https://merrimac.nl/en/tags/memoriam/Recent content in Memoriam on MerrimacHugoenTue, 30 Jun 2026 20:32:05 +0200https://merrimac.nl/en/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:27:33 +0200https://merrimac.nl/en/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/<p>I&rsquo;ve just heard that my good friend Dinand de Ridder has died after a hard fight with metastatic lymphoma.</p> <figure> <a href="https://merrimac.nl/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/img_2617_3375661759_o_hu_e0e209886d08e668.webp" class="lightbox"><img src="https://merrimac.nl/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/img_2617_3375661759_o_hu_63cbaabeeb74c146.webp" srcset="https://merrimac.nl/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/img_2617_3375661759_o_hu_d8e752c60e445dc6.webp 480w, https://merrimac.nl/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/img_2617_3375661759_o_hu_63cbaabeeb74c146.webp 960w, https://merrimac.nl/2026/06/30/in-memoriam-dinand-de-ridder/img_2617_3375661759_o_hu_36b6540cea0cd4f8.webp 1600w" sizes="(min-width: 50rem) 46rem, 100vw" width="960" height="640" alt="Dinand de Ridder" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a> </figure><p>When I joined the Kustzeilers in 2006, I was immediately asked to help organise the 24 Hour Sailing Race. Dinand was already chairman by then. I was welcomed straight into a great bunch of people, and he and I clicked from the start. After I took over the software completely the following year, we kept it going for quite a while. At some point Dinand and I had both had enough at exactly the same moment. We&rsquo;d been doing our little act for 12 years and it was time for the next generation.</p>