The Brandaan is for sale at Nova Yachting in Bruinisse. We chose it and got the chance to make the step to a bigger brother ... an HR48 which we named SeaQuest. The Brandaan is...
Summer holiday 2013 - Scilly Islands with very nice weather
The first year with the Brandaan (in 2006) we had a beautiful summer with warm weather and a lot of east wind. We then made a canal tour with Wight, Cherbourg and the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Sark.... as our furthest western destination.
An unexpected May holiday to London
In the first week of the May holiday we unexpectedly make a very nice sailing trip to London. Unexpectedly because we only chose to go on a week's holiday at the last minute when it became clear that Marinthe had not recovered in time...
Summer holiday 2012 - Denmark via the German Bight
For a long time it is uncertain if we can really make a longer summer holiday trip with the Brandaan because of the situation of my (Mira's) mother. She just moved and is all that going well enough to be able to leave? Fortunately she is and...
Summer holiday 2011 part 4 - Stavanger and the way back home
In Stavanger we're falling in love ... exactly this weekend all the boats of the Tall Ships Races have visited Stavanger. The whole city harbour is full of those beautifully large sailing boats. We find our salvation...
Summer holiday 2011 part 3 - Ryfylkenfjorden and the 'pulpit
The second week in Norway starts with a Sunday with, as usual, a breakfast with an egg. And then a trip of about 15 miles to a beautiful deserted bay where we are all alone. On the way there...
Summer holiday 2011 part 2 - Mountains and the Hardangerfjord
Bergen is a beautiful city, after Olso the biggest, but according to connoisseurs more beautiful than Oslo. It lies in a bay surrounded by 'yes' ... mountains. We are moored at the quay (fortunately to another boat and not ....
Summer holidays 2011 part 1 - Via Scotland to western Norway
Well, what do you do if you want to go to west Norway and the first week of the holiday is against the wind if we sailed straight there ... well, then you just make a 'detour' via east Scotland...
WE'RE BACK HOME!!!!!!!!!!
What a fantastic reception in Bruinisse! When we enter the lock already halfway the Keeten, suddenly a very fast motorboat comes towards us ... is that customs or ...? No, surprise Ralph and Chris ....
On the way home ... and almost home !!!!!
Now for the first time it feels like we're really sailing home. Although theoretically that could have been a lot sooner. A friend of ours even said when we left over a year ago that from the beginning...
In the world of Harry Potter
We imagine ourselves in the world of Harry Potter. We've done that all year long to a greater or lesser extent, especially the girls ... they've read all 7 books several times, seen the 6 movies several times...
The first Scotland experiences
Scotland is truly a beautiful sailing destination. Overwhelmingly beautiful and rugged nature, sheltered waters, nice anchorages and marinas, very friendly people and many fellow sailors (also with children) around us, so we enjoy this unexpected experience to the fullest....
Falmouth and a new adventure ...
After a couple of very nice days in Falmouth, we decided last Friday afternoon to go on a new adventure for the last three weeks, so we left early on Saturday morning to go back via Scotland (and the Caledonian Canal)....
The last long crossing!
So, the last long crossing is over. Looking back, we have been very lucky with the weather. The weather is not very stable in this region and it is very difficult to predict more than 4 days ahead. Waiting in...
Nice move on Terceira
We look back on a nice and cozy last week Azores on the island of Terceira. The boat has been moored in the harbour for a while now, but of course we don't sit still all the time and get a lot of different things...