The layout of the cabin on the starboard side just in front of the tip with a bunk bed is actually only useful if you need more than one berth. In practice we never used the upper bunk bed and it felt like...
Refit Sweden - workplace Toine
The corona situation with a lot of working from home makes us think about two good workplaces on board where we can both work undisturbed with a lot of video calls. The plan was a new workplace for Mira in the...
Refit Sweden - workplace Mira
The switch to a layout with a centre bed in the aft cabin creates the possibility of a good workplace for Mira on the starboard side. This is important now that we are going to live on the boat for a longer period of time and because...
Refit Sweden - washing machine cabinet
Now that we are going to live on board for a longer period of time, we think it is important to have a good washing machine and preferably also a drying machine on board. So that we are not dependent on the facilities in marinas for this. We had such a compact Candy...
Refit Sweden - card table
The card table is standard too high in relation to the seat height of the bench to sit there comfortably. Toine partly solved this problem herself at the beginning of this year by temporarily increasing the seat height of the chair and...
Refit Sweden - new bimini with sides
The bimini (sun tent) has only become an old rag π. It still belongs to the previous owner and needs to be replaced. Now we are in Sweden supplier RΓΆssy can easily come by to measure a new bimini.....
Refit Sweden - new floor covering
We've had new carpets laid all over the boat. The standard colour cream from Hallberg-Rassy is just a bit darker than the previous floor covering, with a small speck of warm brown. Very nice and somewhat less contagious π. We...
Refit Sweden - coffeemaker
Toine's coffee machine is located in a beautiful niche in the greenhouse above the engine room.
Refit SeaQuest - part 4
Again 3 weeks have passed and now we 'live' already 10 weeks in Sweden. The end is in sight. According to Carl the boat will go into the water next week and we can go there again at the end of the week...
Refit SeaQuest part 3
We are 3 weeks further and already 7 weeks we 'live' in Sweden. The last 3 weeks the progress of the renovation is very good π. See also Refit Sweden. We are already in a constructive phase and...
Refit SeaQuest part 2
So, we are now three weeks further and the refit of the SeaQuest finally seems to have started π. How have the last three weeks gone? The first week Toine went up and down to Tilburg for three days...
Refit SeaQuest part 1
The first week in Sweden because of the refit of the SeaQuest is over. A beautiful week in which we switch in a short time from the free boat life to a working life from a nice holiday home close to the shipyard. This transition does...
Summer holiday 2020 - part 2 - round trip Zealand Denmark
The two weeks in Denmark together with the girls are wonderful. We sail around the large island of Seeland, with Copenhagen as our final destination. Denmark surprises us positively and surpasses our verwachtingππ. From a previous visit...
Summer holiday 2020 - part 1 - Via Germany to the Baltic Sea
The final destination of the summer holiday was already determined at the beginning of this year by the appointment with Adams Boat Care on 17 August in HenΓ₯n (Sweden) for the conversion of the beds. Fortunately, Denmark's borders will open in time. As a result...
Special times π
We just left for our summer vacation to the Baltic Sea. The first week we can take it easy without the girls. That gives me time to look back at the past two months ...