"This ship is modelled after Gladan, a Brig built in 1857 as a cargo navy ship. Gladan also made two journeys as a supply ship for A F Nordenskiöld and his expeditions to Spitsbergen and Greenland. Later she served as a sail training ship for the Navy. Her time ended in 1924, when she sunk in the harbour of the Navy town Karlskrona." read more
Saturday
The brig TRE KRONOR af Stockholm
"This ship is modelled after Gladan, a Brig built in 1857 as a cargo navy ship. Gladan also made two journeys as a supply ship for A F Nordenskiöld and his expeditions to Spitsbergen and Greenland. Later she served as a sail training ship for the Navy. Her time ended in 1924, when she sunk in the harbour of the Navy town Karlskrona." read more
Sunday
The Sailing Season 2009
Last sailing with gail force winds, September 2009
Monday
Food on board - MEXICO
En mexikansk inspirerad rätt skapad av Nica här ombord. Starta med att lägga en bädd av tortilla chips på en plåt. Klicka på en välkryddad köttfärssås (gärna lite torr) och riv på ost. Gratinera detta i het ugn.
Dekorera sedan med tomat och chili salsa, hackade färska tomater, jalapeños och gräddfil. Avnjutes med en sval öl, lime och kanske en tequila om man gillar lite starkare grejer.
A Mexican inspired dish created by Nica. Start by adding a bed of tortilla chips on an oven plate. Click on a spicy meat sauce (preferably a little dry) and grated mature cheese. Put it in a hot oven and bake it until the cheese has melted and the chips are crisp.
Decorate with tomato and chilli salsa, chopped fresh tomatoes, jalapeños and sour cream. Enjoy this lovely dish with a cool beer, lime and maybe a shot of tequila if you like a bit stronger stuff.
Talkning about stronger stuff -
Apropå starkare grejer...
Låt mej få presentera ’Banderas’och nu pratar vi inte on Anthonio Banderas utom om banderas som betyder flagga på spanska och den här ”drinken” är inspirerad av den mexikanska flaggans färger* rött, grön och guldgult som finns på pippin i statsvapnet.
Ta och gör en shot av tequila (guldgula färgen), en shot av upphottad tomat ( röda färgen) eller grönsaksjuice (V6, Mr. & Mrs. T) och en shot av färsk pressad lime (gröna färgen). Salt bredvid för den som vill ha det. Häll upp i vackra glas och servera. Skål…Salud!
Let me introduce to you 'Banderas'and now we are not talking about Anthonio Banderas. No this is a “drink” inspired by the colours of the Mexican flag red, green and white with the golden yellow eagle. Banderas meaning flag in Spanish.
Make a shot of tequila, which represents the golden yellow colour, for the red colour a shot of the spicy/hot tomato or vegetable juice (V6, Mr. & Mrs. T) and for the green colour a shot of freshly squeezed lime. Salt on the side if someone likes to have that. Pour into pretty glasses and serve. Salud!
*Den gröna färgen symboliserar deras oberoende, den vita står för den rena religionen och det röda fältet är en symbol för de mexikanska delstaternas enighet. Mitt på flaggan finns det gyllne statsvapnet, som föreställer en örn som sitter på en kaktus och har en orm i näbben.
Skepp o'hoj
SEA U
TYRA
Wednesday
The schooner Joanna Saturna
Sailing ship Joanna Saturna, originally VL 74, was built in 1903 in Vlaardingen, Holland. The ship represented a small two-mast sailing ship typical type of her time, which was used for fishing in the Northern Sea. In the eyes of the seafarers and salesman she was an ordinary but practical sailing ship with a logger-tackle.
The later history of the ship follows the ordinary pattern for sailing ships: the machinery gets bigger, the rig gets smaller and even the name is changed a few times. Follow the link above and read more of Joanna Saturna’s most fascinating history.
This wonderful schooner was once called Marie but on her 100th birthday 2003 and she got back her original name Joanna Saturna back. Here is some tecnical information about Gaff Schooner Joanna Saturna
Size: 111,55 ft x 19.69 ft
Draught: 9.35 ft
Deplacement: 155 ton
Sail surface: 420 m² / 4.521 sq.ft
Engine: Sisu Diesel 645, DSBIM, 350 HP
Speed: 8 knots
Generators: 50 Kva Valmet, 10 Kva Onan
Voltage on board: 380/220/24/12V
Hydraulic bow thrusters
Main mast: 30 m/ 98,43 ft
You can sail with Joanna Saturna
In addition to it’s over hundred-year-long history, Gaff schooner Joanna Saturna is one of the newest sailing vessels in the Baltic Sea. Summer 2005 was her very first year under sail since 1950’s. She was totally rebuilt during years 2000-2005 to the true moderns classic she is today.
The restoring work was done under the supervision of the Finnish Maritime Museum and Joanna Saturna is registered as a historic class vessel by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities. Now you will be able to sail onboard a traditional sailing ship while enjoying the luxurious comforts of modern time. On board there is a fully equipped kitchen, air-conditioning, central heating, floor heating, water-closets (7 ) and, naturally, a sauna. Find out more about this here “ Sail with us”
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Monday
Land ahoy! Back on solid ground again.
Telefonica Blue -About the Team
Bouwe Bekking, Sports and Technical Director and commander of the Blue boat, needs little motivation. Having been skipper of movistar in the last race, the sinking of which has focused the mind this time. Telefonica expects some close racing. Some of the closest could be in-house
13th of August Telefonica Twins returns home to Alicante.
The winner of the whole Race was Ericsson 4 with Skipper Torben Grael a big congratulation for an outstanding achievement.
Official homepage VOLVO OCEAN RACE
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21th of June, the big day at 'Kanan'. Thousands of spectators gathered to see the IPR, I wonder how many boats there were? I guess at least several hundreds and they came in all sizes and styles from very small wooden rustic sailing boats (see below) up to huge 'Stealth' boats. Most fascinating to watch them all.
Our skipper of the day Hubbe enjoying every moment of the In-Port Race, he has been following these guys on the net since the start in Alicante November 2008.
and here we have Nica with a guest Beckie from New Zeeland.
Tyra on the deck
2009-06-25 The Volvo Open 70 boats have left Sandhamn and are battling it out on Leg 10 of the 400 nautical mile stretch to St Petersburg. Puma, Ericsson 4 and Telefonica Blue had a strong start.
Full story
SEA U/ TYRA
Thursday
Fy fan för polska lågtryck!
Ser det inte ut att bli lite ljusare ut där borta?
Nopp...
Iskallt väder på väg från Polen
mer från SMHI...
Skepp o'hoj
TYRA
SEA U
Friday
Sveriges Nationaldag 2009
Wednesday
Skärgårdsmässan 2009 - Wasahamnen
Mer bilder hittar du här i The Greenhouse.
Friday
Båtmässa i Vaxholm
Skärgårdsbåtens Dag 2009
foto: Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe
Tuesday
Navigare Necesse Est!
I usually have all my ABC Wednesday in the Greenhouse in Tyra's Garden but this week the letter i 'N' and I thought it was nice to hop onboard instead.
Navigare Necesse Est!
It is soon time for us to launch (is that the correct word for it?) the boat, it has been up on land since October and we are all eager to set sails again. The archipelago outside Stockholm has some twenty thousand islands to cruise around so there is always a nice spot to archor by.
NAVIGARE NECESSE EST! Who said that? well...
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was the guy who invented this latin phrase.
Read about more great ABC Wednesday's N here.
Today's post is an entry in the fourth round of ABC Wednesday, the meme initiated by Denise Nesbitt.Have a great and happy ABC Wednesday!
~ Captain Tyra ~
Sunday
Nya Båtsportkort 2009
för Stockholms skärgård
De nya båtsportkorten är tillverkade i ett nytt stryktåligt impregnerat material som är inte skall vara så lätt att vika det är vattenavstötande och försedd med med kraftig ryggspiral som tål tuffare tag. Det låter ju fantastiskt tycker jag.
Båtsportkorten är utformad som en ringbunden kartbok med sidnumrering. På varje blad finns tydliga sidhänvisningar i form av pilar som hänvisar till nästa sida. Dessutom finns ett utdrag ur Kort 1 som beskriver de vanligaste symbolerna i sjökorten. Båtsportkorten är i A3 format och är tryckta på papper och finns även att köpa plastlaminerade.
Det finns även båtsportkort över Dalslands kanal och Göta kanal. Dessa redovisar, förutom den allmänna sjökortsbilden, även landinformation från Lantmäteriets Terrängkarta." text och bild från Sjöfartsverket.
Stockholm Norra, Öregrund - Möja
Stockholm Mellersta, Möja - Dalarö
Stockholm Södra, Dalarö - Trosa
Sea U/ Tyra
Thursday
Yaghan's voyage around the world - Carnival
Photo: original photo is from 'Yaghan's blog'
Tuesday
Vintern är lång....
"Det går alldeles utmärkt att åka ut i Skärgården så här års. Det är då den är som bäst. Inga timslånga köer till båtarna, inga fulla ungdomar med skrytbåtar vid bryggan i Sandhamn, bara lugn, tid för återhämtning och eftertanke. Stressen är borta, de anställda på restaurangerna har tid att prata, promenadmöjligheterna oändliga. Packa ryggsäcken...."