sail with all of you and we hope to see
some of you salty crew back for more fun and seasickness in 2017
We are slowly starting to know this metal lady and she seems more
happy in stronger winds. Her fastest speed is 8.7 knots. She hates
headwind and doesent like tacking very much. (as matter of fact she
tacks like a pregnant whale on a bad day) floats like a duck in big
waves and feel extremely safe in rough weather.
For 2017 we hope to continue explore our fantastic planet, share and
learn new skills and also get scuba diving and compressor onboad to
explore our underwater world.
Our next big leg will be from Canary to South America or West Indies
then onwards into pacific. If you want to join please send us an
email. We always look for nice people staying long term onboard to run
the project forward.
And again, we wish you all fair winds and happy 2017.
---
love from
Sailing the Farm
A seagypsy tribe of tomorrow
subscribe to our newsletter: http://mailmanlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sailing-the-
Dear all,
As we enter 2017 sailing the farm wants to wish all our friends a
sincerely happy new year.
2016 was a big change for our project- it was the year of sailing, not
just boatbuilding and farming.
Sofar we have sailed more than 2000 nautical miles from Oslo to the
Canary Islands.
been more than 30 pepole onboard in 2016. Hailed from all over the
world. It has been a joy to sail with all of you and we hope to see
some of you salty crew back for more fun and seasickness in 2017
We are slowly starting to know this metal lady and she seems more
happy in stronger winds. Her fastest speed is 8.7 knots. She hates
headwind and doesent like tacking very much. (as matter of fact she
tacks like a pregnant whale on a bad day) floats like a duck in big
waves and feel extremely safe in rough weather.
For 2017 we hope to continue explore our fantastic planet, share and
learn new skills and also get scuba diving and compressor onboad to
explore our underwater world.
Our next big leg will be from Canary to South America or West Indies
then onwards into pacific. If you want to join please send us an
email. We always look for nice people staying long term onboard to run
the project forward.
And again, we wish you all fair winds and happy 2017.
---
love from
Sailing the Farm
A seagypsy tribe of tomorrow
subscribe to our newsletter: http://mailmanlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sailing-the-
zeyang
New member
Happy New Year and fair winds to you guys, I watched your build posts on FB.
A unique boat, if I remember correctly she was a Colin Archer design, (see my avatar ), in TIG welded aluminium!
I have put a picture for other forum users, as your newsletter link doesn't work.
How much does she weigh, and what are your ballast arrangements?
A unique boat, if I remember correctly she was a Colin Archer design, (see my avatar
), in TIG welded aluminium! I have put a picture for other forum users, as your newsletter link doesn't work.
How much does she weigh, and what are your ballast arrangements?
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zeyang
New member
Happy New Year and fair winds to you guys, I watched your build posts on FB.
A unique boat, if I remember correctly she was a Colin Archer design, (see my avatar
I have put a picture for other forum users, as your newsletter link doesn't work.
How much does she weigh, and what are your ballast arrangements?
thanks, 24 tons, approx 8 tonns in keel.
