We would like to introduce ourselves as new members. I started sailing in the mid-eighties. In 1995, together with my wife Martina, we obtained the usual sailing licenses in Germany. In the following years we chartered boats, mostly in the Mediterranean. In 2009 we made our dream come true and bought our HR 37. I […]
Lees meer
It’s raining today. Tahiti in the rain: drizzly, and grey. Papeete cold and wet: that is also unusual. But lately we have had this more often. After all, it’s winter in the southern hemisphere! It has been 3 weeks since we departed with the Aranui 5 on its maiden voyage to the Marquesas and Tuamotus […]
Lees meer
We are Katja and Jeroen and the proud owner of our “Njord”, a tough HR94 from 1989. The name “Njord” is the Nordic god of the fertile coastal area, seamanship and sailing art. Together we have a composed family with 8 children, most of whom have flown out (unfortunately no sailors). Our harbor is currently […]
Lees meer
HR 37 MAKANI from 2009 with hull number 187 is a new member of the Connectie. The German owners Johannes and Martina are happy to join the Connectie. MAKANI has her berth in Wemeldinge.
Lees meer
HR 40 HINA from 2003 with hull number 14 is a new member of the connection. The proud German owners Michael and Isabelle plan to make a world tour over a couple of years with HINA. HINA has her berth in Wemeldinge.
Lees meer
Dear Connecting Members, On YouTube I’ve been following the experiences of the refit of the Ellös (HR 312) by an Italian named Gabriele for some time now. This man values quality and turns a heavily neglected boat into a beautiful ship again. Highly recommended to follow. Behold: Sea4see There is also ” a boat called […]
Lees meer
For the last 10 years my wife (Efrosini, Greek) and myself (Edwin, Dutch) have been big fans of Hallberg-Rassy and buying one has been a regular topic in our conversations. We never got to it and every year we usually end up chartering a French or German-made yacht for our summer holidays, which we usually […]
Lees meer
We have been in Tahiti for more than 3 months now! We actually arrived here by accident, because the French government did not want to have all those sailing boats straying through Polynesia … The confinement that came into effect from mid-March 2020 is formally over for us. In a few days, intercontinental jets from […]
Lees meer
Located at the jetty in front of Nova Yachting, Daan and Caroline show the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie club flag as proud owners of the first HR40C with construction number 3 within the Connectie. As experienced Hallberg-Rassy sailors they have just received the club flag of the chairman with thanks to Magnus Rassy for sponsoring the first […]
Lees meer
Last week the members received an invitation with documents and access link for the JALV, which will be held through Microsoft Teams. We would like to meet you all there! Attached are the agenda, annual accounts 2019 and the report of the cash control committee. Kind regards, Frederik van der Dussen, secretary. Agenda Jaarrekening […]
Lees meer
With this in mind, the idea was born to make it easy for members to exchange local knowledge about the state of affairs in the marinas and other facilities. Through the forum on the website separate COVID CRUISING GROUPSES have been created for different sailing regions. By sharing your recent experience in a sailing area […]
Lees meer
Last week the members received an invitation with documents and access link for the JALV, which will be held through Microsoft Teams. We would like to meet you all there! Yours sincerely, Frederik van der Dussen, secretary. Agenda
Lees meer
In order to promote the HRC-experience of our members who have their sailing area in the Baltic Sea and to enrich it with the organisation of a Hallberg-Rassy Baltic Tour event in the future, we are very pleased that Andreas Kaden, skipper of HR 34 Miss Marple, is willing to take on the role of […]
Lees meer
My name is Kazu Yokoyama I’m 65 years “young”. Japanese, a man and wife with two sons (38 and 31 years) and 3 grandchildren. I worked in many countries during my career as a automobile manufacturer dealer. The first country I lived in for 5 years was the United States when I was 32 years old. At that time (even […]
Lees meer
I am very much looking forward meeting you all, thank you very much for the warm welcome. The name was created by my wife. We have translated the Swiss words „einfach weg“ to Swedish, as simple as that. Bara borta. Hope to meet you soon, have a great summer! Michael – bara borta […]
Lees meer
With a lot of pleasure we have received and viewed the last few weeks pictures that were submitted for the photo contest. Each photo exudes the pride, fun and quality that comes with owning and especially using a Hallberg-Rassy sailing yacht. And actually it is a bit of a pity that only one winner can […]
Lees meer
The HRC web team has made a selection from the photos submitted for the HRC photo competition. The nominated photos are in the “banner”. The winner will be announced soon!
Lees meer
Slowly, and very quietly, the lockdown is beginning to be eased here in French Polynesia. A local court had ruled a while ago that the curfew that had been imposed was not legal, which led to some more evening traffic. Then we were allowed to walk around without the special French government form you first […]
Lees meer