This is the blog of our travels with s/y Barracuda.
The trip started in August 2010 from Harlingen in the Netherlands as a young man's adventure by Jan-Vincent Nickl and Laszlo Schöffer, both born of the year '89 (also the owners of 'Barracuda').
After crossing the Atlantic Ocean and cruising the Eastern Caribbean islands for a while, Jan left the boat and Oliver Clasper, a young artist and photographer (born of '88) from London joined in. We plan for this year to cross the South Pacific.
The boat is a dutch-built sloop,ten metres long, year of construction 1975. She's a Cumulant 3 to be more precise, designed by 'Van-der-Vlis'.
Most of the photos will be posted on Olly's blog, check it out:
They say in the tropics everything rots and rusts quicker...
But I'm getting quite confident about my welding and we put lots of layers of paint over it. Should be fine. And we'll have a little test sail over to Panamá before the long crossings.
Grinding, Olly's favourite!
Finally arrived in the painting stage!
The green stuff is a steel primer that we're putting on all the once rusty spots.
The new cockpit drain, still to be trimmed down.
The patch
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Following your Blog since your departure I am impressed by the amount of rust and work on the hull, deck and drainage of your boat.
AntwortenLöschenTake care and take your time, make sure to do anything for the sake of a good and solid state.
Wishing you good progress and a safe and trusty boat at least. May good winds blow you wherever you want to sail to.
All my best,
AVONA (Cumulant III, built 1970)
They say in the tropics everything rots and rusts quicker...
AntwortenLöschenBut I'm getting quite confident about my welding and we put lots of layers of paint over it. Should be fine. And we'll have a little test sail over to Panamá before the long crossings.
Where about is your Cumulant?
Best wishes, Laszlo