Suriname, you were enchanting once again

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:57:04 +0100

As I type this I’ve already left the country and am on my way to Grenada with Arnold. But in 23 days I never found the time to write down everything we got up to. A lot has happened!

Kees, Tanneke, Kommer Jan and Sietse on the mooring at Domburg

We got a royal welcome on arrival, because the tide was spot on: we had the current with us all the way to Domburg and enough wind to sail until past the “Bosjebrug”. That’s the enormous bridge built by President Wijdenbosch in the hope that it would help get him re-elected. Unfortunately for him, the voters didn’t fall for it.

Arriving in Suriname by sailing yacht (2025 edition)

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:18:35 +0100

I’d already heard that the arrival procedure for Suriname had changed last year, but I hadn’t expected it to have gone this digital, let alone that it would actually work! For those coming after me, here are a few tips on the what and the how.

Suriname on Merrimac

Suriname, you were enchanting once again

Arriving in Suriname by sailing yacht (2025 edition)