This spring is full of fun activities π. With the absolute highlight being the '21 dinner' for Eline last weekend. While the world is full of craziness, life is very good to us. That's not something we take for granted and we realize that but...
Strange times and first sailing trip
These are strange times. At first it was corona that completely dominated the news, now that's completely receded into the background. First replaced by the broadcast of Angry about transgressive behavior, then the three storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin .... and...
Early move to Bruinisse
We have been in Bruinisse for almost two weeks at our own familiar spot. Why so early in the season? When we heard in early February that we have one day left to leave the harbor and otherwise until at least...
Winter in Dordrecht - part 1
It is the first time that we live on the boat for a whole winter and are moored in Dordrecht. Last year the boat was also in Dordrecht for the whole winter but we were still busy until the beginning of February with the...
Indian summer with 'freedom' in Bruinisse
The period in Bruinisse after returning from our summer vacation until the end of October flies by. By now we are completely used to living on the boat and are no longer concerned with the difference with living in a house. It goes...
Return trip with obstacles - never a dull moment βΊοΈ
The return trip to the Netherlands takes a special turn halfway through. Never a dull moment as a long distance sailor βΊοΈ. Now, sailing back from Sweden is always a challenge because of finding a good weather hole with prevailing winds from the...
Summer vacation 2021 - west coast Sweden
We are having a wonderful 11 day vacation with our daughters on the west coast of Sweden. How lucky we are with the weather π. Lots of sunshine, regular fine winds for sailing short stretches, almost no rain and no...
At Adams Boat Care - part 2
The rebuilding of the entrance will eventually take 3.5 weeks. During that time we are moored at the yard and just working ourselves. In the evenings we occasionally go out for dinner in HenΓ€n or EllΓΆs, or we...
Refit Sweden - new companionway π
We have a beautiful new entrance with a retractable door instead of the two separate hatches that you have to slide in and out each time. That took a lot of perseverance from Toine π!!! Hallberg Rassy was very...
At Adams Boat Care - part 1
We have been docked at Adams Boat Care for 2 weeks now for the remodeling of the entrance. That is still quite a job. Carl had previously mentioned about 6 days, we were already taking into account 2 weeks and it...
New navigation screen π
On the way to Sweden we decide to buy a new navigation screen. The current screen (E120) fails at least once a day and seems to be getting slower βΊοΈ. Now we often watch TV on the iPad outside and...
Back in Sweden ππΈπͺ
We are back in Sweden for the last part of the refit at Adams Boat Care. For a new entrance we replaced the two separate hatches by one retractable hatch. The materials for this were delivered a few weeks ago...
Roller sprit with bowsprit
We are very happy with our new furling gennaker and bowsprit. With this sail we can sail in light and prevailing winds. The bowsprit ensures a good mounting of the gennaker as far forward as possible on the...
Spring in Bruinisse
The rest of the spring in Bruinisse flies by. Toine goes to the office regularly but I still work completely from 'home'. Fortunately that goes fine on the boat βΊοΈ. Although it will probably be good for me to have a break after the...
Big spring cleaning
From Wednesday morning until Friday afternoon we will be on the shore at Van Ast in Brouwershaven for the big spring cleaning. We can just live on the boat, with a ladder accessible π. Of course, we've been to the shore many times before,...