Fire in Valencia Marina destroys HR 43 Mk II Warandher II

Today we received the very sad message from our fellow Connectie member Silvestre Galioto from Italy that a fire has destroyed his beloved Hallberg-Rassy 43 Mk II Warandher in the Valencia marina. With this nightmare a dream literally went in flames. As it seems the fire started in a motor boat in a berth next […]

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The new world – reflection on the Corona crisis

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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Hallberg-Rassy Connectie Wadden event cancelled due to tightening COVID-19 measures

Dear members of the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie,   Yesterday (23 March 2020) the Dutch government further tightened up some of the measures previously announced to combat the spread of the coronavirus. What is new is that the ban on events has been extended until 1 June, even when less than 100 people are involved.  This means, among […]

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Hallberg-Rassy Connectie at Whitsun to Terschelling

Behind the scenes, we are working hard on our Hallberg-Rassy Connectie spring event in the North region. As previously announced during our members’ meeting prior to the Captains dinner in Antwerp and the New Year’s reception, this year we are going to Terschelling during the Whitsun weekend. It will be a multi-day sailing event. The […]

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Report HRC workshop engine maintenance 8 February 2020

On Saturday February 8th the second session of the engine maintenance workshop took place in Schoonhoven. In the company building of Matthijs Block (HR 352 Rianne) eight Hallberg-Rassy Connectie members will be taught and will experience for themselves how to carry out the most elementary maintenance of the ship’s diesel in the future. Led by […]

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Boat Düsseldorf: the symbiosis between design and construction

Connectie speaking with Germán Frers: Quality in modesty! You can design a beautiful ship, but if the builder makes a pot of it, your design won’t last long. It will be different if you can find a builder who knows how to bring that design to life as the designer intended. And the other way […]

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Report HRC Captains Dinner Antwerp 2019

For this event, all means of transport are used by our connection members, except for the airplane, to get to Antwerp. Twan and Marleen (HR 36 “Kendu”) came by sailboat, André and Annet (HR 53 “Obsession”) by motorboat, Rutger and Madeleine (HR 46 “Esperanza”) by bicycle and the undersigned by train. We (Nicolette and Edwin […]

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Engine maintenance training for HRC members 1 or 8 February 2020

On Saturday 1 and 8 February we are organising a motor maintenance training in cooperation with Matthijs Blonk of HR352 Rianne. For many of us engine maintenance is something we like to leave to a specialist. But what if something happens to the cooling water in a foreign port or country, the V-belt is stretched […]

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