Author: Elvira Beetstra

28 Oct Ready to get back in the water

Posted at 13:46h in Nieuws

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It feels a little weird. But after so many weeks of pounding, cutting, burning, hammering, welding and painting, we are ready....

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25 Oct Lead

Posted at 14:31h in Nieuws

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Now that all plates are in, it is time to paint. The weather is no longer cooperating, so it is a bit of a wait for a suitable moment...

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19 Oct And then suddenly it goes fast

Posted at 20:52h in Nieuws

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And then suddenly it goes fast. The frames are aligned, and the steel plates are cut to the correct size and lifted ...

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11 Oct 360 scan

Posted at 16:10h in Nieuws

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All the concrete has now been removed and we have started building up again. Two weeks ago, a 360 scan was made...

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21 Sep At the ship yard

Posted at 13:16h in Nieuws

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Things are progressing nicely at the shipping wharf: the concrete ballast is now being drilled out and the steel workers have already come...

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08 Sep Topmasts

Posted at 13:23h in Nieuws

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The next few months we will undertake a very large maintenance project replacing part of the hull. We have found a very...

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21 Aug Back in Rotterdam

Posted at 20:52h in Nieuws

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Earlier than foreseen OOSTERSCHELDE came back to her homeport Rotterdam. Meanwhile HELENA is extremely busy....

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17 Aug German Bight

Posted at 14:55h in Nieuws

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How come we always encounter headwinds when we want to leave the German Bight?...

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10 Aug The last bit

Posted at 15:48h in Nieuws

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Finally, around Middlesbrough we reefed the rig and started the crossing. With the wind slightly more backward...

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03 Aug Light winds

Posted at 16:02h in Nieuws

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As said, we sailed from the Faroe Islands towards the Shetland Islands. The idea was to sail between the Mainland...

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