sailing the farm - want to join?

[zeyang]

hi list.
im building a sailboat to travel around the world (actually travel from europe to china as a first step) On the way it will be lots of time to learn selfsufficiency, old way of foodmaking and ofcourse learn meet new cultures and people.
This project is basically a kind of: support the project with time and workforce in exchange for joining when sailing.
boat will have 6 beds and have ample storage for food and water and will be safe and sound.
Ill try to keep equal opportunity so i hope to get more females to join the project.
boatproject will be finished summer next year. sofar we are in the welding stage of the hull. next step will be turn the boat over by winter and start with interior, sewing sails etc.
if you are interesting in sailmaking pls feel free to contact me.
Boat is building in northern europe on a small farm and there is beds available in the farmhouse if you want to come over and help.

zeyang

[zenobia]

You could have saved yourself the trouble and bought my sailboat - it sleeps 8...

[zeyang]

You could have saved yourself the trouble and bought my sailboat - it sleeps 8...

maybe, but this boat will be really custommade.
if you are curious you can have a look at the buildingprocess here.

http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=29094&page=6

zeyang

[9anda1f]

Nice work Zeyang.  Why do you call it Colin Archer build?  The design looks more like it was modeled after Joshua Slocum's Spray.  Built in the fashion of Bernard Moitessier's steel Joshua, except out of aluminum.  In which case, you'd have to name her Bernard  LOL.  You're going to have a helluva boat when you're done.   

Worried much about electrolysis?

[freeyourmind]

I agree with 9anda1f, you should be very attentive to the material you pick for piping and wireways, especially anything connected to that aluminum hull. Here's a nice chart on Galvanic Corrosion. In case you aren't farmiliar with it, try to pick alloys close together in the chart is the basic rule.

http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Definitions/galvanic-series.htm

For instance, titanium is probably a bad metal to use for ANYTHING on your boat because it will cause the hull to corrode.

[zeyang]

Nice work Zeyang.  Why do you call it Colin Archer build?  The design looks more like it was modeled after Joshua Slocum's Spray.  Built in the fashion of Bernard Moitessier's steel Joshua, except out of aluminum.  In which case, you'd have to name her Bernard  LOL.  You're going to have a helluva boat when you're done.   

Worried much about electrolysis?

not worried so much. as long as i know the electrolysis problem and how to avoid its ok. there is plenty of commercial alloyboats these days with much more complicated systems than this boat. bascially i only need 2 wires from battery  going up the mast to the navigation light :-)

This is an orginal drawing from 1907/1908. maybe thats why it looks a little like Spray, but spray does not have canoe stern. Joshua is basically also a copy of a colin archer. (i think he actually mention this in a book)
joshua is also lapstrake, so we share at least some ideas. :-)

I try to keep every thing as simple as possible. Boat will be junk rigged. Make it easy to sew the sails.
Wil also do lot of canning food before sailing and even try to grow sprouts and low water consumption vegetable onboard. A different Noas Ark :-)



zeyang

[9anda1f]

Hey, you're right.  I watched the video again and noted she IS a double ender al la Colin Archer.  For some reason I was thinking square stern (old eyes I guess).

Somewhere I've got a scanned image from a photograph of Joshua during construction.  I'll see if I can find it.

[SabreKai]

Zeyang, thats a hell of a boat you are building. I've started reading the thread on weldingcom, and its facinating to see a metal hull build using the lapstrake technique. I don't think I've ever seen one done that way over in this part of the world. I can see where you expect to have about a 1000 meters of weld. She's going to be one tough hull.

I currently own two steel sailboats, one is 31 feet, the other is 38 feet. I'll be watching your posts with interest. Heres a photo of the 31 foot sloop




Sabre
51 days n a wake up

[zeyang]

Hey, you're right.  I watched the video again and noted she IS a double ender al la Colin Archer.  For some reason I was thinking square stern (old eyes I guess).

Somewhere I've got a scanned image from a photograph of Joshua during construction.  I'll see if I can find it.

Hi, I would love to see a photo of joshua during construction. I hardly have seen any pictures, even in his books.

zeyang

[zeyang]

Zeyang, thats a hell of a boat you are building. I've started reading the thread on weldingcom, and its facinating to see a metal hull build using the lapstrake technique. I don't think I've ever seen one done that way over in this part of the world. I can see where you expect to have about a 1000 meters of weld. She's going to be one tough hull.

I currently own two steel sailboats, one is 31 feet, the other is 38 feet. I'll be watching your posts with interest. Heres a photo of the 31 foot sloop


Sabre
51 days n a wake up

Really a nice little boat. seldom see 31 feet sloop in metal.
I found out the only way i manage to keep the true wineglass hull was lapstrake - or heavy machinery which i dont have.  Anyway, soon finish with the hull.
Then turn around and start inside. Will be more interesting. Im pretty tired of cutting and welding now.
2 girls will come over in january/february and help sewing up the sails in exchance for sailing in future. 
No need to worry about peak-oil and society meltdown with a boat. Just steer for  for a small island far away from everything.


zeyang

[maitreya]

zeyang, i checked out your link and you fucking rock, brother. 

if i wasn't already two years' busy i'd be heading over to your place to check it out. 

keep up the good work.  if you land in honolulu i'll make sure that you and your crew have places to stay.

[zeyang]

zeyang, i checked out your link and you fucking rock, brother. 

if i wasn't already two years' busy i'd be heading over to your place to check it out. 

keep up the good work.  if you land in honolulu i'll make sure that you and your crew have places to stay.

Xiexie. I will love to sail to honolulu :-) Not to far either. Its already on my list of places to visit before I die.

zeyang.

[Capella]

Hey Zeyang,

not so much interested in sailing (been there, done that for 5 month this year, I tend to get seasick), but might be willing and able to lend a hand in the building project. I am neither much of a sailor nor of a craftswoman, but I can wield a paintbrush, a screwdriver or a sewing needle if someone tells me what to do. If you like, tell me your location (Northern Europe is a pretty broad description I am in the north-west of Germany), per PN if you don't want to make it public and if there are times when you need help the most and I will try to drop by for a week or two and help out.

If you want to sail the Mediterranean, especially Greece, or the inland waterways of Germany and France, I might also be able to give you some hints (like which ports to use, what kind of wind you can expect etc.), since I just returned from a turn there myself.

Capella

[zeyang]

Hey Zeyang,

not so much interested in sailing (been there, done that for 5 month this year, I tend to get seasick), but might be willing and able to lend a hand in the building project. I am neither much of a sailor nor of a craftswoman, but I can wield a paintbrush, a screwdriver or a sewing needle if someone tells me what to do. If you like, tell me your location (Northern Europe is a pretty broad description I am in the north-west of Germany), per PN if you don't want to make it public and if there are times when you need help the most and I will try to drop by for a week or two and help out.

If you want to sail the Mediterranean, especially Greece, or the inland waterways of Germany and France, I might also be able to give you some hints (like which ports to use, what kind of wind you can expect etc.), since I just returned from a turn there myself.

Capella

ni hao capella.
sent you and email :-)

[zeyang]

why cant i post pictures here.. it always says "uploadfolder is full!"
Anyway there is new pics at http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=29094&page=7
(plank 11)

zeyang