sailing the farm - join our sea gypsy commune!

[lionfish-eater]

Hi, I have been following your progress since the beginning. Happy to see how far you have come and how many people have been involved. I cannot be there in person to help but I can offer some advice. One issue has to do with condensation on the inside of the hull. The hull will usually be cooler than the air. The humidity from the air and the crew will condense when it contacts the cooler material. What are you using for insulation? If the insulation is touching the alloy then it will get wet from the condensation as the air moves through the wall panels. A vapor barrier of some type might help stop the air movement through the wall, or a ventilation space between the hull and insulation so the warm air can escape and the condensate can drain to the bilge. Are you installing a head? Are you planning on a macerator and holding tanks? What are you planning to use for emergency/sump pumps and how are you going to power them? if you prefer you can PM me.

 

[Wookie]

Hi, I have been following your progress since the beginning. Happy to see how far you have come and how many people have been involved. I cannot be there in person to help but I can offer some advice. One issue has to do with condensation on the inside of the hull. The hull will usually be cooler than the air. The humidity from the air and the crew will condense when it contacts the cooler material. What are you using for insulation? If the insulation is touching the alloy then it will get wet from the condensation as the air moves through the wall panels. A vapor barrier of some type might help stop the air movement through the wall, or a ventilation space between the hull and insulation so the warm air can escape and the condensate can drain to the bilge. Are you installing a head? Are you planning on a macerator and holding tanks? What are you planning to use for emergency/sump pumps and how are you going to power them? if you prefer you can PM me.

Me too. Following your progress, that is. I have an aluminum boat. It is critical that you do not trap moisture against the hull with insulation. If you look at any aluminum vessel, there are never anything aside from more aluminum in contact with aluminum. It makes an aluminum vessel hellishly hot (or cold), but any place I have a piece of wood or styrofoam or fiberglass against the hull, it is to my detriment. If you must insulate, you must have a false wall between the hull and the cabin sides. Then, you may insulate the false wall, but never the aluminum directly. Additionally, install far more unused electrical conductors than you ever think you will need. Especially from the steering station to the Nav station and to the engineroom. I promise you will find a use for them as time goes on.....

 

[zeyang]

May 2014

Greetings to all sea gypsies, past present and future!

I hope you all had a beautiful May, with lots of sunshine and no
snow. Up on the farm, we are happy as fiddles. The weather is just
perfect. it was snowing a little in the beginning of May but then it
turned into summer and now we have those really nice warm days with
sun until midnight..

Farming News.

The farming is going good. we have started with queen breeding which
will give us a few more hives, then we have planted all kinds of
veggies in the garden and some in the small greenhouse. Now, there
will be lot of weeding until harvest time..

Boat-News:

We are working on blumbing and electricity inside the boat these days.
Next step is getting the engine in then the sails. We might have to
outsource the sailmaking due to lack of time. so if you know about
some good sail-loft we would love to hear about it.

BREAKING NEWS:

A little early but... we are really pushing hard to sail south this
year. hopefully around the same time those smart migrating birds are
flying south. (finger crossed) So if you want to join us as CREW please
contact us.

We will prioritize those of you who have been on the farm, but
everyone will get a chance to come sailing in the end No sail
experience required. We will teach you whatever skills you need. And
for those of you who have never been out on the seven seas.. Enclosed
is a picture of a pacific island waiting for you....

We still have space for one more more sea-gypsy up on the farm this
summer , so if you have skills you might think we need, dont hesitate
to contact us.

Love from Sailing the farm.
A sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.

Pictures:

1. This small pacific is waiting for us all...
2. Sail plan. Anyone into sail-making or know about a good sail-loft?
3. Plating up the dog-house.
4. Small greenhouse ready for summer. This is for sugar-peas.
5. Happy welding lady fixing up some small stuff.

1. http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=732971&stc=1&d=1401550758
2. http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=732981&stc=1&d=1401550760
3. http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=732991&stc=1&d=1401550763
4. http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=733001&stc=1&d=1401550765
5. http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=733011&stc=1&d=1401550767

 

[zeyang]

June 2014

Greetings to all sea gypsies out there

Its been a busy month up at the farm. The potatoes are slowly coming
up. the bees are out flying and we even got ourselves some more queens
this year, but best of all, the weather has been really good. Days and
days of sun, which is more you can ask for so far north.

We are also working hard on the boat to finish up and go south this
year. The plating is finished, which was more or less a 2-3 months
work. Next one is installing all electric stuff and continue gettting
the engine in. Getting the rigging in also have high priority now.

As mentioned earlier our plan is to set sail for West Indies/Cuba at
the end of this year helping wwoofing/organic communities around the
world. So if you have skills in organic farming and love travel with
zero carbon footprint, please contact us.

We still have space up on the farm until the boat is finished so if
you have farming or boatbuilding skills you think might be useful
please contact us.

Love from
Sailing the Farm
A sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.


Pics from last weeks of work.

Pictures:

a. Here is the sizes for the sails. If you have some spare sail laying
around we can modify to fit then we would love to hear from you.
b. Wall.. Sorry, bulkheads are coming up
c. Machining some drainage to the bathroom.
d. Crazy Aussie guy trying to get through the porthole.
e.. Painting up the forward storage area

a: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=748831&stc=1&d=1403381754
b: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=748841&stc=1&d=1403381765
c: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=748851&stc=1&d=1403381766
d: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=748861&stc=1&d=1403381767
e: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=748871&stc=1&d=1403381769

 

[zeyang]

July 2014

Greetings to all our fans, helpers and sea gypsies out there.

July 2014 has been as busy as we expected. We have had people from all
over the world to come help us with running the boat project forward
and plant and weed on the fields to get us self-sufficient in
future. We are still some way to go but we are getting there.

On the boat side the biggest thing is that all the inner plating and
insulation are all finished up, the bathroom (wet-room) is plated and
all watertanks are welded into position. Next big thing is to get the
engine into the boat. We have to lift it up 3 meters and then 2 meters
sideways. Its a little messy but we are working on this right
now. Weight of the engine is around 500 kg so we need a hoist-system.

The volunteers took some days off to hitch-hike to the west coast, and
came happily back home with pictures of fiords, and camping outside in
the mountains close to the glaciers. The summer has been extremely
warm one so contrary to what i was thinking that they will almost
freeze to death they got back to the farm sun-burned with a happy
smile on their faces.

During next weeks we will be harvesting what we have been planting
this year and we will work on the engine and rigging, so if you have
any skills you might think be useful please feel free to contact us.

We also looking for crew for sailing across the atlantic, heading
towards Cuba when the boat is finished so if you find that fancy
please contact us.


Love from
Sailing the Farm
A sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.

Pics from last weeks of work.

Pictures:

a. volunteers are hitch-hiking to the westcoast. hippie-factor running high maybe?
b. fixing up the aluminium canoe for weekend canoing in the lake.
c english lady working on the hatch and water tanks.
d. painting up the bulkheads. all in white.

a: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=801471&stc=1&d=1407650159
b: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=801481&stc=1&d=1407650162
c: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=801491&stc=1&d=1407650163
d: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=801501&stc=1&d=1407650165

 

[RJmimi]

I just found this thread while searching for dive info on Cuba, lol! Spent my Saturday morning reading the whole thread and looking at pictures. I must say I am now in love with "Sailing the Farm" and the Sea Gypsy Tribe of Tomorrow. I love your bees, your sand cast portholes, your chickens and all the lovely people who have joined you to be part of the project. Wishing you fair winds and following seas and I look forward to reading more of your amazing adventure!

 

[zeyang]

I just found this thread while searching for dive info on Cuba, lol! Spent my Saturday morning reading the whole thread and looking at pictures. I must say I am now in love with "Sailing the Farm" and the Sea Gypsy Tribe of Tomorrow. I love your bees, your sand cast portholes, your chickens and all the lovely people who have joined you to be part of the project. Wishing you fair winds and following seas and I look forward to reading more of your amazing adventure!

thanks for your comments

love from sailing the farm

 

[PeterNBiddle]

I dream of joining you. Keep going.

 

[zeyang]

August/September 2014

Greetings to all our fans, helpers and sea gypsies out there.


The autumn is here and with that comes harvest on sailing the farm. We
got lots of raspberries this year which is partly stored in the
freezer and partly as jam. Then some hundred jars of raspberry-honey
from the bees and in the end we harvested the potatoes, so in sum: Yes
we are partly selfsufficient, but it might be a little boring eating
baked potatoes with raspberries and honey every day during the winter.
But we are slowly getting there...

We are also getting closer with the boat project. All stuff made of
fabric is finished, electricity (both AC and DC) is installed. There
is still some more work to do on the engine before its ready to go
into the boat (basically split and rebuilt that iron beast)

Then there is some deck work left, and then the last step is tearing
down the temporary boatshed to get ship the boat down to the
sea. So still lots of work to do but its going forward.

We wish you all a happy autumn whereever you are.

Love from
Sailing the Farm
A sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.

Pics from last weeks of work.

Pictures:

a. 2 volunteers hitchiking up north to look for trolls.
b: harvest honey from the bees.
c. grinder work in the galley
d mattress for the aft cabin
e. volunteers out testing the flimsy canoe.

http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=852731&stc=1&d=1411500396
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=852721&stc=1&d=1411500394
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=852711&stc=1&d=1411500391
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=852691&stc=1&d=1411500389
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=852681&stc=1&d=1411500387

 

[zeyang]

Newsletter March 2015. .

Dear Sea Gypsies,

First, apology for delayed newsletter. The winter has been a busy one
and it hasn't been that much time to keep up with the Newsletter, but
we must say we are superhappy to get so many postcards and hear from
all of you volunteers who have been here.....

To be Norway its been quite a mild winter, the good thing is that
heating has been running minside the boat whole winter so we have
hardly felt the cold outside - a good test to see if our heating
system inside the boat is ready to stand up for sailing in Antarctica.

The sun is starting to heat up the farm and us slowly, the last week
we really can feel the spring is coming. Our chicken is happy outside
during daytime and seems to enjoy the sun as much as we do.

Our metal working skills and diesel engine skills (mostly lack of) has
been put to a test. We are more or less been busy doing brainsurgery
on our 500 kg spare diesel engine to check how it looks inside and
learning how those are working. Those parts we think will stop working
will be brought onboard, (spare waterpumps, piston rings, gaskets etc)
It gives a good feeling to know how that machine is working and even
if we are a sailors, one day we will be happy to be pushed up the
Amazon river or other places with the help of that engine . The one
we will use seems to seems to be ok (we have been testing diesel
injectors, compressions etc on the farm) The good thing bringing such
test-equipment means we can help other volunteer-farms whith diesel
engine problems...

Rigging the boat is also on the list, since we make mostly everything
ourselves we will make our own woodblocks for the rig. Its a classical
gaff-rig with around 105 m2 sails which will be our main propulsion.
It will be quite interesting when we are doing the sea trail to see if
its well balanced.. hopefully our calculation is correct and it wont
sail upside down or backwards as someone is thinking....

If you want to join us sailing around the world or helping up on the
farm please dont hesitate to contact us. Here are some pictures from
last months pluss a nice ones from last summer/autumn which shows how
real Norway looks like. (that is the westcoast)

Lastly we wish you all a happy spring.

Love from sailing the farm
A seagypsy tribe of tomorrow.


Pictures.

a: The woofers hiking to troll-tunga summer 2014 (westcoast norway)
b: Our engine. (sabb 2j) There is a video of it running on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fXI1TQcsU
c: chickens on they way out to enjoy the spring sun.

And plenty more pictures for the last years can be found here.
https://instagram.com/sailingthefarm/

http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1032581&stc=1&d=1425815579
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1032591&stc=1&d=1425815591
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1032601&stc=1&d=1425815599