Ballad Links

An ever growing list of Albin Ballad related sites

A mix of great blogs, forums and image galleries.

• BalladExchange (http://balladklubben.se/balladexchange)
• BalladExchange, old (http://balladklubben.se/balladexchange/old-balladexchange/albinballad.multiply.com/index.html)
• Sintacha (http://www.sintacha.com) NB! new url www.mostlyaboutboats.ca
• Danish Ballad Club (http://www.ballad.dk)
• Norwegian Ballad Club (http://www.ballad.no)
• German Ballad Club (http://www.ballad.de)
• S/Y TamTam (http://www.tamtam-sailing.de)
• S/Y Nette (http://bitz.dk)
• Ballad #1347 (http://www.bjornsbilder.se)
• S/Y Love (http://www.sylove.dk)
• S/Y Joy (http://www.syjoy.dk)
• S/Y Joy, pictures (https://picasaweb.google.com/RiisKlausen/SYJoysOmbygning?authkey=Gv1sRgCPSfhoSWyp6-uQE&feat=directlink#)
• S/Y Aemilia III (http://www.aemilia.org)
• Blue Bird (Ballad #1030) (http://www.blue-bird.dk/)
• Rebel of Restronguet (Ballad #139) (http://www.sailblogs.com/member/rebel/)
• S/Y Sedna (https://sailpony.wordpress.com/)
• S/Y Malin Too (Ballad #1055) (http://wwwbentaeroe.blogspot.dk/)
• S/Y Hippocampus (http://hippocampussailing.dk/velkommen). Guy living aboard his Ballad here in Denmark
• S/Y Litorina (Ballad #797) (http://www.duekilde.dk/litorina/797litorina)
• S/Y Auriga (http://yachtauriga.blogspot.co.uk/)
• S/Y Dania (Ballad #20) (http://www.ballad20.blogspot.dk/)

Other noteworthy sites

Blogs

Although not strictly related to Ballads the below are definitely noteworthy

• S/Y Velocir (http://velocir.com)
• S/Y Gemini Dreams (http://svgeminidreams.blogspot.dk)

Sailing documentaries

• Deep Water (2006) - Donald Crowhurst was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died (1969) while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtLFM1jASt0)
• Hold Fast (2010) - Stories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lwbHYOFD-4)
• Between Home (2012) - Artist and amateur sailor, Nick Jaffe, has been living in Berlin and has decided to take the long way home to Australia. Some call it brave, others think it’s crazy, but Nick decides to sail solo from the UK to Australia, negotiating the treacherous waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (http://www.betweenhome.com)
• Sailing Alone Around the World, Joshua Slocum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ18KpoNvv0) 

Sailing books

• Breaking Seas: An overweight, middle-aged computer nerd buys his first boat, quits his job, and sails off to adventure (2012) - Great book! The title says it all :) I got my copy from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Seas-overweight-middle-aged-adventure-ebook/dp/B00A6542M6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384355636&sr=8-1&keywords=breaking+seas