sailing the farm collective - wanna join??

Discussion in 'Communal Living' started by zeyang, Jun 26, 2010.

  1. GHOSTCRAB

    GHOSTCRAB Banned

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    "Of all the fabricks, a ship is the most excellent, requiring more art in building, rigging, sayling, trimming, defending, and mooring, with such a number of severall termes and names in continual motion, not understood of any landsman, as none would think of, but some few that know them." Captain John Smith
     
  2. Amontillado

    Amontillado Member extraordinaire HipForums Supporter

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    "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food and commonly better company." Samuel Johnson
     
  3. zombiewolf

    zombiewolf Senior Member

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    Haha, probably true!

    ZW
     
  4. FinShaggy

    FinShaggy Banned

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    I'm interested :)
     
  5. Epresto1

    Epresto1 Guest

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    How do I get involved?, I've been looking for an organization like yours for years.
     
  6. indydude

    indydude Senior Member

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    I dont think ol' Sam ever sailed. Sailing is playing with mother nature. There's no feeling like the wind pushing the sails and flying over the waves. The power of the play between the wind, boat and water. Its magical. Sure you might get a little wet but thats part of sailing!
     
  7. zombiewolf

    zombiewolf Senior Member

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    WTF?
    From wiki:
    I think he probably knew a little more about it than your average 'pleasure boat day-sailer'. ;)
     
  8. zeyang

    zeyang Member

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    Newsletter December 2011.

    Dear Sea Gypsies,

    Things are looking very Christmassy now, as the snow falls and we
    prepare to delve into the forest on the hunt for the perfect Christmas
    tree. Snow isnt quite at head-height yet, since its been a tropical
    December. Today shows a toasty -10 on the thermometer. Woofers are
    holding their breath, waiting to see some proper winter-conditions,
    thus facilitating giant snowmen, igloo-building, skiing, and perhaps a
    model sailing ship crafted from snow and ice? Anything is possible on
    the farm!

    This month however has been a sad one. Our friend and one of the
    seagipsy family, Casper, died a few weeks ago. At almost 14 years
    old, he was happy, eating many waffles, until the end of his life. We
    buried him in a peaceful spot overlooking the raspberry patch. He was
    a beautiful dog with a beautiful heart; we know many of you loved
    Casper and he will always be remembered.

    Other news is that, after a much-needed trip to the Canaries for some
    of us for some serious sailboat spotting, we are back and working hard
    to...yes, you guessed it, work of the roof which is now thankfully
    finished! Otherwise we have been trench-digging, honey-stirring,
    shed-cleaning and wall-painting, trying to finish everything that
    needs doing before our beards and toes start to freeze. All of us are
    itching to get back into the boat shed however, desperate as we are to
    start sewing the sails, melting the ballast, carving the mast and
    welding the deck...only a few more steps until our beautiful sailboat
    is ready for her maiden voyage!

    If you want to join our happy sea-gypsy tribe, feel free to drop us a
    line.

    Have a good Christmas everyone, and remember to put out a big bowl of
    porridge for the Fjosnisse. This gnome lives in the barn and he can
    get cranky if he doesn't get his fair share at Christmas!

    Pictures of the month

    a: Finding a nice christmas tree in the forest.
    b. two pretty mermaids painting the storage shed inside.
    c. Casper, our beloved sailboat dog passed away this month.
    d. and again, merry christmas to all of you from all of us!


    http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=77243&stc=1&d=1324226133
    http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=77244&stc=1&d=1324226141
    http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=77245&stc=1&d=1324226147
    http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=77246&stc=1&d=1324226152
     
  9. GHOSTCRAB

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    A friend of ours recently purchased a 61'-foot oyster smack built in 1907 with a diesel the size of your kitchen for $4,500. And steamed home in her!
     
  10. indydude

    indydude Senior Member

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    Well then sounds like he had a bad attitude about sailing. Probably a land lubber. lol
    Sweet! Whats he going to do with her? Fishing?
     
  11. FritzDaKatx2

    FritzDaKatx2 Vinegar Taster

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    While I know no one wants to advocate Piracy, especially not a floating commune,,, I would like to mention that not everythig on torrent sites happen to be copyrighted materials, while that may in fact be the majority of whats around, some are in fact simply collections of individuals putting information together for use by the masses.

    That being mentioned, I'd suggest googling "the boat builders free plans v2.0" and see what ya' think. Or maybe it was you who put it up? I dunno.

    In any case, :cheers2:
     
  12. GHOSTCRAB

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    But I have seen some perfectly marvelous boats built by true beginners (though rarely by those who do not already possess at least journeyman woodworking skills). I have seen many disasters, too.
     
  13. zeyang

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    Newsletter February 2012. .

    Dear Sea Gypsies,

    Spring is slowly coming our way, This winter has been really nice
    compared to last winter. It has seldom been below -15, which is quite
    out of normal.

    We had a really nice christmas on the farm, with lots of friends and
    seagypies. This year Santa Claus had an australian accent. We tried to
    teach him the only one and important centence in norwegian - "Are
    there any nice children here" but in last minute he forgot - but the
    "kids" still got their presents. The small ones got proper
    vikinghelmets and dress of course.... What else for seagypses?

    Else we have been doing regular winter maintainance on the farm and
    been looking forward to the spring. The boat project is going forward
    working on small and big pieces on the boat. We have been doing some
    work on how to make a furnace to melt all that scrap aluminum into
    more useful stuff like portholes. Casting is not something new. People
    have been doing thise for ages. Hopefully we manage to make something
    out of brick run on propane or better firewood which we have plenty of
    up here. Any foundry and casting experience out there?

    Anyway, its quite busy up here now but dont forget to enjoy the early
    spring folks! .. and if you want to join our tribe please contact us!

    Pictures.

    a. Enjoy christmas dinner with friends and seagypies.
    b. A young seagypsy quite happy whith his christmaspresent - proper
    viking helmet!
    c. Out walking the mast. Even a mast need some fresh air these days!
    d. We want to duplicate these guys! Anyone with casting/foundry
    experience out there? We want to learn!


    a: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112591&stc=1&d=1330274085
    b: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112601&stc=1&d=1330274091
    c: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112611&stc=1&d=1330274096
    d: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112621&stc=1&d=1330274103
     
  14. zeyang

    zeyang Member

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    Newsletter April 2012. .

    Dear Sea Gypsies,

    Still some time until we are ready to put the seeds into the soil. Its
    more or less -5 degrees C during night last weeks but daytime is above
    zero.

    The days have been spent welding and welding and when we havent done
    welding we have spent time troubleshoot welding machines. They have a
    tendency to break down unfortunately. So we bought 2 more big
    machines. We also got hold of another ton of lead. There seems to be
    no end to how much lead we need for ballast.

    Ahh yes. We got more chickens on the farm. one of our hens found out
    we need some easter chickens this year and she missed by 2 days. Not
    bad. The small one is a little shy so its hard to take a picture
    without getting attacked by the angry mother.

    Today it will be traditional easter-dinner here on the farm with
    people from near and far. Wish you all fair winds and following seas
    and hope you all have a peacful easter.

    picture from last weeks.

    a: our chickens are enjoying longer and warmer days.
    b: two more welding machines arrived on the farm.. It seems we cant
    get enough welding machines.
    c: Our easter chicken arrived 2 days before easter.


    http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=135841&stc=1&d=1333813538
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  15. FlyingFly

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    maybe some day... :)
     
  16. GHOSTCRAB

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    Few sailors would argue that both natural light and good ventilation are requirements of the comfortable cabin. There's no insurmountable barrier to having ventilation that is nearly as effective when a boat is rail down going to weather in a driving rain as it is when at anchor. Underway, the only ports that can safely be left open are those mounted in the cockpit well to ventilate the quarterberths. Marine air conditioning is almost priceless during the dog days of August and you don't have to be an engineer to do a competent job. The concept of roughing it by choice seems as archaic today as using a wooden bucket for a head.
     
  17. thefunkyskunk

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    Really like the pictures. The unity and happiness you guys have inspires me
     
  18. TheHarlequin13

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    Wow- this sounds amazing... good luck !!!!
     
  19. FritzDaKatx2

    FritzDaKatx2 Vinegar Taster

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    Hey have you considered (or have I mentioned) towing along a methane digester on a raft or two and a safe distance fro the rest of the craft?

    BioChar made from sea veggie compost would at least still allow it to be used for filtration of ocean water after distillation I think AND provide producer gas to cook with or to drive your steam boiler,,, ;) (OR Caked Biochar briquettes, or like Forrest Gump say's, "Maybe a little of both?")
     
  20. FritzDaKatx2

    FritzDaKatx2 Vinegar Taster

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    http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showpost.php?p=7250576&postcount=11

    Another thought I had was to simply take a Bass boat of some sort and insulate it with foam, seal the top and have it auto-fill with a float switch or two and some simple controls then use solar heat and piped waste heat ala a ship engines coolant system to steam it off to the condensing apparatus (Under the ocean in the water,,, enclosed in a large impermeable membrane of some sorts as a portable cistern??)
     

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