The Departure On the 21st July 2017 at the crack of dawn we left our berth in Nieuwpoort, to sail via Brighton, Portland and Falmouth to Portugal. Exciting, as the route from Falmouth to Sines in Portugal would be our first extended sea voyage! (Provisions onboard in Brighton) The Gulf of Biscay has a formidable […]
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The boat: Everything that was renewed – or added to the boat Our HR53 had mainly sailed in the Baltic Sea and a bit in the North Sea. So many things that are needed for longer sea and ocean trips had to be built in now. Our starting point was that these should be easy […]
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This week the Hallberg-Rassy calendar 2019 has been released. And guess what? The ships of the Hallberg-Rassy Connection are well represented. Are you looking for the photos yourself or shall we give it away? Here you go! There are photos of HR 40 “Tosue” with the HR 43 “La Gavina”, HR36 MKI “Kendu” and on […]
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Found our “new” boat We have been through a lot on our quest for that larger boat, especially during a few adventurous journeys through Southern Europe. All together we viewed 8x HR 53, 1x HR49 and 4x HR48. Sellers and owners often looked at us with skewed eyes because we crawled over their boat […]
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During the members meeting of the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie on November 17, 2018 in Loosdrecht, Frederik van der Dussen, introduced the “Poerstamper-Goblet” which was unveiled by Robbert-Jan. Some members had addressed the board about it: Robbert-Jan Poerstamper is doing an extraordinary job as a volunteer for our Connectie! A commitment that must be appointed. The secretary, […]
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The start of a dream Since the nineties I had planned to sail my Hallberg-Rassy 29 (and later an HR37) to my native country, New Zealand. I worked extensively on both Rassies to make them “ocean-ready”. It was not until 2013 that these romantic dreamy plans became concrete thanks to a fixed end-point for (early-) […]
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Last 2 Sundays 28 members participated in the Practical Meteo for Sailors training. Henk Huizinga from Nimos Meteotraining has taken us very inspiringly into the wonderful world of the weather. The first Sunday we have considered how the weather arises, how the atmosphere of the earth is put together and even why you sail better […]
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The text suggests that our boat was in Loosdrecht last weekend. But that is only symbolic. The Grobbebol is waiting for the spring in her new winter coat on the side in Aalsmeer. On Saturday afternoon, November 17, we arrive with a car full of stuff (varying from beam screen to HRC posters and badges […]
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During our voyages at sea we found out that our HR 48 Indian Summer had some slack in the bracket of the attachment of the downstand to the boom. The Seaquest also a HR 48 had noticed this during their Altantic crossing as well. Also, the bolts can rattle out so that the whole bracket […]
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We are very pleased to inform you that Magnus Rassy will be joining us in Loosdrecht! On Saturday, November 17, Magnus Rassy, the CEO of Hallberg Rassy, will attend our first Captain’s dinner as special guest of the Hallberg-Rassy Connection! For the skippers, who have not yet signed up for this beautiful evening: You certainly […]
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Certainly not if this love ever left the yard in Ellös. A ship that once was in your proud possession, if possible, you will continue to follow a bit. Rutger Steenmeijer, skipper of the Esperanza III, saw that his former HR 352 is going to make an Atlantic crossing. Still under the name Esperanza. Some […]
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DO YOU KNOW: This ‘meal’ dates from the times of the great English sailing ships and that of the Dutch V.O.C. (United East India Company). They were at sea for a long time without seeing land, and in the damp ship’s rooms ‘normal’ food was quickly moldy and spoiled. The ordinary crew […]
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The registration has been closed since October 1st. All pictures can be found under “tab” summer pictures 2018. If you have made a nice summer picture, please send it in. The site can always use nice photos! The winner of the most spectacular photo is: Submitted by Wildeman ” The winner of the best photo […]
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Grobbebol goes Lelystad On Thursday, September 6, the crew of the Grobbebol departs from a rainy Aalsmeer to go via the standing mast route to Lelystad to take part in the first Hallberg Rassy Connection (HRC) North event. The trip through Amsterdam is smooth and at 2 am we are moored at the Houtmankade. We […]
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