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11th December 2010
11th December 2010
The wind and the waves decreased a little, and I am now sailing under full sails again, the mizzen, the mainsail and the poled out Genoa. […]
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10th December 2010
9th December 2010
9th December 2010
There is even more wind today, so I quickly reefed the mainsail this morning. Dark clouds passed over me all day long, and in the afternoon […]
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8th December 2010
8th December 2010
Last night I slept very well as the sea was a bit calmer so I did not have to keep my body stiff all the time […]
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7th December 2010
7th December 2010
Now I really found the Trade Winds, or maybe they found me… Guppy now goes at a speed of 6,5 to 7 knots, really nice, however […]
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6th December 2010
5th December 2010
5th December 2010
Today was again a hot and windless day. Now there is also an annoying and very high swell which makes Guppy roll back and forth a […]
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4th December 2010
4th December 2010
Since last night, Guppy and I sail upon an endless, calm and blue ocean. There was no sign of wind for the whole day. However, by […]
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3rd December 2010
3rd December 2010
This morning I had a very nice crosswind, but in the afternoon the wind weakened and itis now coming from straight ahead … So I was […]
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2nd December 2010
2nd December 2010
Yesterday my friend flew back to the Netherlands. Now I am alone again for the next three weeks with 2200 nautical miles [2532 land miles; 4074 […]
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30th November 2010
30th November 2010
My friend arrived safe and sound in the evening of the 27th after trying all shecould to catch her airplane at Sal’s airport; her flight was […]
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27th November 2010
27th November 2010
I am feeling very good again. Today the sky is a little bit cloudy and there is some wind. Actually, this is very nice after all […]
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25th November 2010
23rd November 2010
23rd November 2010
Today I had a very busy but great day. At half past six this morning, I was already sitting in my dinghy on my way to […]
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21st November 2010
21st November 2010
I have been at anchor here for a few days now. It is a beautiful island. The inhabitants are very nice. Although I do not understand […]
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19th November 2010
19th November 2010
Sorry for not writing anything yesterday. I arrived yesterday morning in Sao Nicolau, a really beautiful island. But I was not able to find an internet […]
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17th November 2010
17th November 2010
After a very good night sleep, I am back sailing the sea again, heading for the next Cape Verde Island, Sao Nicolau. Today I had my […]
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16th November 2010
16th November 2010
After a night with only a little wind and some more flying fishes that I had to brush off the deck, land came in sight this […]
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15th November 2010
15th November 2010
Another beautiful and sunny day today, and after finishing my schoolwork I went to read a book in the cockpit. There is not much wind so […]
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14th November 2010
14th November 2010
I had a quiet night. The Windpilot [self-steering system] steers the boat very well, and the alarm function of the radar system allowed me to sleep […]
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13th November 2010
13th November 2010
Today started very cloudy and windy, not a single sunray came through. But for a few hours now, the sky has cleared off and the sun […]
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12th November 2010
12th November 2010
Today it is cloudy just like yesterday was. The wind strengthened up some more, therefore the waves also are higher. Nevertheless with the Genoa sail and […]
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11th November 2010
11th November 2010
It is a very nice day today. Last night the wind strengthened and I am now going at an average speed of 5,7 knots. The sky […]
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10th November 2010
10th November 2010
I am on Route to the Cape Verde Islands. Bidding farewell was really difficult, but I have already seen dolphins two times. One of them jumped […]
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9th November 2010
9th November 2010
Guppy is crammed full with boxes of food and beverages. Now we are ready. Today I went sailing again with a good friend, there was a […]
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8th November 2010
8th November 2010
Two more days until I will sail on the open sea again. Guppy and I are almost completely ready. Just a few final preparations and checking […]
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5th November 2010
5th November 2010
Yesterday and the day before a pretty strong wind blew here, and yesterday we wereeating the sand by the mouthful. Much sand came blowing in from […]
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3rd November 2010
3rd November 2010
It is still pretty warm here. Guppy is bobbing up and down off the coast near Anfi and I am actually busy all day checking the […]
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1st November 2010
1st November 2010
Since Saturday, Kim and my mother are back in the cold Netherlands. During my stay at Mogán I was allowed to use the swimming pool and […]
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28th October 2010
28th October 2010
Yesterday I went scuba diving along with my mother. We saw an angelshark and a ray. Itwas so nice to see.During their world circumnavigation my mother […]
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26th October 2010
26th October 2010
Since yesterday my mother and my sister are here with me, it is so very nice to see them again. Well, as I knew she would, […]
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24th October 2010
24th October 2010
I have ben lying at berth in Mogán for a few days now, and I haven’t had time to get bored, not for a moment. I […]
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22nd October 2010
22nd October 2010
Since yesterday Guppy and I are in Puerto de Mogan. I was just getting used to the rocking of the boat while lying at anchor. Now […]
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18th October 2010
18th October 2010
Well, I have a bit off internet again.Then I figured it was about timeagain for a new Blog. The weather was great during the weekend. I […]
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15th October 2010
15th October 2010
Sorry again that I did not write anything for some time. Guppy and I are at a new place since yesterday. Now I am lying at […]
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12th October 2010
12th October 2010
Getting bored or idle here is nearly impossible for me. The whole day I am busy witheverything and anything.Usually I get up at about 8 AM. […]
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10th October 2010
10th October 2010
Yesterday I had dinner with some friends here on the island . I had a great time and today I went to a restaurant / bar […]
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8th October 2010
8th October 2010
Today I went diving some more and did many exercises. Taking off the mask underwater and attaching it again, taking off the diving gear and attaching […]
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7th October 2010
7th October 2010
I had a quiet day today and I did not go out much. Of course, the book was released and I had a live appearance in […]
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6th October 2010
6th October 2010
It is wonderful under water and I find it is still as nice as during the first time when I went snorkelling. Now I went diving […]
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5th October 2010
5th October 2010
Hola! Sometimes I long to be at sea again, unfortunately I have to wait for the storm season to be over because I really am not […]
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4th October 2010
4th October 2010
Yesterday I was invited for a light meal at the Netherland Club of Gran Canaria. We had herring and a hotpot. It was weird sitting with […]
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2nd October 2010
30th September 2010
30th September 2010
Today I spent some time playing around with a big stalk of bananas that was given to me. After one hour, I managed knotting the big […]
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29th September 2010
29th September 2010
Sorry that I didn’t write anything for a few days. I was busy with the boat and schoolwork. Now I have a visitor from the Netherlands. […]
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25th September 2010
25th September 2010
Today I visited the mountains by car along with a fellow Dutchman. It is remarkable how much vegetation there is up there. Especially in comparison to […]
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24th September 2010
24th September 2010
Since the very first day at Pasito Blanco, I have not seen even a single raindrop. Now itis sweltering hot here with no breath of air.It […]
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22nd September 2010
22nd September 2010
I arrived at Pasito Blanco early this morning when it was still dark. I had a fair breeze from astern so the trip went faster than […]
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21st September 2010
21st September 2010
Yesterday was my birthday, thank you very much for all the congratulations. It was a very fine day for me.I awoke this morning to a phone […]
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18th September 2010
18th September 2010
Yesterday evening there was a party here at the harbour. There was a group that gave a really nice performance playing drums. That was nice to […]
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17th September 2010
17th September 2010
After a day of strong winds and cloudy sky for weather, this was today undone by a lull in wind and a hot and sweltering sun. […]
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15th September 2010
14th September 2010
13th September 2010
11th September 2010
11th September 2010
Today I skated to the city because I was too lazy to walk. I needed some paint from the hardware store to mark the anchor chain […]
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10th September 2010
10th September 2010
After my tour of the island, I went back dinghy sailing with the local youth. If there is an activity and the school is open I […]
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8th September 2010
8th September 2010
For the past few days I visited the island of Lanzarote by car and bus. I saw volcanoes, caves, lagoons and lakes and I enjoyed the […]
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3rd September 2010
3rd September 2010
The problem with the rudder is solved and it is working perfectly again, just like a charm. After some tinkering around in the stern compartment I […]
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31st August 2010
31st August 2010
After clearing out the whole stern compartment and checking all the pulleys and control cables and taking off the self steering I still could not find […]
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30th August 2010
30th August 2010
Yesterday I went to the beach along with a woman from the island I have just met. She showed me a lot around the island, and […]
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28th August 2010
28th August 2010
The weather is still beautiful here, and after a few wind gusts it is so calm that it is almost impossible to stay in the sun. […]
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25th August 2010
25th August 2010
After seeing only water for four days I spotted land this morning. Unfortunately I could see the land earlier on my radar but not by looking […]
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24th August 2010
23rd August 2010
22nd August 2010
22nd August 2010
Start of my solo voyage Finally I departed from Gibraltar for my solo voyage. Just one day after reaching Portimao I was constantly followed by the […]
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17th August 2010
17th August 2010
The last few days were so busy that I had no time left to write my blog.On the first day ashore we desalted the whole boat […]
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12th August 2010
12th August 2010
Hello everyone! We are doing great here, sailing under full sails and going at nearly 9 knots. We are halfway along Portugal in line with Figueira […]
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11th August 2010
10th August 2010
10th August 2010
“Joepie” dolphins! August 9, 2010 What a great day today! We still have had nice weather and I saw dolphins, and a whale which was really […]
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8th August 2010
8th August 2010
Finally nice weather We are moving ahead and are now crossing into the Bay of Biscay. Finally the weather is nice and there is sunshine with […]
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7th August 2010
7th August 2010
Hello everybody, everything is going well except for the radio that unfortunately broke down, and Guppy looks more like a submarine than a sailboat for all […]
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6th August 2010
6th August 2010
6-8-2010Error in the media.Some media are reporting that my sailboat was built by Peter Klarenbeek, that is not exact.Peter and my father worked on my 33 […]
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6th August 2010
6th August 2010
After all the fuss and attention of departure day, we are finally en route to Portugal. During this trip my father is with me so that […]
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2nd August 2010
2nd August 2010
We are still on a roll checking out everything. And I have cleaned the whole boat ( tools still layed around everywhere from their last use […]
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31st July 2010
31st July 2010
It’s so great that I can oficially set sail and that will be on Wednesday, August 4 at 9:00 AM. Finally I sail away at sea, […]
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29th July 2010
29th July 2010
Hello everybody, I have some great news, most of you will already have seen or read about it in the media. I got the official permission […]
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25th July 2010
25th July 2010
25 July 2010 For the past few days we were extremely busy working on the boat. It´snormal with boats that work will never be finished completely. […]
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16th July 2010
16th July 2010
The solar-panel frame is mounted! It fits on “Guppy” really well and it makes for a very nice cockpit. Now we can finish installing the windvane. […]
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11th July 2010
11th July 2010
In the past days we were very busy replacing the rigging of the masts. I climbed up and down so often that now I know each […]
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10th July 2010
10th July 2010
After waiting for half a year we finally received the transcripts from thehearings of October and December after our lawyer tried over and overagain to get […]
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22nd June 2010
22nd June 2010
Today “Guppy” was lifted out of the water to replace the locked three blade propeller of the auxilliary engine with a two bladed one. And of […]
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20th June 2010
20th June 2010
The lawsuit. There were again three judges and two secretaries necessary for the hearing about my case. It seems that it is very difficult to get […]
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15th June 2010
15th June 2010
Last weekend I sailed solo to England with “Guppy”. On Friday at noon, directly after school, I sailed to the Roompot-lock and set course to England. […]
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14th June 2010
14th June 2010
Of course I followed the news about Abby and I´m feeling for her. Shealready had a major setback due to the broken autopilot and now herboat […]
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6th June 2010
6th June 2010
The main-engine is installed!! Last Monday a brand new Volvo engine of 40 hp was lifted on board of my “Guppy” and Thursday we did the […]
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27th May 2010
27th May 2010
On Friday I was at Knevel & van den Brink [talkshow]. This was an extraordinary experience. Again something else. But I much prefer sailing alone. I […]
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15th May 2010
15th May 2010
I am happily working on my boat, Now it finally starts looking good especially while we get a bit of sunshine as well. The halyards have […]
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8th May 2010
8th May 2010
Yesterday I made a lovely sailing trip. Guppy sails fantastic. She is really fast! It is a petty I can’t take her to sea yet. She […]
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4th May 2010
4th May 2010
Sunday my boat was launched and of course baptized. The weather was very bad, lots of wind and rain, but still some people apparently did not […]
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30th April 2010
30th April 2010
Sunday my yacht will be launched!! Finally she will go into the water. The Guppy, specially designed for me, is fixed to the boat, as well […]
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25th April 2010
25th April 2010
This weekend a lot has happened. We have put a black stripe on the cabin and stripes on the waterline. I did the antifouling my self […]
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18th April 2010
18th April 2010
Finally calm weather. We finished to paint the hull. Only the stripes and the Guppy still to be attached. Also the deck has been painted completely […]
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10th April 2010
10th April 2010
Our appeal has been finished again. Now it is waiting for the decision of the Court. I would love it when this supervision is finished and […]
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1st April 2010
1st April 2010
The first layers of paint are on her hull. The yacht is screaming red. All the other boats I had before, except my Optimist, were white, […]
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24th March 2010
24th March 2010
This weekend I had to do a boat delivery, which I do more often. This time to Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. Unfortunately on […]
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17th March 2010
17th March 2010
It is getting warmer! Yesterday, we ordered the paint for Guppy. At these times it is not so nice to have a big yacht because you […]
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12th March 2010
27th February 2010
27th February 2010
In het vorige nieuws schreef ik dat ik op zoek ben naar een nieuwe boot.Ik kan nu met zeer veel vreugde melden datik een andere bootgekregen […]
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25th August 2009
25th August 2009
Hallo allemaal, Via dit weblog vertel ik je alles over mijn avonturen. Ik moet wel eerst nog even wachten op de uitspraak van de rechter eind […]
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