We have been hauled in the water on March 17th 😄. Because of the corona virus we both work at home from March 10th. So we decided to go in the water just a week earlier. Every day the situation changes, so...
Winter maintenance
This winter we spend most of our time polishing the white polyester. The superstructure and the cockpit have never been so shiny 😉. Van Ast polishes the rest of the boat for us and paints the underwater hull....
Planned rebuilding of beds
As we get closer to living on the boat this makes us think about the layout of our bed at the back and the bunk bed in Marinthe's room. We now have the model with two beds...
Winter berth in Dordrecht?
This weekend we visit some marinas to get an idea of a suitable place for a berth in the winter. We already know the Veerhaven in Rotterdam, definitely a beautiful place for a winter berth. We...
Our house is for sale
Our house is for sale! For 2 weeks now. The day the pictures and film were made feels like a special milestone. We are there all day. Toine compares it to the feeling of the wedding day...
Metamorphosis of the artificial grass
We won't sit still this weekend either. On Saturday the plasterer (top guy 👍) comes to clean the window frames in the storeroom and the door of the 'behind the TV' room. Toine cleans up the storeroom and I make the...
Metamorphosis of the room 'behind the TV'
Also the room 'behind the TV', as we call this room, is undergoing an enormous metamorphosis in a few weeks time. From a room impossible to walk because of all the stuff, to a reasonably empty room, to...
Metamorphosis of the garage
The garage is undergoing a major metamorphosis in just a few weeks time. From a place where a lot of rubbish has been collected, to a place where we collect stuff for recycling and dumping, to a completely empty place, to a nicely painted place and again ...
Ready for hibernation
The sailing season is over and the SeaQuest is ready for hibernation in the hall at Van Ast. We were pleasantly surprised by the good condition of the underwater hull and the propeller shaft ... almost no growth 👍👍.
10 times with the trailer to the dump
We borrow Pieter's car (with tow bar, our cars don't have one) and drive 10 times with a full trailer and full car to the dump and recycle. We start cleaning up the mess behind the...
Cleaning the storage room and attic upstairs
After picking up a first load through the circuit and bringing it to the dump ourselves, we will go upstairs this weekend to clean up the attic and storage. In the attic there is still a lot of...
Appointment with the Realtor
The first appointment with the real estate agent teaches us that we still have something to do before we can put the house up for sale. Because we have a lot of space we have collected a lot of junk over the years...
Moving to our boat
The plan to sell our house and live on the boat has been in our minds for a while. We think living on the boat is going to be great for us. Life is so easy there and...
Summer holidays 2019 - Ireland and Scotland within a round trip UK
We make the plan for this holiday in consultation with the girls. We drop the earlier plan for Scandinavia and we focus on a tour of the UK with a focus on Ireland and Scotland. But...
Ascension weekend with logistical challenges
The Ascension weekend we spend as much as possible on the boat, but with the necessary logistical challenges that require us to plan ahead. 😉. On Wednesdays it is quite busy on the road. Toine...