We are temporarily 'landlubbers' again now that we have been living in our fine newly completed apartment since December 8 😊. We call this the 'family rescue zone'; a place where we can always be 'home' as a family during our future traveling existence […]
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How time flies. It is almost November already and winter time has just started. The boat is back in "winter mode"; the cockpit tent is up (and enlarges the living space), the plexiglass windows are fixed in the top windows, the windows in the aft cabin have been insulated, the heater is back on every day […]
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On top of the davits is a great place for a solar panel with a standard size of 2×1 meters. We got tips from other boats on how to attach the panel. Toine finally chooses a way he made up himself. The mounting pieces are made according to […]
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It has been 5 years since we have been to Southern Brittany, so we think it would be fun to go there again. Partly because friends boats also go that way. The challenge is to be able to get there the first week in a summer vacation with a relatively short time frame […]
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The improvements of 2023 are the Simpson davits and a new Highfield dinghy. We already bought the davits last year from HR parts, type S10 electric with remote control. The whole winter they are at Nova in the hall. In […]
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If I were to describe spring 2023 in Bruinisse in one sentence it would be 'a first cold/wet and later hot spring with a rollercoaster of events'😊☺️. With the highlight being hiking the West Highland Way in Scotland and seeing Eline and Jonas again 🥰. In addition, being together with Marinthe […]
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Fine, winter is over again 😃😎. Meteorologically yes, but unfortunately the weather is not showing that picture for the next week 🥲. We are looking forward to the warmer days of spring after this mostly humid winter. Not […]
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In the late winter of 2023, Toine installs 5 new gauges above the cabin entrance and an Axiom+ 9-inch navigation screen on the helm. We can purchase the gauges relatively cheaply from HR parts in Sweden. Now all the devices are in […]
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We were reunited with our family in Bangkok and Cambodia for three weeks. A very special and valuable period. Asia is not the region where we will go on vacation together soon (it is not so Toine's thing 😎), but to do this together with our daughters and Jonas is very special. After very […]
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