Over 16,000 nautical Miles and several crossings within Europe, the Caribbean & across the Atlantic

Sailing Highlights:

• Skippered ca. 3,000 nM in the Adriatic Sea from Venice (Italy) to Levkas (Greece), all in the wake of Odysseus and Herodotus ( 2 x 3 months)

• Crossed the Atlantic twice, as crew and as co-skipper

• Explored the Windward and Leeward Islands in the Caribbean from Surinam to St. Maarten

• Participated as crew in multiple onshore sailing races across Europe

Papers & Qualifications:

• International Competence Certificate

• CWO III (Dutch equivalent of RYA Coastal Skipper)

• Vaarbewijs I & II (Essential Navigation & Seamanship)

• Marcom B (VHF Certificate)

• Professional background on LinkedIn

 

The detailed overview

2013

• First place IJspegeltrophy, a very cold wintercompetition at the North Sea, S/Y AddiXion (ORC3)
• Delivery of X-372 to Kiel from Lelystad, the Netherlands (ca. 275 nM)
• Short-handed crossing of the Gulf of Biscay from Brest to A Coruña with S/Y Isola (ca. 350 nM)
• Sailing S/Y Isola across the Atlantic  from the Cape Verdean Islands to Martinique (co-skipper, ca. 2,000nM)

2012

• First place IJspegeltrophy, S/Y AddiXion (ORC3)
• Exploring Scotland, S/Y WestWind, from Inverness to Belfast in Ireland via the Orkneys and the Hebrides with the Zeezeilers van Marken
• Crossed the Atlantic the Pure way from Mallorca to St. Lucia via Gran Canaria (ca. 4,000 nM)
• The Odyssean Trail, S/Y Helena, Skipper

Circumsailed the Adriatic Sea from Murter, Croatia via Montenegro to Ithaka, Greece, home of Odysseus, and back via Puglia in the south-east coast of Italy. In total ca. 2,000 miles with 3 crossings. Rented the ship and chartered it among ca. 25 friends on a cost-only basis. See also the post about the first half of the trip.

2010

• English Channel and the Channel Islands, advanced sailing course Zeezeilers van Marken

• Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Co-skipper

• Ruta de la Sal, S/Y Colombe, Crew, the sailing race from Barcelona to Ibiza on a Swan 441R. See also the impressions, the (analysis of the) race.

2009

• Adriatica, S/Y Rosa, Skipper

Circumsailed in the Adriatic from Croatia to Venice and back via Dubrovnik, ca. 1,500 miles in total, covering much of the route Jason and Medusa followed after they fled Kolchy. Rented a sailing yacht for 3 months and chatered it among friends & acquintances on a cost only basis. See also the summary page of this trip.

2007

• Crossing the Black Sea, sailed from Istanbul, Turkey, to Sevastopol, Crimea, via the Bosporus and across the Black Sea in the wake of Jason and the Argonauts. See also the minisite about this trip

Caribbean

• 2006 Windward Islands Guadeloupe, Dominica, Kingdom of Redonda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antiqua, Saba & St. Eustatia and St. Maarten

• 2003 Leeward Islands Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia and Martinique, see also the minisite

But let’s not forget:

• 2005 Croatia, Zadar to Split via de Kornati Archipel

• 2004 Lycean Coast, Turkey

• 2002 Greece – Turkey,  my first sea miles

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