Sven should arrive in Porto Santo in a few hours. It looks like he got a little bit more speed and at least a little upwind ability out of ExLex...
He is on his way again, out on the sea. And he has made a long post, commenting our discussion here: An abstinence syndrome...
Sven Yrvind in a longer interview with Swedish Sailing Online Magazine Hamnen.se : Yrvind når Atlantö efter 78 dagar...
Yes, I know, and nowadays a 30 footer is considered a small boat for longer passages. Perhaps because of increased disposable income, more need...
One topic related to boat design which I consider fairly important, but which Sven obviously gives very low priority: Speed is also safety. The...
He has arrived in the port of Horta, after some 77 days at sea. Certainly a feat of endurance, I respect his seamanship. 81 years young, still...
Looks so crazy when seeing this on AIS haha.. With dozens of boats with AIS in Horta harbour , it's hard to imagine that many have not noted...
He is definitely going for it. I'll assume that he at the very least get text messages with wind forecast. With an average speed of 2 knots, maybe...
An update from Sven today. 70 days at sea.. "Hi friends Today September is day 70 at sea. There is still plenty of food and water and I am in...
Not a "boat design" topic perhaps, but now Sven is approaching the Azores for real, and it looks like he'll have fairly favourable wind directions...
Yes JPE, I agree. Or at least when he is so close that he knows he can reach harbour if he can sail faster and upwind to a decent extent. I...
I suppose he built his most recent successful design in 1985, Amfibie-Bris. After that, mostly weird contraptions which failed his expectations....
Looks like he has a good chance of starting to make progress south-west now. One thing that has been most interesting to me so far is observing...
Despite a plotted route that looks like the flight of a butterfly in ultra-slomotion, he has almost cleared the Faroe islands, good job Sven. I...
We can also follow him on Marine Traffic, search for ”Exlex Singlehander”
