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...
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...
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...
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...