Month: October 2008

Leeds, Yorkshire

I've spent the week in Leeds looking three single-molecule fluorescence microscopes (FCS a.k.a. fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, ALEX a.k.a. alternating laser excitation fluorescence spectroscpy , and TIRF a.k.a. total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy).

Flying back to Helsinki with KLM took close to 24 hours since I missed my connecting flight (due to KLMs late incoming aircraft in Leeds) and had to stay an extra night at Schipol...

IOM Sail Camera

Jari got a Hero camera which takes still pictures and video and stores them on a memory card. It weighs about 120g and it's watertight, so it's possible to put it on-board and take some pictures while sailing. Seems to work quite well. This could be used later for looking at how the mast bends in different winds and with different shroud and/or spreader positions. (See here for some statistics from the ongoing IOM Euros).

MicroMagic sailing

The fifth MicroMagic ranking race was sailed today in Vuosaari. Due to the location of the sailing water the wind came with variable strength from a variable direction in all races. I was sailing a loaned boat, and will do so in two weeks time at the national event also (20+ entries I hear!). Might think about a microMagic of my own during the spring (no promises...). Results to appear here.

Pictures by Jorma Ojama.