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Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by Manie B, Aug 16, 2011.

  1. sharpii2
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    I sure hope the new boat has at least 8.0 SM of sail for its working rig and can stand up to that. Even then it will be quite underpowered by today's standards. (This would be an S/D of slightly less than 10. Poor old ExLex had an S/D of less than half of this. More typical sailboats have S/D's which are at least 1.5 times this)

    From reading on his website, I see he hopes to go 5,000 nm in 60 days. With a small sail plan, this may not be likely. He's hoping for an average of 84 miles per day, which would require an average speed of approximately 3.5 kts. The problem with small sail plans is the SA has a hard time overcoming frictional resistance in light to moderate breezes. Once the wind picks up, and if it is favorable, and if the boat can stand up to it, the boat may end up going surprisingly fast, maybe even beyond an SL of 1.34. But there is likely to be too many days of light air, when the boat barely moves as if glued to the water.

    A more likely expectation would be an average of maybe 2.5 kts, for honest 60 mile days. And this is with at least 8.0 SM of sail. My Lola 520 design has an S/D of this class, and this is all I would expect out of her.

    It's interesting to note the the single-handed racing boats started getting huge sail plans even before canting ballast keels came on the scene. The idea then was for them to have enough SA to keep them moving at a reasonable speed even in the light stuff.

    But I agree with Sven on his main points. Cruising boats are not racing boats. And an absolute minimum ocean crossing boat is not going to look like your more typical sailing yacht. It will most certainly carry a much greater portion of its total displacement in stores and equipment, and will for this reason and the reason of range-of-stability requirements, have a much shorter rig (In both height and SA.). Such a boat is likely to also to require a minimal sailing draft and maybe even beach abilility. This is to get access to shallower ports and to avoid costly haul outs. My Lola 520 design is expected to be able to stand on her skeg and her twin keels and not even need a cradle, once on the hard.
     
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    There's a thread on these forums about that

    Didn't know that. Thanks a lot!
     
  5. Yes
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    Yrvind is now 80 years old (April 21st) Congratulations young man.
     
  6. Angélique
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    I'll guess that makes him over halfway through, which could mean many more daring years to go . . :)

    Congratulations Sven, happy building, and happy sailing, and thanks for sharing !
     
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    Not Sven's kind of sailing, but just to celebrate the happy atmosphere of his birthday, congrats again Sven !

     
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    3 MAJ, 2019 – 13.18

    Anders Eriksson was this morning the first Swedish ever to travel solo around the whole earth without stopping.
    "I celebrate with a cup of extra strong coffee", greets the record sailor from the Atlantic to På Kryss readers.

    After 207 days at sea, Anders Eriksson on Friday morning was the first Swedish ever to travel around the world nonstop on his own. Anders started the record attempt at Las Palmas last October and has been offshore since then without adding to any port or filling up the stores with other than rainwater and self-caught fish. On Friday, Anders Eriksson and his ketch Malala crossed the same longitude, longitude, as he passed on October 18 last year. Thus, he has sailed an entire lap around the earth and crossed both the same longitude and the equator twice.


    Google translation. More here:

    Först runt jorden utan stopp – På Kryss https://pakryss.se/forste-svensk-runt-jorden-utan-stopp/
     
  9. MoeJoe
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    New boat is launched and undergoing initial trials. I've seen some more videos on Facebook than what's available on Yrvind's own site . New boat looks a lot more stable than the previous one. Sven seem happy with it so far.
    Not sure if these links will work for all, but: Magnus Svensson https://www.facebook.com/magnus.svensson.353250/posts/10211473316509040
    Magnus Svensson https://www.facebook.com/magnus.svensson.353250/videos/pcb.10211457356670054/10211457281188167/?type=3&theater
    Håkan Johansson https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=886781435007573&id=100010271740575
     
  10. sharpii2
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    I have watched the few sailing videos on Yrvind's site. The boat seems to move surprisingly well for one with such a small rig. I can think of three reasons for this:
    1.) The small rig comes with short, un-stayed masts, which offer very little drag above the WL.
    2.) The superstructure is well blended with the hull, and there is minimal appendage area below the WL.
    3.) The hull is heavy for its Beam but light for its length. This property gives it the ability to coast between zephyrs and gusts as well as the ability to keep moving through a chop. Still, it is quite fascinating to see how well she moves with an almost vestigial sail plan.

    I have also noticed that this boat has a system of boom gallows which should make the sail reefing operation much easier. He is also spending a great deal of time doing sea trials. No doubt he will know this boat quite well before he departs on his voyage, which is far less ambitious (shorter hops compared to non-stop) than his most previous one.

    The main reason I am following his quest is that I believe a great deal of design thought has gone into making sailboats ever faster, but far less has gone into making sailboats which are more user friendly and less less expensive to build and properly outfit and maintain. The next time I go out on a sailboat, it will be to relax not to get a thrill. So my next boat, which I'm in the process of building now, will have a relatively small rig, great ease in reefing, and be beach-able. It is designed to sail on protected waters but to be very easy to launch an retrieve from a bank or a beach. Other than not being ocean worthy, it will share many of the values that the EX LEX design has. But it will have a greater S/D reefed than EX LEX has under full sail (about 7.5 compared to about 4.9).

    After my boat is built and successfully sailed with its present rig design, I am considering experimenting with smaller rigs with S/Ds in the high single figures rather than the low teens.

    This new boat will also be used to test models ocean sailing boats which I have concepts of, but will almost certainly never build.
     
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    Thanks MJ !

    (for A II forum history check the link at the very front end of the signature)
     
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  13. Manie B
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    MoeJoe....many.....many thanks for posting !! Much appreciated. And from my side here in Capetown South Africa, I wish Sven all of the best, and if he ever lands in Capetown I will most definitely be here to help and assist.
     
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    Bon Voyage Sven !

    At posting time it seems to be like this, from the tracker location info...

    VW + Trailer + ExLex on it all at center of the harbor on the hard, maybe a trailerable little beach a bit north inside the harbor ?

    Maybe VW Trailer ExLex all at center of the harbor on the hard ExLex not shown.jpg
    I've tried to park Sven's VW + Trailer on the center hard inside the pic, ExLex not.

    P.S. - Oops a mistake, the wrong harbor, see post #586 . . :oops:
     
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    Hi Manie, good to see you . . :)

    Hope all is well ?

    Thanks for borrowing your TEN thread to have a chat with Wynand . . :Dgrin as green as his 7
     
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