We brought the SSB radio from the Brandaan and Toine will build it in the SeaQuest in the winter of 2015. During our Atlantic tour, the SSB radio has proven to be very useful, on the one hand as a cheap alternative for internet things like...
Summer holidays 2015 - South Brittany
This summer holiday we have already predetermined the destination for a change ... we really want to go to Southern Brittany this summer ... and that's why we'll have to wait and see if the weather will cooperate the first week. That's for sure...
Rods under the seats
Another nice improvement is the rods under the two seats on the back of the boat. If you sit on them with a lot of weight, they bend easily. Now with the rods as extra reinforcement and therefore...
Gas springs
Another somewhat less impactful but also a successful project is the placement of gas springs in different places on the flap of the card table so that it opens and closes more easily. That's also on the new...
Several small improvements
Below is a list of several smaller improvements. Raymarine Radar HD Digital overhauled / replaced after problems Easy AIS replaced by Raymarine Ais650 as the Easy equipment does not receive AtoN signals (special AIS signals from buoys) SOS danbuoy incl. box holder...
Support for the trailer engine dinghy
The support for the trailer engine of the dinghy makes Toine beautiful with a double layer of teak against each other that sits, as it were, around the seagull. This makes it firmer and also much less prone to theft. It also looks...
Whitsun weekend on the Oosterschelde
In the Whitsun weekend we go on the Oosterschelde, which feels like a rediscovery of a beautiful sailing area. It's been a while since we've been there; the last few years we've spent the weekends mainly on the Grevelingen...
A week out on the North Sea, in Chatham and London
In the May holidays we take the SeaQuest for a week to Chatham and London. The weather is very changeable with regular stormy winds, so it's good looking for the right weather holes to cross the North Sea....
First spring experiences
We are there early this year. On Valentine's Day in the spring holidays it is nice sunny weather and we go to the boat for two days and one night. On Friday evening 13 Feb we are almost the only ones eating in the Sailors....
Summer holiday 2014 - part 4 - Waiting for ex-Bertha and going home
The last week we spend in Stromness waiting for ex-Bertha to pass by. Wednesday evening 13 August we leave and after a tough 76 hour sailing trip we arrived in Stellendam last night at 10.30 p.m. For us this is one of the...
Summer holidays 2014 - part 3 - Outer Hebrides and Orkneys
The third week we spend in the Outer Hebrides and Orkney's; groups of islands in the northwest and northeast of Scotland. They have in common that they are barren, rugged islands without trees, with high cliffs and many nature reserves with birds and in the sea many...
Summer holidays 2014 - part 2 - Inner Hebrides
The second week we spend in the 'Inner Herbrides', a very beautiful area with many islands, sheltered waters and lots of marine life such as dolphins, whales and seals, as well as many species of birds, but we know the...
Summer holidays 2014 - part 1 - to the west of Scotland
For a long time we doubt which destination it will be. What can be sailed well in three stages? Shouldn't we be too distracted by wanting to be somewhere in three stages? Would it be better to change our strategy to shorter stretches...
Sailing with colleagues
On Friday the 20th of June I'm going out for a day with my colleagues. Because it's just a nice and relaxed group of colleagues who enjoy sailing on the SeaQuest...
Pentecost with Canadian family
The Whitsun weekend we spend most of the time on the SeaQuest, on Saturday just the four of us, sailing the Grevelingen just past Ouddorp and casting anchor in a nice quiet spot where we are all alone with a view....