Nr 56. Paris Plage
After a great start in French waters by sailing through the Strait of Dover and visiting the nice city of Calais, we continued to sail along the French coast. Our next stops would be Boulogne-sur-Mer and Dieppe. Both nice harbors and vibrant cities along the Northwest coast of France. This area of France is called […]
Nr 55. The Dragon of Calais
After a nice day in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, our time had come to do The Big Challenge: sailing to Calais, which means crossing the Strait of Dover (in French: “Pas-de-Calais” and in Dutch “Nauw van Calais”). This part of the Northsea is the smallest part between France and England: from Calais to Dover is only 33 […]
Nr 54. One night in Belgium
After a great time in the Netherlands, we sailed off to the coast of Belgium. It’s a small and busy coast, with industrial harbors like Zeebrugge and Oostende, so the day before we left we planned to have 1 stop in Belgium before we would reach the coast of France. A good harbor for sailboats […]
Nr. 53 Celebrating 1 year worldtrip sailing at Sergio Herman’s
On 1. Mai 2021, we started our Great Voyage, that’s almost 1 year ago now. It has been a fantastic journey in Scandinavia, Great-Britain and Holland and we hope to have the same joy in the Mediterranean where we are headed towards now. It’s a complete different lifestyle now than we have been used to […]
Nr 52. Charming Cadzand
After a few days in Vlissingen, we sailed to Cadzand. This small harbor was advised to us by other Dutch sailors, because it was so cosy. We left the harbor of Vlissingen through the lock and then we were in the open Westerschelde waters. Over here there are special sailing rules, for instance we had […]
Nr 51. The Walcheren Canal
After the challenging sail from Stellendam to Goes, we stayed a few days in Goes. The harbor was called ‘Het Goese Sas’, a small harbor with a friendly harbormaster. We cycled around in the area of Goes and did some shopping. Of course we bought the famous ‘Zeeuwse bolus’, a delicacy overhere! Our next trip […]
Nr 50. A boat is not a car
After having had good times in Stellendam, where we also met a lot of family and friends on the boat, we made a plan to sail to Goes. We didn’t want to go via the North Sea route, but instead pass the islands in the province of Sealand, so in the waters between Goeree-Overflakkee, Schouwen-Duiveland, […]
Nr 49. Parasailor: our first experiences
‘You’re not born with experience’. A nice statement by a sailor during a conversation in which we told that we had bought a new kind of sail for us: a parasailor (bought at Bomarine). It’s like a gigantic ‘kite’ of 152 m² that hangs in front of your sailboat and pulls the boat forward. So, […]
Nr 48. Serene Stellendam
The contrast between the vibrant Rotterdam and our next harbor Stellendam could not be bigger: Marina Stellendam is a tranquil harbor in the middle of a nature reserve. So we were used to wake up in Rotterdam in the Veerhaven with the city sounds of trams, people going to work, watertaxis passing by and restaurants […]
Nr 47. Leaving Rotterdam
We enjoyed being in the city of Rotterdam so much! Especially in the Veerhaven with all the historical ships and the fact that you are in the middle of the city with all the restaurants and shops closeby. We have received many visitors on the boat, family, friends and business relations who wanted to see […]