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22.7.2021:We left our homeharbor Woudsend at 6 pm and sailed to Stavoren where we spent the night. In Stavoren we found out that our batterycharger was not working. A bad start of the trip, despite of so many preparations. After calling the boatyard  in Den Helder we could book an electrician, who made a provisionalContinue…

We used the good weather past week and drove to Garfield. We started early on Wednesday cleaning the mast and settting the mast back on the boat. Next we had to put the sails up again, but we chose a good day with calm winds so it wasn’t a big problem. Only the construction wasn’tContinue…

March 20 was the day: We finally changed the old shipsname Quo Vadis into Garfield! An old friend of Herman who runs an advertising agency designed the new logo for Garfield.Annabelle had a lot of work to remove the old name, as this was on the boat probably since the beginning, which was 22 yearsContinue…

After returning from a week sailing in October in Friesland, the Netherlands, I first heard about Laura Dekkers (youngest girl ever, who made a solo cirumnavigation) new plan. While sailing around the world, she learned so much and now she wants to pass these life lessons on. I was immediately interested. Soon she answered myContinue…

At the end of the autumn holidays we took off the mast and prepared the boat for the winter. During the winter Garfield lies in the marina Woudsend (NL). We are now planning the upgrade of the equipment for the long trip. We need to increase the batterycapacity, add solar power, mount a hydrovane autopilot,Continue…

From October 10th until 16th we made our first real trip.It’s great to experience how much space this yacht offers and how comfortable this boat is also with cold weather.Day 1 (Saturday): LemmerDay 2 (Sunday): LelystadDay 3 (Monday): StavorenDay 4 (Tuesday): HeegDay 5 (Wednesday): Sneek (new upholstery ordered)Day 6 (Thursday: WoudsendDay 7 (Friday):  Boat preparedContinue…