The ARC-organisation had prepared two beautiful excursions for us in the Cape Verde Islands; the first one was an island tour of Sao Miguel, the island with Mindelo as it capital. The second excursion was a visit to Santo Antao, a neighbouring island which contrary to the dry Sao Miguel is a green and luscious […]
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Come to Boot Düsseldorf 2020 on January 20th and take part in an exclusive Meet & Greet Connection with Germán Frers It’s the 50th time Hallberg-Rassy has had a stand on boat Dusseldorf. A striking moment. With great thanks to Germany coordinator Thom van Megen (HR 40 Tosue) we managed to give this fact a […]
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Boat: Morgane of Sark. HR 46 Crew: Herco and Elvira Tibboel and tekkel Evy. Daughters Mila and Merel are also regular members. Travel destination: Eastern Baltic Sea, Stockholm, Helsinki and maybe Tallinn. We had stayed in Muiden… It’s been a while since we went on the road, but we’re picking up the thread again. It […]
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For this event, all means of transport are used by our connection members, except for the airplane, to get to Antwerp. Twan and Marleen (HR 36 “Kendu”) came by sailboat, André and Annet (HR 53 “Obsession”) by motorboat, Rutger and Madeleine (HR 46 “Esperanza”) by bicycle and the undersigned by train. We (Nicolette and Edwin […]
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On Saturday 1 and 8 February we are organising a motor maintenance training in cooperation with Matthijs Blonk of HR352 Rianne. For many of us engine maintenance is something we like to leave to a specialist. But what if something happens to the cooling water in a foreign port or country, the V-belt is stretched […]
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Cold, cold, cold and grey, grey, grey: that would be a good summary of our first ARC Plus leg from Las Palmas to Mindelo – 950 miles (860 in a straight line) and 6 full days at sea. Moreover, there was a lot of wind during the first 3 days of this trip. Nice for […]
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Increase your safety at sea A radar is one of the most valuable devices for safe navigation. It is a very good tool to navigate and prevent a collision when visibility is poor. We can determine the distance and direction to coastlines, buoys and ships. With a RADAR we can get a picture of the […]
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From Madeira to Lanzarote is not that far – the distance to be covered actually fits onto a single British Admiralty chart N°3133! It’s only two days sailing: just the time you need to start to get used to living on the high seas. Again I had overestimated the time needed, and we had to […]
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We are pleased to send you the programme for our annual captains dinner on Saturday the third of November, which was put together for us by our Belgium HRC coordinator Rutger Steenmeijer (HR Esperanza). This year our Captains dinner will be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club Belgium (RYCB). Since June 2017, the Royal Yacht Club […]
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“Traffic centre Wemeldinge, this is the Grobbebol yacht: are there any other details? Grobbebol: no details; stay standby”. On Saturday September 28th Nicolette and I don’t get in the boat to go to an HRC-event, but in the car. A strange feeling when you are used to being present at an event with the Grobbebol. […]
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If one thing has become clear to me during our travels across the Atlantic Ocean – and I imagine that the Pacific or Indian Ocean will be no different – your ship will always be asking for “more”. When we left Bruinisse, I thought we had all the necessary things on board and that nothing […]
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The past year has been a bumper one for the sailing industry, and Chelsea Magazines is delighted to announce The British Yachting Awards – the ONLY sailing awards that are voted for entirely by consumers – will be held on Monday, 2nd December at the prestigious Royal Thames Yacht Club in Knightsbridge, London, celebrating the […]
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During the trip back from Eastbourne to Dunkirk our TT Zevensprong suddenly said goodbye to our Zevensprong. Film Zevensprong met TT When we left Eastbourne we had a nice wind against the 17 kn. The forecast was good, max 21kn. So it was a nice breeze to get to the other side quickly. That was […]
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Hallberg-Rassy Connectie now also present on instagram and has more than 240 followers You may have seen it by now. Since this week, the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie is also present at Instagram. Marloes Andreas (HR 43 Windfinder) is willing to take on the role of HRC social media editor and has now created two […]
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Report Hiswa te water event Lelystad 7-9 September 2019 Thursday 5 September On Thursday afternoon the Grobbebol leaves Aalsmeer for an HRC-event. This time the journey for the 2nd time this year goes to the IJsselmeer for the Hiswa-event in Lelystad. Friends sometimes ask me if this is not boring? Always one night in Amsterdam […]
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Members enjoyed a pontoon party, dinner at The Anchor, and a private tour of the tide mill in the historic Suffolk harbour of Woodbridge. Gathering at the Woodbridge marina for the start of the HROA East Coast rally, members enjoyed drinks aboard organiser’s Bram Van Der Have’s HR 34 ‘Athena of Lymington’, but with the […]
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“Verkeerspost Wemeldinge here sailingyacht NoMad”“NoMad – Wemeldinge”“Wemeldinge – NoMad, we will cross the canal entrance from west to east, over”“NoMad – Wemeldinge, understood, there is no outgoing traffic, out “ Two more weeks and then we visit the traffic post in Wemeldinge, the so-called VHF 68. Marinus and his team welcome us at 2 pm. […]
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After 11 months of extensive winter work on the boat, we finally left Bruinisse early on Thursday morning 1stAugust 2019. Our boat-handling was a little rusty despite a number of test sails on the Grevelingen meer and our participation in the successful Nova-HRC trip to Zierikzee. Moreover, we had planned our “escape route” to the […]
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The annual captains dinner is coming up! The announcement of the annual captains dinner (this year with some nice optional activities in the afternoon, before dinner and the ALV), has already led to many positive reactions. Behind the scenes there is still a lot of work going on to create a great programme. Soon more […]
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