Archives: April, 2019

Crew Party/dinner 14th of April

April 14, 2019

We had a nice gathering of crew from the past and from the present. In my speech I made a mistake by saying that only following persons, together with me, were on board in the 1999 Rolex Fastnet Race: Reima Alander, the brother of Leen i.e. Theun Hoogmoed, the father of Alexander and probably Jan […]

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2019 season is starting to take shape

April 13, 2019

Leen, Dirk-Jan and Harry have already been up to Lymington and brought Winsome to her berth in Cowes. Pier View is open again and the weather is making a turn for the better. Brexit has been postponed so no worries about getting on the island or long queues for customs, yet. To be continued late […]

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Slow progress in Lymington, speeded up in Cowes

April 6, 2019

On Wednesday 3rd of April, I probably catched the last Fly-May-Be flight of the day on which they cancelled 32 flights. Good start. So I had my meeting and lunch with the ladies of RORC IRC Rating Office: Carol, their new comer Sally, Jenny and Emma. There was no competition of Jason, this time. The result […]

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