Rode Orm; a Laurin 32 ketch

[maxiSwede]

Pics - of course, thery are all here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9218039@N06/

[maxiSwede]

We made a 'good deal' yesterday. Found an inflatabel dinghy WITH a Suzuki 2 hp two-stroke OB at a VERY good price.

As for the dink, We are more than happy with it, since the old one simply is a bit too flimsy for the job. As for the OB, my emotions are ambivalent to say the least. Without the OB it's virtually impossible to go ashore in anything over 20 knots AND the tide running 2-3 knots. More of an inconvenience than a safety matter for sure but it's not a bad thing being able to go on land when one would like to. Another advantage is of course that in a calm we could actually tow the mor the mother ship with this new set-up.

The downside in my opinion?

The OB stored on the aft pushpit is another item added to the 'clutter' and then of course we'll have to store gas on board too....

Still, I guess the pros are more important.

What are your opinions on the matter?

[AdriftAtSea]

I think the safety aspects of the outboard far outweigh the cons. :D

[jotruk]

I'm sure that there will be times when you are moored and will find that it is quite away to paddle in and you will be glad for the motor

[CharlieJ]

For sure keep the motor. We have a 2.2 hp on our dinghy and many many times on this 7 months of cruising, we would have either not gone somewhere,, or missed fun things without the motor. Many anchorages have distances that simply preclude rowing. Boot Key Harbor for example, where we just left. It was an 8 minute motor to the dinghy dock to get to  groceries, gas, etc. Not to mention the showers, wifi availability and other things, which while not totally a requirement, make the trip much more fun.

We stow our motor in a cockpit locker since we have no stern rail.

[maxiSwede]

Adrift, Charlie and jotruk


thanks for encouraging me. Obviously my 'other half' on board, AKA Isabelle have always been all for this idea...

Guess I am something of a die-hard conservative... but always liked the Pardey-style 'oars -and- yuloh' style.

Since I grew up on a river in northern Sweden,  the beauty of small boats and rowing has a special place in my mind  ::)

[Tim]

Adrift, Charlie and jotruk


thanks for encouraging me. Obviously my 'other half' on board, AKA Isabelle have always been all for this idea...

Guess I am something of a die-hard conservative... but always liked the Pardey-style 'oars -and- yuloh' style.

Since I grew up on a river in northern Sweden,  the beauty of small boats and rowing has a special place in my mind  ::)

Well Magnus, it IS the 21st Century glad at least Isabelle is willing to stick her foot into it  ;D

And the Sprayhood does look awesome!

[Tim]

Oh and pass this grog along to Isabelle for making sure you had a boat to come back to.

[maxiSwede]

Thank you so much for the grog and greeting to Isabelle, sh sends you one too!  ....and then one from me
;D ;D ;D

[tomwatt]

A grog for you Magnus & Isa, for sharing your adventures on your wonderful boat with us.
May your winds always be fair...

[maxiSwede]

Our lives are taking a somewhat new turn and our voyage will continue from San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico - which is in the Sea of Cortez. 

R?de Orm has been sold in Portugal to a fellow Swedish guy who has been in river rafting and dog sled tours most of his professional life. It's going to be very interesting to see where he's gonna take her. I bet R?de Orm will be heading north again in May next year.

We flew in to Sonora a couple of weks ago after finding the boat of our dreams over here, or so we thought.

Now the purchase of the new to us boat is done here in San Carlos. The first boat we looked at turned out to provide a bit too much work needed. Instead, we now settled for a Southern Cross 35 'Cutter, which will be named our' Nanna' and become our sailing home nd hearth for a looong time hopefully. In about a week, we'll have access to the boat, it's in very good condition and well equipped too. She is also incredibly strongly built (just like R?de Orm) and is in all respects, a 'big sister' to R?de Orm.

An interesting detail in connection with the boat purchase is that this Southern Cross was my favourite already when I started looking for boats on the net, but it was too expensive for our budget. After these two months since I made a deposit on the other one, however, the price came down quite a bit already and after a few rounds with bids and counter-bids, we finally came to an agreement. We are very happy with it and I have never seen a production boat  which is so completetly uncompromisingly, and knowledgeably, built for long term crusing. I would not trade her in for a Hallberg-Rassy ever.  ;)

Well, everything in life happens for a purpose.


Isabelle used to live in San Carlos a little more than 3 years ago and just before the two of us met.

We are renting a small apartment  in the basement of the nice house belonging to Rosemary and William. They are  friends of Isabelle's since she lived here Deja v? for her and all new playground for me.

Sea of Cortez, which according to Jacques Costeau is one of the 3-4 places in the world with the richest marine life, UNESCO's World Heritage and all - will now be 'discovered' by us with fins and  snorkels during the next few months before we eventually move south along Mexico's coast and then to Costa Rica and out on the Southern Pacific.

Any other sailfarers presently in the Sea of Cortez?

Another exciting possibility in the future is that my old Norwegian friend Per, who's been   living in Mexico for many years, has put me in contact with a few plantations in Chiapas down on the border to Guatemala. It seems like we might well get the opportunity to stay there fof some months, working on one of these 'fincas' and topping up the cruising kitty a healthy bit.

P.S.We started a new blog for the new boat AND this new chapter in our lives.

There's more info on the boat  the url is:

www.svnanna.wordpress.com

[CapnK]

Wow! What a surprise, and-  Congratulations, Magnus and Isabelle!!! Looking forward to reading all about how it turns out for you. :)

[Tim]

Hi Magnus, so glad it ended up working out for you. Perfect timing to be down there.

Re;

Any other sailfarers presently in the Sea of Cortez?

I don't know, but I sure can think of one that would like to be!

[CapnK]

Any other sailfarers presently in the Sea of Cortez?

Oh, I missed this first time around.

Magnus - Greg and Jill Delezenski aboard the s/v 'Guenevere' are down there somewhere - unless they've moved to parts further south already... :)

[maxiSwede]

OK, the boat deal is officially done. Contract signed and we are going through the equipment and systems with the (previous) owner the next ouple fo days. Hope to be able to splash beginning of next week, and then anchor out on the bay here.

The next couple of weeks we'' do some daysaling and shorter trips back and forth to get to know the boat.

Life is Good!
It's interesting that after a couple weeks in a house we really miss living at the hook, waking up in the boat, going to sleep gently rocked by the swells in the anchorage.....'dreaming'

[maxiSwede]

3 months has flied by.... and lots of work. Finally the 'to do' -list is checked off, box by box and we're ready to go sailing again. We have been doing 2 dayssails with our new boat, just to get a feel for her, and a couple of days ago I did a daysail on a BEUTIFUL little SailFar -style boat here.

An S&S design 1969 vintage Dolphin 24 with a centreboard, trailerable.

Felt like being back on the Folkboat I once used to have !  ;D

Anyway, we're back to cruising now and will head over to the Baja side in a few days

svnanna.wordpress.com

[JWalker]

The Dolphin 24 is indeed a sailfar style boat!


I have one!   ;D

what hull number was it?

[maxiSwede]

Hull # 100 IIRC

[maxiSwede]

Not much internet access in the last few months, but a fabulous time spent in the wilderness of Baja california/ Sea of Cortez. Spearfishing and skindiving and clamming for dinner.... missing it already!

svnanna. wordpress.com

[Tim]

Great to hear from you Magnus, you and Isabelle are living the dream.