The SeaQuest is ready for a well deserved 'hibernation'. Last weekend was the last sailing trip of the year. In the sunshine in the marina of Wemeldinge we took the sails off. Coming Friday we sail to Brouwershaven and there the boat will be taken out of the water by Van Ast to get a dry place in their hall [...]
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Yesss, we're back in Holland again!!! Back in Bruinisse and back at our house tonight. That feels a bit strange but also very good! 👍👍👍 When we left Florida just over 10 weeks ago [...]
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The last long trip back home. We know at the start that it is not an ideal weather window. We expect light weather and no strong wind, but the wind is almost out during the second half of the trip [...]
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We're only on the Azores for six days, which is relatively short, but we make the most of the days in the atmosphere of the Azores. That atmosphere can be briefly described as cosy full marinas with many long-distance sailors and a beautiful green volcanic landscape with hills, cliffs, lots of hydrangeas and beautiful opportunities for nice walks [...]
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Yessss … we zijn in Horta! Wat voelt het goed hier (weer) te zijn! Wederom een mooie mijlpaal, weer terug in Europa en 1.510 nm dichter bij huis. We hebben nu in totaal 3.230 nm gevaren en hebben nog ongeveer 1.500 te gaan tot thuis in Bruinisse. Het is een prima oversteek met vele uren […]
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We liggen 4 dagen in de mooie ankerbaai van Arichat in het noord-oostelijk deel van Nova Scotia. Het is een beschutte baai voor alle windrichtingen en dat hebben we ook wel nodig tijdens de dag/nacht dat er een flink front voorbij komt. We liggen er helemaal alleen met veel natuur om ons heen en een […]
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We blijven een week in Halifax en dat bevalt heel goed. We liggen in een leuke jachthaven met hele aardige mensen, een lekker restaurantje en veel bedrijvigheid. Zeilwedstrijden vlak voor onze neus, boten die na de winter weer het water ingaan en opgetuigd worden en regelmatig wordt er zeilles gegeven in kleine bootjes. Ook ligt de […]
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We verblijven ‘maar’ een week in een fantastisch zeilgebied waar je gerust maanden zo niet jaren in kunt vertoeven en dan nog telkens iets nieuws zult zien. Door het 10 mijl lange Cape Cod kanaal is het zeilgebied van de Long Island Sound (met eilanden als Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard en Nantucket) verbonden met de […]
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Na de eerste nacht voor anker in West Palm Beach bestuderen we het weer en besluiten we langs de oostkust van de US omhoog te varen naar Canada. Het weer ziet er voor de komende week goed uit die kant op. In St Johns (op New Foundland) nemen we vervolgens het besluit of we via […]
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De laatste week in Florida is bijzonder en intensief door het drukke schema van de voorbereidingen voor ons vertrek, de vele regen en onweersbuien en het afscheid nemen van alles wat ons dierbaar is geworden in Florida. Het weer is uitzonderlijk slecht, onze slechtste week tot nu toe. Met een paar dagen alleen maar grijze […]
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We have deliberated a lot about the sailing route home. The northern route appeals very much to us (mostly because of Iceland and the shorter crossings), but maybe too much of a challenge weatherwise in a somewhat tight time schedule? We have had such a fantastic year until now, why not end it in a […]
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We are gradually disconnecting from our life in Florida and focusing more on preparing for our departure and the sailing trip home. At least we as adults do. The girls are still fully enjoying their (social) lives here and Eline is even expanding her social life 😉. The clearest sign of slowly disconnecting is that […]
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In preparation for my return home from Florida, I have spent the past few weeks studying how to improve weather analysis. We have built up a lot of knowledge over the past few years. The Morgan's Cloud site has given us […]
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We have a nice new Apple iMac computer on board! We are so used to doing everything in the house on an iMac that we were wondering if it would be possible to install an iMac on the […]
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We had some close encounters with the wildlife of Florida. The first one happened 1.5 weeks ago when I (Mira) stepped out our backdoor on the outside doormat almost stepping on a black snake and feeling it crawl over my feet. That scared the hell out of me, but probably also scared the hell out of […]
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We had a fantastic spring break on the west coast of the USA. We did lots of different things in just 10 days with a nice mixture of visiting nature and big cities. All together we drove 2,700 km through four states (Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California), four national parks (Death Valley, Zion, Bryce and […]
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Another two weeks have gone by with lots of nice activities. Last weekend Daylight Saving Time (DST) started in Florida. As it hasn’t started yet in The Netherlands, there is only a 5 hour time difference until the end of the month. It is giving us nice long evenings with daylight until 8 pm. Two weeks […]
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We are past our halfway point of our stay in the US and also past our halfway point of being away from home. Although we still have some time to go, we have started making careful preparations for our sail home. We don’t know yet which route we will take. It could either be the […]
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Hey everyone! This week it is my turn to share my America experience. As you have probably read in previous blogs, my life here is not a normal day to day routine. Instead of going to school every single day, I got the opportunity to do what I love, which of course is playing tennis. […]
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Lots of diverse sport activities going on. Two weekends in a row a Saturday morning ‘swim meet’ which Eline joined with her swim team. Last weekend the first tennis tournament in which Marinthe participated. And yesterday we watched the Super Bowl like 115 million other ‘Americans’. Matches in swimming are called ‘swim meets’. A completely […]
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