By popular demand I have got around to making a video about the boat I sailed from Ipswich to Norway, via the West coast of the UK and across the North Sea from Shetland.
After a lot of faffing with editing, I cut the video down from over an hour to a more sensible length because I went into far too much detail about my approach to dinghy cruising, the seakeeping simulation and design of the hull, and the model testing and simulations of appendages on the rudder amongst other topics. If those sound like something you want to hear about in more depth let me know in the comments and I might get round to making a follow up video.

Fandango Technical spec
LOD: 5.524m
LWL: 5.298m
MAX BEAM: 1.496m
MAX WATERLINE BEAM: 1.348m
DRAFT: 0.25m (0.8m)
DISPLACEMENT: 235kg
PRISMATIC COEFF: 0.588
MAINSAIL: 7.8m2
JIB: 3.8m2
MIZZEN: 1.2m2
SPINNAKER: 8m2

Kit list

Technical Clothing
2 x Buoyancy aids
Offshore jacket
Salopettes
Trapeze harnesses
Sea boots
Gloves and glove liners

Anchoring and mooring
7kg fisherman’s anchor, 1m of 8mm chain, 20m 8mm dyneema core line.
2.5kg folding grapnel anchor
Drouge/sea anchor
3 small fenders
20m 8mm dynema core line
20m 8mm line
2 x 10mm x 7m mooring line
2 x 10mm x 4m mooring line
2 x 10mm x 3m mooring line

Portable Electronics
VHF with internal GPS and AIS receiving. DSC distress calling
Garmin Etrex 30 handheld GPS
Smartphone
Small Tablet
Waterproof camera (imitation gopro)

Spares
Rowlock
20m 5mm dyneema
20m 4mm lashing chord
5m 5mm elastic
5m whipping twine
5 x Stainless hard eyes for 5mm line
Seizing wire
Various shackles
Various snap hooks
Various clevis pins
Various split rings
Various stainless rings
Various stainless screws, nuts, and bolts
Rope toggle balls
Spare Mainsail
Spare Jib
Spare Mizzen

Materials
Electrical tape
Duct tape
Sail patch tape
Spinnaker patch tape
Neoprene hatch seal tape
5 minute epoxy syringes
Standard epoxy syringes
Sikaflex 70ml tube
500ml varnish
500ml Danish oil
Rags
Disposable gloves
Plastic covering sheet

Tools
Mole grips
¼” socket set with screwdriver tips
Leatherman style multitool
Rope work knife with marlinspike and shackle key
Splicing wand
Pliers
Screwdriver with changeable tips
Speedy stitcher
Permanent markers

Miscellaneous
3 x inflatable beach rollers
Winter boat cover (only taken because I’m moving house)
Inflatable tender
Paddles
Hand bilge pump
Bailers
Sponge
Folding canvas bucket
Rowing seat
Spare 5L flexible water container.
Mackerel fishing hand line
First aid kit

Cooking
Gas stove in galley box
2 x spare gas canister
Jetboil 2L pan
Chopping board
Peeler
Vegetable knife
Bowl
Cutlery
Salt, pepper, mixed herbs

Typical victuals
10L fresh water, in flexible water containers and loose bottles
5 x tinned mackerel
5 x tinned soup
5 x tinned stew
2 x tinned curry
4 x rice sachet
Mixed nuts
Chocolate bars
Kendal mint cake
Emergency Bamse Mums (Norwegian sweet)

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