We thought we could go for three weeks together with the Indian Summer and the No Doubt, but now we are already two days in Dunkirk on the side for a...
USA ... here we come !!!!!
In early May, during a nice dinner with music, the plan arose to go to America for a year with our family. Inspired by "the Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel that makes me think back to my own experience...
Hallberg Rassy tour 2017
On Saturday the 24th of May we will participate in the Hallberg Rassy tour 2017, with 38 other HR boats in different sizes. We will start at Nova with coffee and tea and then we will all get a white HR tour polo shirt....
May holiday 2017 - Tour Southern Netherlands
In the first week of the May holiday we make a tour around the Southern Netherlands. The weather is not there to go to the Wadden Sea. It will be a tour from Bruinisse to Cadzand, then to Scheveningen and then to the...
'Cheating' in Belize
From the 25th of February until the 4th of March we will spend a week in Belize on a catamaran 404 called Seaing Double. That feels a bit like cheating. We have deliberately chosen a cat to compare it with the SeaQuest...
New heating system
The most beautiful project of the winter 2016-2017 is a new heating system. One of the two Webasto heaters will break down in the autumn of 2016, which is a good reason to make all this radical adjustment now. We are looking for...
A new meter cupboard
Another project on which Toine will spend a lot of time in the winter of 2016/2017 is the renovation of the 'meter cupboard'. A boat is a rather complex whole with a 220v, 24v and 12v electricity system. The 220v system consists of the...
Steering position rearrangement with a new panel
In the summer of 2016 we will visit the Hallberg Rassy shipyard in Sweden, where we will find inspiration for various improvements, such as redesigning the steering position with a new steering position panel, because we want to...
New Lewmar blocks
Also copied from the new Rassy's is the replacement of all existing Lewmar blocks with ball bearing new blocks which makes shots and traps run much better and reduces the double loop for the big shot to a single loop,....
Text images at relevant places
Toine makes beautiful text plates for relevant places. For in the anchor box for the colours of the anchor chain markings. At the steering position with explanations about fast and slower gears. In the meter cupboard on the inside of the door for all relevant measurements of the...
Summer holidays 2016 - South Brittany
We visited the following ports: (Bruinisse) - Breskens - Camaret ⚓️ - Concarneau - Iles les Glenan ⚓️ - Île d'Houat ⚓️ - Courtesty - Île d'Arz ⚓️ - Île d'Houat ⚓️ - Belle Île - Île de Groix...
Summer holidays 2016 - South Brittany
This year our summer holiday is less about destinations where we have never been before ... we choose for nice weather in southern Brittany cozy together with the Indian Summer who left a week earlier ....
May holiday to the Wadden Sea with wonderful sailing trips
This year there are no plans to go 'abroad' during the May holidays. We prefer to stay in the Netherlands along the coast and visit places we've never been before. But what's the weather like...
A second autopilot with a linear drive
We bought a spare autopilot at the time for our tour Atlantic with the Brandaan. Everything still new in the box. Toine will build this pilot in the winter of 2015/2016 as a second pilot. It is a different type than the...
Replace battery charger
The original charger of the batteries is a 24v / 50A charger, which is a bit on the tight side given our electricity consumption. This charger has been replaced by a 24v / 100A charger, which if desired can also charge via 110v.