Yrvind

[Angélique]

Yep, he might like to use the trailer that now carries the land yacht . . .

Cheers,
Angel

[Manie B]

Must agree the "teaspoon" affair is information OVERLOAD

Nice bucket picture - tells the "whole" story properly

Its gonna be interesting to see what he comes up next ?!

Maybe he will see the light and "upgrade" from a paradox to a souriceau (4.75m)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPJUa...eature=related

lots of space !! can have a bucket AND a porta potty

[hoytedow]

Originally Posted by Angélique

Yep, he might like to use the trailer that now carries the land yacht . . .

Cheers,
Angel

That trailer will probably be loaded with all my worldly possessions when I get extricated from the castle for even suggesting it.

Bellus bellicus brevit negat.

[Yes]

Sven Yrvind tells a teaspoon story to the king of Sweden

[Manie B]

Well I have deliberately not posted anything here for the last couple of days

The two last days has been not much sleep. Reason is, me now in Paris at the boatshow, the boat in a container on its way to Sweden.

I have been waiting for more news or info or whatever
but it's obviously over

I was hoping that this adventure would continue, dont know why
but somehow I expected A LOT MORE

oh well I suppose that's it, but I am left shaking my head wondering why
a new design? why?
at age 72 your time is running out
if you couldn't build what you realy wanted by now, you have got problems.

anyway good luck and keep going

[hoytedow]

Welcome, Yes.
Congratulations on a safe arrival Sven Yrvind.

[Yes]

Originally Posted by Manie B

Well I have deliberately not posted anything here for the last couple of days



I have been waiting for more news or info or whatever
but it's obviously over

I was hoping that this adventure would continue, dont know why
but somehow I expected A LOT MORE

oh well I suppose that's it, but I am left shaking my head wondering why
a new design? why?
at age 72 your time is running out
if you couldn't build what you realy wanted by now, you have got problems.

anyway good luck and keep going

Well....I guess this is what he likes to do. To design and to build. Sven is in a very good shape....so he could easily have left 25 years in him. Eating sardines is a very smart thing to do. Excellent food for the brain and the heart.

I'd very much like to see new pictures of your own project, Manie B. I find your project equally exciting as Yrvind's project. So if you have any pictures and something new to say about it.....it's more than welcomed.

All the best everybody.....and special thanks for the nice pictures Angélique has been posting and her humor

[Yes]

Merry C everybody!

A new design from Sven Yrvind *IS* A LOT MORE! I'm very excited to get news from Sven about his new boat design. I hope he'll have enough money to build it.

Here is something I found on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugLkq77M9pE

[Manie B]

Happy holidays everybody

Sven is talking about a new small boat

[quote][Now I have decided to make an effort to sail a ten feet boat non-stop around the world./QUOTE]

Since the "around in ten" website started I was one of the guys that "liked" the idea. When you do a study of all the guys that have sailed all over the world in really small boats about that size - they did manage - they did get it right !
So it has been done, and Sven can definately do it.
Sven go for it! I would also rather spend my days at sea in a tiny boat than being on land in this mad world we live in now. The world is just getting more crazy by the day - so better to go and do something you love

[Manie B]

Yes I watched that video, and have seen it before. The one thing that I did not like is the "bored" teenage son at the helm of a very big boat with all the electronic equipment and he slams into a reef? I am not the alpha male sailor here, I am an old fart, but where is the depth sounder? chart plotter?
When a child does not want to be on a boat, dont take him. He will either endanger your life, or his own. That is what happened here, the kid is useless.

[Yes]

Happy New Year to Sven Yrvind and us all. It will be fun to follow the progress of this new adventure. In a small boat where pooping cannot take place the normal way ....this might be the solution:

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pub...A8LrO8V80fNg7f

If Sven is going to take with him 400 kg of food I assume his new 10 foot boat will be rather wide. But of course I could be wrong. One thing I'm sure of is that if someone in this world is able to make this small boat journey it is Sven Yrvind.

[Doug Lord]

from Scuttlebutt Europe today:

Yrvind Gets Ready Again

Sven Yrvind sailed Ireland-Martinique in a 15 feet boat in 2011. This year the 72 year old sailor and legendary small boat designer will pick up a glove thrown down five years ago: Cruise the world in a 10 feet boat.

The Swede Sven Yrvind is a true inspiration to all. No matter budget or age you can sail away and live your dreams. He started his sailing career when he in 1962 made a 15 feet boat his home and sailed from Sweden to see the world.

Now 50 years later he will celebrate this with yet another world grinding tour. But he wants to go even smaller. He is sailing a 10 feet boat for the trip.

The reason - apart from loving the small boat lifestyle - is a challenge posted in 2007 on the Internet: A race around the world in 10 feet boats. A lot of participants registered, but as the starting date January 10th 2009 drew closer one by one withdrew. No one started.

Now Sven Yrvind wants to do it with a twist.

"Now I have decided to make an effort to sail a ten feet boat non-stop around the world. I will do the voyage differently, to my own rules. Crossing all the meridians is the classical definition of a world circumnavigation," he writes on his home page.

"Mine will be a non stop sail east about, south of the great capes, Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hoop, etc. I will only sail in the southern hemisphere. The sail will be long enough. As a bonus the risk of being run down by shipping and hitting floating containers will be reduced.

I will spend one year at sea. In order to pass Cape Horn in summer I will start and end the trip in the southern winter because I know that the waters south of the Horn are cold and dark in the winter. I experienced that in my homebuilt 19 feet long boat in June 1980, the southern winter. For that voyage I received the Royal Cruising Clubs medal of seamanship," he writes.

"During my planned circumnavigation I will have no support, my 400 kilos of food should give me more than enough eating for the whole trip. If by an unlikely chance I meet a boat that offers me an apple, or a few dollars, or a girl crew made of the right stuff, I will not hesitate to accept such a generous offer.

Also if by chance I will pass a remote island in fine weather I may go ashore to stretch my legs, if I so fancy. I intend the sail to be a voyage of pleasure, an opportunity to be at sea where I can marvel at the fascinating maritime world in all its states of agitation. I will be living in a world of just the sea, the sky and me. That life in the wild southern high latitudes will purify and lift my spirit," he writes. -- Jon Amtrup

http://thesailnews.com/?p=1234

[Manie B]

Well Sven wrote another piece dealing with the Froude number of small boat hulls

anyway
that is academic

I hope that we will see some drawings of the basic design "ideas"
it would be very nice to see in what direction he is thinking
I would be more interested in the interior - that is where you spend 99% of your time.
With a 10ft boat you are limited on the oustside but "cargo" capacity is the real challemge
400 kg of food is one thing - how much water??

anyway Sven, if ever anybody passes this message on to you
good luck and keep on going
god bless
and we support you

now how about some drawings

nice hand drawings are better than cad - its got character and passion

[Manie B]

Hello Yrvind Fans

I just was thinking out loud and wondered how you folks are?

I like the new design, it will go together quickly and will be sailing by year-end.
I am looking forward to the "New Adventure"

[Manie B]

oops forgot the pic