Latest maintenance Eleven and a half tonnes. That is the answer to the question I asked myself how much Kendu would weigh when she is hanging in the crane. According to ‘the brochure’, a Hallberg-Rassy 36 weighs seven and a half tonnes. And that would be an empty boat. So we can say that provisioning […]
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Already a bit away I’m ahead of schedule! At least, that’s the feeling I have one moment. The other moment, I actually feel that there is still an awful lot to be done. I have always said I will start The Journey on 1 April. That’s going to be 31 March. So I am indeed […]
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Letting go In the summer of 2022, I was in France at the little river ‘La Drobie’. Beautiful, mountainous surroundings where the little river makes its way to the sea with many waterfalls and pools. It is a life path in itself. All sorts of things live in those pools. Beasts moving on and around […]
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The route and navigation “Oy, it’s really nice weather to sail home….” This thought will be familiar to any sailor. Situation: you have three weeks of summer holidays, have just spent a week on the English south coast and the conditions are fantastic for sailing back. Actually, you don’t have to go back until next […]
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Stocking Many people ask me, “So, are you busy preparing now?” And then my answer is often that it’s not that bad. And it is because most things don’t feel like ‘preparation’ but more like part of the usual maintenance and ‘being nice to the boat’. Except for the provisioning issue. When it comes to […]
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“….what better year to go on that trip than 2023?” That was Marleen’s conclusion when we had a brief but intense conversation about my plans for the future in late 2021. It was at a time when I was in doubt about possibly rejoining an organisation after being self-employed. My reasons: a nice team, nice […]
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My last report already, after 7 weeks of a beautiful trip via Norway over the North Sea and around Scotland and England. Week 6 started with the homeward journey in mind. We wanted to sail the boat through the Caledonian Canal in week 6 and then back to Holland in week 7 over the North […]
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Week 5 just finished in Oban. The coming week 6 we will tour around the North of West Scotland. We are going to look at the possibility to go around the North, through the Pentland Firth back to the Netherlands. Important when deciding on routes is of course the weather and the routing. I followed […]
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Made quite some miles last week. From Bergen, Norway with a new crew to Ullapool in Scotland. The weather forecast indicated calm weather for the whole week and we had to put the “cart” in regularly. As a Hallberg-Rassy expert once told me: “These Rassy’s are also good motorsailers”. Two things to share Firstly, the […]
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The third week in Norway is over. We really wanted to visit the longest fjord, the Sognefjord, and we did. Not only that, we were also very lucky with the weather, which made the beauty of the area overwhelming in every way. Apart from photos and descriptions of places, I would also like to share […]
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We had a quiet crew change in Stavanger. In the lee of a large English troop transport ship, the HMS Albion, we moored well sheltered in the Børevika marina in the centre. Sunday we had an extensive safety briefing with the new crew of six, including my Caroline. We are becoming more and more careful […]
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I started early this season for a 7 weeks trip to Norway and Scotland. Last week, my “week 1”, brought me to Stavanger. Caroline and I started with the great HR54/40 6 years ago, but could not resist the HR62 that came onto our path. The HR62/25 had one owner for 10 years. He had […]
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In the end, one remembers the peaceful nights, the winking stars, and the birds escorting us… Hi friends, I’m finally taking the time and write to you about the Atlantic crossing Nicolas, Philipp, and I sailed across the Atlantic ocean in 26 days (11.12.21 – 05.01.22), and everything went well. Nothing really broke, Amae made […]
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As you could read in my last reporter’s report of 2021, Nicolette and I wanted to spend the Christmas and New Year’s period on Terschelling this year. Every year I watched with great interest on the webcam of the Westcord Hotel at the marina how many sailing boats gathered there to celebrate Christmas and New […]
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It’s May 2021 and the Covid situation seems to be getting better. In the middle of winter 2020/21, Ngahue IV was unloaded in Southampton and handed over to the English Hallberg-Rassy dealer. At the last minute, Sevenstar suggested taking the boat to IJmuiden. A nice offer, but not really helpful anymore at that time. What […]
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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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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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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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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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