I wish I spoke Swedish. Why? Well then I would understand the Blur Sailing Blog. It's a great blog, full of great videos and sailing photos. Only problem is that I don't speak a damn word of Swedish so I haven't a clue what they are blogging about. Here is what I can figure out:
- The blog (I think) is run by a guy called Peter who races a J109 in Sweden. And from what I can tell he knows what he is doing
- The crew look like Vikings and have some damn cool sailing gear.
- Sweden is a gorgeous place to sail.
- The have a very good sailing blog. Really nice design and full of great stuff. Much more carefully thought out than my blog. Just check out the sailing photos. Bee-oo-tee-full
- For the more technical folks, he has specs and polars for a bunch of boats. I used to think that was nerdy but after a couple of seasons racing I am impressed. So I guess, I am now nerdy!
- They also have a Youtube Channel which has some very cool sailing videos. Like the one below which is their season wrap-up. Well-worth sitting back and enjoying with a cold one in hand.
Hey Peter from Blur Sailing, please tell us more about you.
If you search for the blog through Google, you’ll get an option for Google to translate it from Swedish to English. It’s not a great translation, but it’s passable.
Adam, Try this:
http://translate.google.com/#
I keep this link open while I’m blogging and communicating with people all over the world – it’s a good tool, though not very intuitive.
michael
Hey Adam,
great that you found my blog and enjoyed it even if you don’t speak Swedish. I enclosed a Google-translate menu on the right sidebar that should make life easier…
Blur started out in 2005 as a crew website for our racing project, and have since grown into Scandinavia’s largest site focused on sailing and yacht racing. Amazing really.
I try to make Blur.se the “one-stop-shop” for the active sailor or boat owner who wants to stay on top of the latest news, rumours, go-fast tips and gear. It’s a fine line between our own project, local news and things that happen in the big world.
We still run our corinthian J/109 Blur Racing project. I got the boat two years ago, and have been struggling getting it up to speed. This year we nailed it and won some big races. Pretty cool, beating the pros. We’re also doing on-the-water race coverage and try to be very active in the local sailing community.
Today we reach more sailors than the traditional sailing press, and I use that to activate people to go sailing. Overall participation in the region is up 20% and we managed to get 65 boats (vs 15 last year) in a doublehanded race that we promoted pretty hard.
My only problem is time. A day job running a consulting firm, a family, a race boat and then the blog… But I found out you can cut back on sleep (and that’s great training for those shorthanded races).
BTW, Messing about is on my daily reading list as well. Great work!
Anyhing else? Please ask away.