Yessss ... exactly 6 weeks after Toine gives the boat to the PYD-crew and a little more than 11 weeks after we leave the boat at yacht service Van Swaaij, the four of us are back on our own boat. Quite a milestone...

Bermuda surpasses our expectations. It is a very relaxed island with super friendly people. Especially the northern part of St George where we sit is very beautiful. An old colonial town with beautiful old buildings. Far enough away from the busy...

  It's not often that within one week you're in two very different environments like this week. From the far deserted north of Newfoundland where the temperature is already below 7 degrees (and the heating is on)...

We've been on Newfoundland for a week now, it's only a 4.5 hour time difference from the Netherlands and closer to Europe than the rest of the North American continent in terms of distance, but it doesn't feel like that ... it really feels like we're...

While we are enjoying the beautiful nature of Eastern Canada we also have some 'stress' around the delivery of the SeaQuest. We communicate a lot via e-mail with skipper Chris during their 4 days in Sada, Northern Spain, so continuously the...

It's a very special week, while we enjoy Canada very much we follow the course of Hurricane Irma and the delivery of the SeaQuest by the PYD crew on every wifi-place we come to...

Toine arrived in Canada and, after a hectic week, was able to hand over the SeaQuest to the PYD crew yesterday afternoon. The girls and I had a relaxed week with the Canadian family. We are happy...

After an intensive period of preparation, step 1 of our adventure has been taken and that's it ... the flight of Mira and the girls to Toronto for a family visit to Teun and his kids. The last few weeks are ...