Diving with Martijn
On our crossing in 2019 André sailed with us. He used to be a fanatical diver, but his ears started giving him trouble. Our ears, on the other hand, he talked right off about how awesome diving was. Yeah yeah, André, but …
Cruising
Bonaire in lockdown
Until the end of April, Bonaire was in lockdown because of Covid. Even on my own, lockdown was perfectly bearable, with social contact with Uli (Baradal) and Astrid and Stefan (Intrepid Bear) from Germany on one day, and …
Fish under the boat
Here on Bonaire the water is so clear it’s like diving into a swimming pool. Here’s a 360-degree video, so make sure you look around in every direction. The fish mostly hang out under the boat and around the …
Farewell Aruba, Welcome Bonaire
After 4 months I finally sailed from one island to the next again. On Monday evening it became clear that the wind would be lighter all week. On the Leeward Islands it always blows from the east, you see, except when a …
Arnold on Aruba
While Arnold was on the plane to Aruba on Monday, Mark Rutte announced a strict lockdown for the whole of the Netherlands, and travel abroad was immediately and strongly discouraged. So Arnold really picked his date …
The sky is falling
Yesterday I came aboard and saw that one of the ceiling panels in the deckhouse had come down. It was still hanging from the autopilot control, but otherwise it had come completely loose.
The next season ...
Well, so there we were, back in the Netherlands again, a strange summer full of highs and lows. Back in Harlingen, straight to the Brouwdok of course, which had opened its doors just a few days earlier. Luckily Gerard …
Home again
After we flew home on 13 June, following an eventful week, things went (understandably) quiet here on the blog. Nobody wants to be bored with posts about how we’re getting on at home. Spoiler: two weeks of very …
Is it really going to happen?
We’re ready for it! A stopover in Curaçao and then straight on to the Netherlands!
Not home yet
My plan was to be in the air right now, 6:37 pm Aruba time, on the plane home, telling you all about the fantastic week we’ve had here with our new family members Jeannette and Jeroen from Fidelis and Luuke and …
Lovely pictures
SY Eight, Luuke and Robbert, taking lovely pictures of us🥰
Visitors
We’re lying at anchor off the marina. While we’re busy rigging the dinghy alongside so I can go for a swim, an official-looking RIB turns up. We wonder which authority has come to give us the third degree …