In this update: Instagram Milestone! New Social Media Coordinator Hallberg-Rassy Connectie on Facebook! 800+ Instagram followers and still growing! The HRC-Instagram feed recently passed 800 Instagram followers and is steadily growing daily. Follow Hallberg-Rassy Connectie’s Instagram feed at instagram: Hallberg-Rassy Connectie To further grow our exposure and attract potential new Hallberg-Rassy Connectie members, it would be […]
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In September 2020, it seemed to us to be pretty clear that small yachts that were circumnavigating the world would not be able to sail much further in 2021 than where we had already come when the Corona pandemic broke out in March 2020. From French Polynesia, all subsequent destinations were still closed and it […]
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It is with great pleasure that Lidia and I organise events for the HRC. So that was a bit of a switch this year! A promising Wadden event unfortunately could not take place. Everything was arranged and to make matters worse, the weather at Whitsun was unbelievably beautiful…. Well, it is not in our nature […]
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Christoph Rassy, father of Magnus and founder of the shipyard we love so much, recently received a great honour. He received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his life’s work. A prize that is awarded and presented by professional brothers, click here uitreiking award. To someone who is not only successful himself, but who has also […]
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Frank from HR36 MkII ‘Vertigo’ has mapped out a nice job. A job that more owners might want to do because of the craquelé that sometimes occurs and hatches and portholes. In the photo report Frank shows step by step how he did it, with a fantastic result! On many boats from the beginning of […]
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One day after Friday the 13th, the second digital ALV and then the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie pub quiz will take place. On the 21st of October this event was made world famous through our site and via email we were even invited to participate twice. With as an extra – and plaster on the wound because […]
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Madeleine Hagesteijn-van Hattem (HR Indian Summer) will receive the Poerstamper goblet of Tom and Lidia van Disseldorp (HR Mariste) on board of the Indian Summer in Willemstad during the digital ALV in a creative way. Madeleine was praised by Tom van Disseldorp via a video for her great commitment to and involvement in the Hallberg-Rassy […]
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Three more nights on board, after which Laura and I take an Air Tahiti Nui Boeing Dreamliner to fly from Papeete via Vancouver to Paris. There, our flight changes in Cinderella-like fashion into a TGV to cover the last leg of the journey from Charles De Gaulle airport to Brussels South station. The Ngahue IV […]
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Online SQUID meteo routing course for members of the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie. Tom Robeyn, who some of us know from the RADAR course, will, if there is sufficient interest in us, provide an online electronic route planning course in two evenings. SQUID is the metro provider of the Volvo Ocean Race and the Vendée Globe. SQUID […]
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We are Harpert, Emily, Fay, Jorg, Raúl and our dog Pip. We live in Burgh-Haamstede and we have been moored in the marina of Bruinisse for a couple of years now. We have already made several sailing holidays to Denmark, England and France and now we want to sail even more south along the French […]
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On 12 October, our secretary Frederik van der Dussen and the undersigned, in my role as HRC reporter, had an online interview with Anke Haadsma van Zeilwereld. This interview was based on a request at the ALV earlier this year, with the aim to promote the connectie . Through our member Herco Tibboel (HR 46 […]
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Traditionally, the annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Saturday the 14th of November at 20.00 hrs., this time due to Covid-19 in a digital way and unfortunately without a Captains dinner afterwards. What we do organize is an original and atmospheric Hallberg-Rassy Connectie Pub Quiz. If you aspire to the role of fellow […]
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After a nightly summer storm at anchor in Schelphoek we had a lot of trouble lifting the anchor. During the storm there was 50 meters of chain out, with a snubber line of 10 meters. During gusts of wind up to 58 knots our anchor was stuck. Through the VHF we heard emergency calls from […]
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We have great news! Because the Coronavirus has put a thick line on our events this year, we started looking for alternatives. This way we will stay connected, however (for the time being) via the digital route. After all, the safety and health of all of us is the top priority of our Hallberg-Rassy Connectie. […]
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When I was a little child, my mother ended every bedtime story, “and then a pig with a long snout came and blew the story out.” Oink, Oink; piggy just came by … Last weekend Laura and I decided to return to the Netherlands. And ever since we have been working like crazy to arrange […]
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Hi, I’m Anne Peters and I’m 10 years old. I went to Dover this summer holiday with my mum and my sisters on our boat HR 412 called Barnes. It was a great experience for me to sail there because me and my sisters were born in England. Last year the farthest we went was […]
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subsituted for On the Hallberg-Rassy models 31 to 43 HR on deck and cabin supplies two different fans: The round stainless steel ones, usually on the foredeck and/or the aft cabin and the dorade boxes. The latter are available in 2 sizes. A small format with a tube diameter of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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