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11th August 2010

11th August 2010
Pity Too bad that we had to turn off the guestbook on my website because annoying people were writing weird things. I am doing really well […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
12th March 2010
12th March 2010
Ik ga mijn weblog maar eens bijhouden, nu er weer wat gebeurd. Ik heb gemerkt dat ik nog steeds niet uit het nieuws verdwenen ben. Sta […]
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 […]
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 […]