Cool picture

Posting a cool picture from the spring of 2006. I was assembling my boat after a total re-build the winter 2005-06.

Sailing tomorrow?

No wind today. Hopefully I will sail tomorrow Sunday. Give blogmaster a call if you want to sail too.

Sailing on Thursday night

There is a chance we will sail tomorrow Thursday. Very light air has been predicted and we will see tomorrow if there is any chance we can sail.
The weather in August has been really strange... Lot's of rain and either strong wind or no wind at all. Blogmaster are recovering from a tennis elbow... Really weird to have a tennis elbow, since I don't play tennis...

Posting link to a site I found on the internet. Very cool that Bill Blevin is linking to our site.
I will add a link to his site from our blog site.

Pictures from previous session

Mathias sent me these pictures he took with his cellphone last time we went sailing together.
August disappeared pretty fast this year, but we are sailing this coming weekend if there is wind and not too much rain.

Sailing on Sunday!

It looks like the weather finally is going to smile at us this coming weekend.
After a very poor August (weather wise) it is finally looking better.
I plan to sail on Sunday morning. Give me a call if you want to join me.

I'm waiting for pictures from Mathias, who was the only brave soul who sailed this past weekend. I was too busy fixing a hole in our yard house...

Quick update

Well, The weather has not been all that great the past week and a half.
It looks like it is getting better.
My buddy Pete thinks I'm slacking off not updating the blog.
This one is for him.

We moved our daughter to Linköping University today. A big day for our family and a big change for her.
I have already called her, but she said she was fine...

Sailing maybe on Saturday or Sunday. Johan is out of town, but Mathias said he was eager to sail. Posting a picture from a previous session.

Congratulations to Mathias SWE319 who got a baby daughter yesterday!

Posting a picture of Mathias and his older daughter Tilda sailing last Thursday.
Mathias got another baby daughter yesterday. All of us in the Nyköping fleet of 2.4mR's sends our congratulations to Anna and Mathias!

Sailing tonight

Johan and Blogmaster sailed in beautiful wind and warm weather tonight.
Johan is showing great boat speed with his new SWE393 (SWE429 in his sails).

We plan to sail again before the weekend to beat the cold front they claim is due on Saturday.

SWE393 showing great performance for it's first time out!

We sailed in beautiful weather and a nice sea breeze tonight. Johan did very well for it being his first time out in SWE393 (with wind). He sailed with borrowed sails, but showed impressive boat speed despite the sails not being of the latest design.

Temps around 27 degrees (80F) and clear blue skies. Swedish summer at it's best in other words. Sunday looks like the next time we will sail.

Sailing tomorrow Thursday! Torsdagssegling imorgon!

We will meet at the marina around 16:00 tomorrow Thursday the 24 of July.

Johan, Mathias, Conny and Blogmaster are going to sail.
Hopefully we will get Lennart going after the vacation and with his house remodeling done. I have a pretty big remodeling of my garage/ workshop to deal with this summer. This is definitely cutting back on my sailing time. But tomorrow and Sunday it looks like sailing.

Summer video

Posting a video clip from Sunday afternoon.
An over strained arm prohibits Blogmaster from sailing at the moment.
Sunny and a nice breeze today, but sailing is going to have to wait until the arm has healed.

Drifting

Johan finally got his SWE393 "Doris" in the water yesterday July 1st. The boat seams light and looks like a brand new boat. Johan looked very happy despite the lack of wind.

Sailing is planned for Friday July 4th, Independence day in USA.

Mathias and blogmaster took the opportunity (Mathias did most of the work) to cut the grass around our launch crane. We might have to do this one more time this summer, but for now it looks 100% better.

SWE393!

Johan and Conny took their boats to the marina last night. Johan is really close make the maiden voyage in his beautifully restored SWE393.

Finally Sailing!

Mathias and blogmaster finally got to sail on Sunday. Water level was up a little from last week, even if we did get some mud on our keels when launching our boats.
Wind picked up and stood pretty strong by the time we finished our practice.
Mathias and SWE319 showed much improved speed in breezier conditions due to 14kg added to his keel.

Vi behöver träffas i hamnen och klippa gräs, städa mm. Hör av er till blogmaster när ni kan tänka er ha tid.

Still not enough water

I went down to the marina today, just to realize there is still no way we can launch our boats until the water comes back. The low pressure moving in will hopefully help bring water levels up. Heavy winds today in excess of 10m/s or about 20 knots. It is still breezy at 11:00PM.

Sweden beat defending European Soccer Champions Greece today in the first game for both teams with 2-0. To help celebrate this I post a Swedish flag!

No water

Just add water is what they usually say in the commercials...
Right now we are experiencing 40cm or nearly 16 inches below normal water levels in the Baltic. Mathias and blogmaster installed the electric telfer on our crane today, but we have very small hopes that we will be able to launch our boats any time soon. Very sad news looking at absolutely perfect weather conditions. Clear blue sky and 28 deg C or 82 degrees F. Since we are not allowed to dig in the mud due to environmental reasons, our only option is to wait for the water to come back.

SWE 393 is sailing on Sunday

Johan is almost finished with SWE 393 "Doris" and will be sailing on Sunday!
SWE 429 and SWE 319 are also planning to sail. Hopefully Conny with SWE 279 will also attend. Lennart SWE 177 is still working on his house and will not sail.

/Blogmaster

Oslo Opera house

Posting a picture of the beautiful new Opera house in Oslo. I agree with Arne, it would be really cool to race our 2.4mR just outside the Opera house with a big crowd.
SWE 429 is finally in the marina, and ready to go. Sailing is definately planned for the coming weekend.

2.4mR möte på fredag eftermiddag

På fredag eftermiddag har vi möte med varvsförvaltaren angående hur och var vi ska få hålla till med våra 2.4mR båtar.
Tid preliminärt är någonstans runt kl 15:00.

Hör av er till blogmaster om ni kan ställa upp.

Peter V Andersson

Peter does the V for victory sign on Saturday night in Strängnäs. Very light conditions, not what Peter and his Stradivarie does best.

Johan is getting closer to getting his boat ready to sail.
Hopefully he is only 2 weeks away from test sailing his SWE383.

SWE429 will hopefully sail on Saturday or Sunday.
Blogmaster has been busy working on home improvement projects for the past week and a half.