Category Archives: Portraits

Hi Peter, The boat is stuck on Hamble Spit. It was Saturday morning, there were at least three different racing events on and a good few hundred boats – plus the ferries and maybe even a cruise ship – must … Continue reading →

Amigo 27 – Small boat and small car – packing might be a challenge for both continue here

Hallo Peter, Schon seid Wochen will ich mich bei dir melden. Wir sind am 7 Februar in Grenada angekommen. Nach dem ersten Schrecken mit den verlorenen Bolzen vor Cabo Verde hat der Windpilot hervorragend gearbeitet, ich habe ihn kurz nach … Continue reading →

GO SMALL – GO SIMPLE – GO NOW !LIN and LARRY PARDEY – the Pardey family – are the specialists in Bluewater cruising with Pocket Cruising Boats. They are living and sailing with SV Seraffyn since decades, a wooden cutter … Continue reading →

HI Peter, after successful crossing from Cape Verdie we arrived in Brasil, participated to the Carnival in SALVADOR – survived this event and enjoying the sun of Itaparica Warm regards Trees + Jan    SV Santana Koopmans 54

1895-98 Joshua Slocum Spray 36 USA 1936-38 Louis Bernicot Anahita 1942-43 Vito Dumas Legh11 Argentina, Southern Hemisphere 1949-52 J Y le Toumelin KURUN France 1955-56 Jean Lacombe Hippocampe France 1950-58 Marcel Bardiaux Les Quartre Vents France 1959-60 Patrick Moore Drifter … Continue reading →

SV Hokus Pokus II is a NAJAD 420 who started from her homeport in Sweden sometime in summer 2007, crossed the Atlantic in winter time and spent most of the year 2008 in caribbean waters, crossed the Panama canal by … Continue reading →

Brandnew OVNI 365 left her homeport Longyearbyen in Norway during summer 2011 to head South towards the Canaries where they spent some weeks be until end of the year. The idea is to do the Atlantic circle and returning to … Continue reading →

Motiva 41 underway to the West, just arrived in Caribbean waters some weeks ago. The owners purchased the steel boat in Danmark, moved South towards the Med during 2008 / 9 retired in 2010 and are liveaboards since end of … Continue reading →

Kelt 707 with her Skipper Gerhard just ahead of Helgoland. Gerhard just recently has changed his boat to a slightly larger vessel. He is now owning an AMEL MARAMU and will start his bluewater experiences soon. He just passed some … Continue reading →

I have been in contact with the Stuemer family some 12 years ago, when they have decided to head for a circumnavigation, as Diane, mother of 2 lovely children has got the bad diagnosis of cancer and wanted to spend … Continue reading →

STRANDED ON SVALBARD It all got a little tense when the polar bear came strolling towards us while the boat was safely up on the beach. High up on the beach. in fact. The start of our Svalbard adventure was … Continue reading →

Congratulation Laura, that you made it!  SPIEGEL ONLINE ZEILEN INTERVIEW

Dutch VICTOIRE 933 sails to Spitsbergen (Svalbard) The Dutch author of many books on sailing Ben Hoekendijk celebrated his 70th birtday and boarded his Koopmans designed Shalom IV, a Victoire 933, to sail single handed to the Lofoten and Spitsbergen. … Continue reading →

Alle Jahre wiieder schickt die forty-two, Euuch Weihnachtsbiildeer und auch Grüße dazuuu. Diese Weihnachten erreichen Euch die Grüße schon das zweite Mal aus dem Pazifik, diesmal aus der Südsee, genauer aus dem Königreich Tonga, genauer aus dem Archipel Vava’u, genauer … Continue reading →

STORM, STRESS AND COMPULSON – BUT FIRST A LITTLE BIT MORE SCGOOLING Returning home from the sea with my tail between my legs, my first obligation was to keep a rather lower profile around the adults in my life. While … Continue reading →

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando, thinking that he would start by working his way across the USA from South to … Continue reading →

13.12.11 via SAILMAIL von SV Tuvalu, Dufour 40 Lieber Peter Morgen sind wir in der Mitte des Atlantik. Und meine, unsere Bewunderung fuer Deinen Windpilot waechst immer noch tagelich. Seit ein paar Tagen steuert er uns souveraen uebr 4 Meter … Continue reading →