Ocean Sailing For Children http://ocean-sailing-for-children.org Ein weiteres tolles WordPress-Blog Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 December 2009 http://ocean-sailing-for-children.org/2010/08/19/december-2009/ http://ocean-sailing-for-children.org/2010/08/19/december-2009/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:09:14 +0000 admin http://ocean-sailing-for-children.org/2010/08/19/december-2009/ The Kinsale Yacht Club got involved and ran a story on the project in the news section of their website.

PLAN Schweiz, PLAN UK,  PLAN Canada and PLAN Australia were contacted and gave their support.

The Irish sailing magazine AFLOAT was contacted, a note in the forum of their website was posted.

“Mumpes” in hibernation and snow

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Several lists were produced for preperation – to view any list click on it:

Safety Equipment
navigation-equipment
general-equipment
worklist

No participation in the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers)
We applied to participate in the ARC even though “Mumpes” is only 6.5 m long. We now got the decision of the organizers that a participation is not possible.

Düsseldorf Boat Show
Rudi attended the BOOT to promote this website and he also made contact with various sailing magazines.

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Unfortunately the weather in January and February was so cold, that no work on the boat could be done.

Radio Interview
Radio Ostfrieland made an interview with Rudi. To listen to it (German language) go to the media page.

Newspaper article about the project published by Ostfriesen Zeitung. To read it (German language) go to the media page.

Article in website www.segelnews.de (in German). View on media page.

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Working  on the steering

(Left) – After drawing the rudder and dissembling the lower bearing only the skeg remains.
(Middle) – Then Gerhard & Master Boatbuilder T. Boekhoff inspect the rudder and decide that the shaft will be completely replaced.
(Right) – The new lower bearing will fit perfectly.

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go to the media page.

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The preparations continue:

The trailer is serviced. New
tyres and shock absorbers
are fitted. It is then tested
and approved by the road authorities.
The keel bolts are checked.
The self steering gear is
assembeled and tested
before it is mounted.

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2008 and 2009

“Plan Ireland” and “Plan Germany” were contacted and gave their support for the project.

The shipping company Hartmann in Leer Germany was contacted and generously agreed to sponser the website which would be the main tool to reach out to the sailing communities in German speaking countries as well as Ireland and the UK.

The first equipment was bought:

Wind self steering gear (Atoms) used via the internet

The Outboard Motor for “Mumpes” (4 HP Mariner) from the Kilmacsimon Boatyard in Ireland

In August 2009 Gerhard and Rudi sailed the yacht “Karimalykka” from Kinsale (Ireland) to Emden (Germany) in 7 days and tested their compatibility and teamwork.

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