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.

SWE429 resting in Strängnäs

SWE429 at the dock on Saturday night.
She is a good boat, she just needs her skipper to steer her in the right direction...

Report from the race in Strängnäs

We raced for two days in very light wind conditions.
Nice weather, but like said, very light winds.
The organizers did a fantastic job with the arrangement.
Posting a picture of Peter Norlin, the designer of the Norlin Mark III boat.

Blogmaster ended up 27 out of 38 boats. I had higher ambitions, but had at least a couple of races when it "felt" like in the old days. The 2.4mR is a very complicated boat to sail really fast and I just need to spend more time practicing.

Mathias Gustafsson, a buddy from Nyköping and now residing in Strängnäs, did very well and ended up in 15th place in a borrowed boat! Great job!

SWE393

Johan is getting closer with his SWE393.

This picture is from yesterday afternoon.

WASH AND GO

Wash and polish tonight of SWE429 Satir.
Wax tomorrow night and then turned back on it´s keel on Wednesday.

Sailing might happen on Saturday if we can get to our launch crane.

Petrus will go ahead and buy the old Söderström boats from our fleet to start a new fleet in Tranås. He is planing to pick the boats up on Wednesday or Thursday.

Finally!

Last night I went to pick up my 2.4mR SWE429 "Satir" from storage. It feels great to play with the boat after the winter break. I started with some updates and repairs today and will hopefully get it all done tomorrow.

Johan is getting closer to completion of his SWE393. Blogmaster plans a visit to see how he is doing tomorrow Sunday.

We say welcome back to the Gothenburg fleet website!

Finally the Gothenburg fleet website is back on line. Still only partially, but online.

You can find their website at:

http://www.24mr.com/

Welcome back to cyberspace!

Google search

Now you can do GOOGLE search directly from our website. Find interesting sailing news from around the world. We have also added Google sponsored links on our website.

Updates coming soon

I have been on vacation and not forgot about this site. Updates will be posted with some nice North Carolina beach pictures tomorrow Tuesday.

Juan to design and build new 2.4mR!

April 1:st:

After Juan's involvement in the Ericsson Racing team, and the design job now nearing completion on the Ericsson 4 boat, Juan looks for a new bigger challenge.

Secure sources tells blogmaster that a syndicate has been formed involving Juan for a new 2.4mR design to be built here in Nyköping. I have no more news at this point, but wanted to share this ground breaking information with you.

Blogmaster e-mail address

If you want to get in contact with the Nyköping fleet of 2.4mR sailors you can e-mail blogmaster at: larsli68@hotmail.com

Om du vill komma i kontakt med Nyköpings 2.4mR flottilj, så kan du e-maila till blogmaster på: larsli68@hotmail.com

Lennart, Conny, Gunnar och undertecknad träffades vid NYSS på Brandholmen på lunchen idag lördag. Vi diskuterade en ny kranlösning som även ska klara av båtar av typen 606.

Är detta vår nya kran?

Diskussioner med 606 seglare i NYSS har lett till frågan om vi ska sätta upp en ny kran som klarar både 2.4mR båtar och 606?

Ett nytt fundament behöver gjutas så nära vattenbrynet som det är möjligt. Med 4 meters kranarm torde inte någon muddring behövas.

Ett möte planeras under lördagsförmiddagen (29/3). Så många som möjligt av flottiljens medlemmar bör komma och tycka till. Hör av er till blogmaster så fort som möjligt så att vi får bestämma tid till mötet.

Happy Easter!

The Nyköping fleet wishes all our readers a Happy Easter!

Soon we will be sailing, even if we are currently experiencing a set back in the weather here in Sweden. It is colder now than what we have had all winter...