Category Archives: 2021

On Tuesday we continued our trip to Juelsminde, a small village where we could berth directly in front of the fish shop, where they serve delicious baked fish. Just a few meters further there is also an ice-cream shop. The ice-cream does not only has a great taste, but also a great size! Jummy!! AsContinue reading “Summerholiday to the Limfjord (part II)”

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 reading “Summerholiday to the Limfjord (part I)”

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 reading “Eastervacation 2021”

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 reading “Officially Garfield!”

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 reading “Annabelle’s first Atlantic crossing”