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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Vrolijk Pasen en blijf gezond!
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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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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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We are new joiners in the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie. Robbert-Jan gave us a warm welcome and asked us to introduce ourselves a bit to the HRC family. So here a little more about us, and our HR 43 Mk I Rangatira, our second Hallberg-Rassy. We are both Chilean, live and work in Santiago. Francisca is 50 […]
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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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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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Due to a cancellation due to passage of Ciara, the radar course has been rescheduled to March 1st! Unfortunately, this date does not fit for every member who signed up. The course is now fully booked again. If you are still interested, let us put you on the waiting list. Info: Bernard Stockman, commissariszuid@hallbergrassyconnectie.com […]
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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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Come to Boot Düsseldorf 2020 on January 20th and take part in an exclusive Meet & Greet Connection with Germán Frers It’s the 50th time Hallberg-Rassy has had a stand on boat Dusseldorf. A striking moment. With great thanks to Germany coordinator Thom van Megen (HR 40 Tosue) we managed to give this fact a […]
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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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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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Increase your safety at sea A radar is one of the most valuable devices for safe navigation. It is a very good tool to navigate and prevent a collision when visibility is poor. We can determine the distance and direction to coastlines, buoys and ships. With a RADAR we can get a picture of the […]
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We are pleased to send you the programme for our annual captains dinner on Saturday the third of November, which was put together for us by our Belgium HRC coordinator Rutger Steenmeijer (HR Esperanza). This year our Captains dinner will be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club Belgium (RYCB). Since June 2017, the Royal Yacht Club […]
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“Traffic centre Wemeldinge, this is the Grobbebol yacht: are there any other details? Grobbebol: no details; stay standby”. On Saturday September 28th Nicolette and I don’t get in the boat to go to an HRC-event, but in the car. A strange feeling when you are used to being present at an event with the Grobbebol. […]
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The past year has been a bumper one for the sailing industry, and Chelsea Magazines is delighted to announce The British Yachting Awards – the ONLY sailing awards that are voted for entirely by consumers – will be held on Monday, 2nd December at the prestigious Royal Thames Yacht Club in Knightsbridge, London, celebrating the […]
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Hallberg-Rassy Connectie now also present on instagram and has more than 240 followers You may have seen it by now. Since this week, the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie is also present at Instagram. Marloes Andreas (HR 43 Windfinder) is willing to take on the role of HRC social media editor and has now created two […]
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Report Hiswa te water event Lelystad 7-9 September 2019 Thursday 5 September On Thursday afternoon the Grobbebol leaves Aalsmeer for an HRC-event. This time the journey for the 2nd time this year goes to the IJsselmeer for the Hiswa-event in Lelystad. Friends sometimes ask me if this is not boring? Always one night in Amsterdam […]
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