We discuss the set-up of the (mainly BandG) electronics on our new Outremer with their partner of choice Pochon represented by Didier Dupuis.
Choices and considerations regarding the energy balance on our new Outremer 55 to be delivered Q2 2021
After selling Greatcircle to Gunnar & Maike we help them getting started on their new boat
It's decided! 2 days after we returned from our trip through France we reached an agreement with Outremer regarding the new Greatcircle, an Outremer 55. ...
We drive 3000 km through France to visit both the Lagoon and Outremer headoffices and interior designer Franck Darnet.
The Sailing Family crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific in this 8 minute video, showing exactly how it's done. . POSTING LIVE UPDATES ON SOCIAL: ...
We are invited on board of Lagoon 52S Cocos during the first Lagoon Escapade in the Netherlands organized by Nautisch Kwartier Stavoren
We arrive in Colon and quickly leave for a "vacation from our vacation" while our bottom gets repainted. It doesn't go smoothly. POSTING LIVE UPDATES ON ...
Barbuda to the BVI where we stranded in the lockdown before deciding to return to Europe.
Overview of our sailing trip through the Caribbean earlier this year with over 50 anchorages in the Leeward and Windward Islands
Greatcircle visits its home town for the very first time. Windy passage from Amsterdam though.
After crossing the Atlantic with us from the BVI to Amsterdam, Tina follows us along to a couple of lakes south of Amsterdam before she flies with Sander to ...
The remaining part of the crossing from Horta, Azores to Amsterdam.
After a new lockdown in Horta, Açores we find a nice weather window to head towards the European continent. It turns out to be a smooth ride as we manage to ...
You would almost start to like being in lockdown. After our very blue lockdown in the North Sound of the BVI we sailed for 2 weeks just to end up in another ...
As soon as we decide to head straight to Horta the forecast changes and we get a bit more waves and wind in our direction than we bargained for. Especially ...
We're sailing back from the BVI to Holland, via the Acores. Crossing the Atlantic west to east seems to be quite a bit different compared to the one and only ...
We finally make the big (scary) passage to Panama. 10 years ago we nearly lost our boat off the coast of Colombia - so was it worth sailing all the way to ...
In hindsight we will be able to judge what was the best response to the corona version. In the BVI they seem to have succeeded in keeping the number of initial ...
This is Part 2 of our Windward Passage video - Happy Earth Day all! After seeing up to 44 knots in our previous video, the wind all but died as we sailed ...
The Windward Passage is a notoriously bad place to go sailing, especially when the winds are up. We had a mild forecast but the winds were double what we ...
Maybe naieve but we hadn't expected a center of tourism like the BVI would just send boats away without knowing where to go. All countries around us are closed ...
While the net of closing countries around us tightens we're sailing in the same area as on our first sailing trip together, 22 years ago, but now on our own ...
Walter & Christine join us on Greatcircle as we cross the 80 miles between Sint Maarten and the British Virgin Islands. A lot of Caribbean islands are ...