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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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!
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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 […]
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Dear Connectie members, I take up the pen again because I see that fortunately there is a lot of sailing again and that we will soon be able to greet our Belgian friends on the water again. They had to wait the longest of us all before we could get back on board. Luckily we […]
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After a few “short messages” written during our turbulent four weeks at sea between the Galapagos and Tahiti, it’s time again for an ordinary, long article. I look at the calendar and am shocked to see that we’ve been in Tahiti for 24 days. The days go by quickly, especially when you’re not allowed to […]
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Vrolijk Pasen en blijf gezond!
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Due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 we were not allowed to go ashore in the Marquesas Islands and were de facto ordered to sail along the Tuomotu archipelago to Papeete on Tahiti to land there. To prevent the coronavirus from spreading, Tahiti lives under a strict curfew. Also, no alcohol is sold anymore – a unique […]
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With the Corona virus we live in eventful times. Every day we receive a new update via the World Cruising Club that supports the World ARC trip. And every day the news gets a bit more gloomy than the day before. We have received “Update N° 11” and it’s really not a cheerful literature. Not […]
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Dear Connecting Members, I hope you are all doing well, but the world has suddenly changed. At the end of January some of you were still chatting with Germán Frers on Boat Düsseldorf and making plans for a new sailing season. Which underwater paint are we putting under the boat this year and where are […]
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We are looking forward to the different HR owners of the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie. We bought our HR 49 Stella Maris in Marmaris Turky and sailed the yacht to Götheborg in 2017. Made a big refit there at Adams Boat Care. Adams Boat Care specializes in HR refit. He had worked at Hallberg Rassy for 14 […]
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Finally an event that can take place in unchanged form: the HRC Photo Competition! At a time when many of our members are not able to enjoy their Hallberg-Rassy as they might have imagined, photos of our beautiful ships and sailing trips can bring fun, so enter the photo contest and send in your most […]
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