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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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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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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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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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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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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HR 37 MAKANI from 2009 with hull number 187 is a new member of the Connectie. The German owners Johannes and Martina are happy to join the Connectie. MAKANI has her berth in Wemeldinge.
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HR 40 HINA from 2003 with hull number 14 is a new member of the connection. The proud German owners Michael and Isabelle plan to make a world tour over a couple of years with HINA. HINA has her berth in Wemeldinge.
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Dear Connecting Members, On YouTube I’ve been following the experiences of the refit of the Ellös (HR 312) by an Italian named Gabriele for some time now. This man values quality and turns a heavily neglected boat into a beautiful ship again. Highly recommended to follow. Behold: Sea4see There is also ” a boat called […]
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For the last 10 years my wife (Efrosini, Greek) and myself (Edwin, Dutch) have been big fans of Hallberg-Rassy and buying one has been a regular topic in our conversations. We never got to it and every year we usually end up chartering a French or German-made yacht for our summer holidays, which we usually […]
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Located at the jetty in front of Nova Yachting, Daan and Caroline show the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie club flag as proud owners of the first HR40C with construction number 3 within the Connectie. As experienced Hallberg-Rassy sailors they have just received the club flag of the chairman with thanks to Magnus Rassy for sponsoring the first […]
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Last week the members received an invitation with documents and access link for the JALV, which will be held through Microsoft Teams. We would like to meet you all there! Attached are the agenda, annual accounts 2019 and the report of the cash control committee. Kind regards, Frederik van der Dussen, secretary. Agenda Jaarrekening […]
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With this in mind, the idea was born to make it easy for members to exchange local knowledge about the state of affairs in the marinas and other facilities. Through the forum on the website separate COVID CRUISING GROUPSES have been created for different sailing regions. By sharing your recent experience in a sailing area […]
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