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The christening

Posted on May 16, 2017October 21, 2017by Thijs & Sarah

After 2 years spent refitting our sailing yacht she was ready to go back into the water on February 25, 2017. We were never really fond of her old name, so we had to do a little renaming ceremony.    

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2 years at the yard

Posted on May 15, 2017October 21, 2017by Thijs & Sarah

We expected to refit the boat in about 6 months, in the end it took us almost 2 years. We exceeded our initial budget by 200%. A normal project! We don’t regret any of it: we could have bought a boat in a better shape but this would mean that we wouldn’t know every inch […]

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How it started

Posted on May 10, 2017May 17, 2017by Thijs & Sarah

It all started with the idea of having a small open sailboat in the Mediterranean. The small open boat quickly became a small sailboat with a cabin, and as things usually go the small boat became a sailing yacht worthy enough to cross oceans. So when we saw this old English sailing yacht for sale […]

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