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‘‘ . . . RHP + Achilles 24 = Singapore to Liverpool . . . my good lady wife thinks I'm mad . . . ’’That's because she's afraid of pirates Richard, and she didn't think of the 4th option yet...
1 going west and through the Suez Canal = Pirates in the Strait of Malacca and from Somalia . .
2 going west and rounding Cape Agulhas = Pirates from Nigeria . .
3 going east and through the Panama Canal = Pirates from Colombia . .
4 going east and rounding Cape Horn = no Pirates yet . .
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Angélique,Sep 26, 2018
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It’d have to be the Horn, what a wasted opportunity not to do so but in summer of course....
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Agulhas and the Horn both can be ferocious, but often Agulhas is unjustly more underestimated.
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Another Achilles 24 that went up into the artic.
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Thanks for the video Richard, the comments and answers are also interesting to read...Jay Tee
‘‘ . . . you seem to be sailing the same icy waters ming ming travels, what do you think to his junk rig set up ? . . . ’’
Sean Beecher (the A-24 NIAMH skipper)‘‘ The junk rig is a lot more manageable for single handed sailing, especially long distance sailing. There is less to go wrong. lt is worth reading about ming ming as she is a well tuned boat and sailed by a great seaman. ’’ - - ‘‘ ming ming 2 ’’
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Angélique,Sep 30, 2018
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Is this something you think can be improved upon by removal of fittings? I understand it has no standing room but I assume you can sit comfortably with a couple of friends.My thinking was that it should be able to last 50years in it's normal application - set rigid in concrete against the highest British winds. I would assume having the ability to roll with the vessel would mean it would be able to put up with even higher wind speeds (all assumption).That's what I like to hear. Are there any down points in it's handling or general keeping - anything at all?
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Sure, but that's absolutely different from living there for some months with a couple of friends.
If you build a brick then it will sail like a brick, the mast you describe will put CG (center of gravity) up and make the boat unstable unless more ballast is put in, if that ballast is concrete like you say around the mast then you'll need even more ballast because concrete is less dense than e.g. lead or steel, more ballast volume means a higher ballast CG, so you'll need even more ballast to bring the boat's overall CG down to the wanted level.‘‘ . . . it should be able to last 50 years in it's normal application . . . ’’
Ocean sailing means repairing all the time since the constant changing loads will worn everything out . . . .
. . . . however the need to repair all the time is far better than having it all failed at once . . . .
‘‘ Eddie Albert (1906-2005) reads "The Deacon's Masterpiece" or "The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) (from the 1962 Caedmon album "Great American Poetry"). Illustrations by Howard Pyle and H.M. Brock. ’’
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Video in English
Laura Dekker: How to Conquer the World When Everyone Tells You "No"
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The above video is for a small part also about repairs and things breaking down even in calms combined with the ocean swell, as the rig is heavily flopping around then, which wears the moving and flopping parts out faster than with a constant heavy load.
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To get experience for the Southern Ocean best start autumn and winter sailing in storms on the Atlantic Ocean which is nearby to you, of course only do so if you're ready for that lower level yet.
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Angélique,Oct 8, 2018
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If you're thinking about / altering / adapting / modifying / boat designs, then here's a partly online read...Principles of Yacht Design by Rolf Eliasson and Lars Larsson and Michal Orych.
(on the left side in the top line there's buttons to enlarge the pages)
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Angélique,Oct 8, 2018
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I think the original point was that a lamppost is designed to survive high winds for 50 years while set into concrete at the side of a road. It should therefore be able to cope with similar loads* on a boat.*Obviously the wind load on a bare post is different to that experienced when sailing.
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Thanks Tlouth7, my bad, ‘‘normal’’ is an subjective term, which I've wrongly interpreted as the normal application as a mast which it is now, suggested to be set in concrete in the boat, you've made clear the original application as a lamppost was meant by Letsgosailing.About the application switch from lamppost to mast, Roger is known for the structural soundness and safety of his rebuilds and modifications, so I'm sure he has done his research here, and he's also known to have a plan B to master the situation in case it fails in extreme circumstances.
If I remember correctly from some of Roger's videos or writings or interviews or lectures, the lamppost was shortened in its conversion to a freestanding mast, which reduces the bending moment at the mast deck passing when compared to its original length, so this could be an adaption to its new application.
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Angélique,Oct 8, 2018
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Hello RHP,
I am updating a little this post , (i don't know if it is possible to send private message on this forum) i read some of your comments on other posts, about your Achilles 24 sailboat, including this one . You said that you made a shipping of your boat , maybe from england to singapore ? I was wondering if it was easy to do this kind of shipping, and how much it can cost approximately ?
I am french, currently living in japan, and i could be interested in some european sailboats of this kind (a boat around 24 /26 feet, shoal draft), but it seems much more hard to find here in japan. So, i thought a little about the possibility to ship or transport a boat like this, by cargo/container or other way, from europe/england /france for example, to japan. But i don't know if it worth the cost and complications, in order to have a boat nearest of our research, but a used boat, not so big.
If you have a feedback or some infos that you can give, thanks a lot !
Fair winds in any case!
Nomadsail,Jun 2, 2021
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