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Sequitur
Michael & Edi have headed out on a slow, thorough exploration of the globe.
Vessel Name: Sequitur and Nieuwe Zorg
Vessel Make/Model: 2007 Hunter 49 and 1908 Wildschut Skûtsje
Hailing Port: Vancouver, Canada
About: Michael Walsh & Edi Gelin
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26 April 2013
New Book Released
The proof copy of my new book arrived by courier today. I have approved it and it is now listed on Amazon for pre-order, with a publication date of 30 April. It is a rather large book at 680 pages in an 8.5 by 11 inch format with 315,000 words illustrated by over 2400 colour photos, charts and maps. [...]
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24 April 2013
One Year Out of Brazil
One year ago today we sailed Sequitur out of Brazil after enduring more than six weeks in the least-friendly country that we had experienced during our three-year voyage. In the early evening of 24 April 2012 we crossed the line on the chart dividing Brazil from French Guyana and breathed a huge sigh [...]
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27 October 2012 | Harlingen, Friesland
Planing a Metamorphosis
We have added a new post to the Zonder Zorg blog at: Planing a Metamorphosis.
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29 September 2012 | Sneek, Netherlands
Onward to Friesland
We have arrived in Friesland and have added a new post to the skûtsje's blog at: Onward to Friesland
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19 September 2012 | Hoorn, Netherlands
North From Aalsmeer
We have moved northward from Aalsmeer and I have added two new posts: Heading North From Aalsmeer and North From Amsterdam
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13 September 2012 | Aalsmeer, Netherlands
Taking Possession
We are back in the Netherlands, and I have added some new posts to the ZonderZorg blog at: Taking Possession and Settling-In and Making Plans
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20 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
Added a New Website
We have added a new website: Skûtsje ZonderZorg. Zonder zorg in Dutch means without worry. Our intention with the site is to provide a place to share some of the history, geography and culture of the skûtsje as we discover it. We will also use this place to document [...]
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11 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
Still More Skûtsje History
We continued to attempt to track-down Douwe Albert Visser, who was the owner of Nieuwe Zorg in 1941 when she was re-registered. One of the problems we repeatedly encountered in our online searches was the effect of currently having Albert Visser and two Douwe Vissers as very competitive skûtsje racers, [...]
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10 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
Some More Skûtsje History
While I was researching the history of Nieuwe Zorg, I finally found her first registration details obscured by an apparent typographical error in a transcribed online spreadsheet. She was listed as having been built in 1901 instead of 1908. I emailed the webmaster of the [...]
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08 August 2012 | Nieuwe Zorg: Aalmmeer, Michael & Edi: Vancouver
Some Skûtsje History
On the evening of 28 July Edi and I arrived back in Vancouver from a two-week trip to the Netherlands. During our time there we had searched for and found a skûtsje tjalk, we had made an offer, had it accepted, did a sea trial and had hull, systems and rigging surveys done. We had applied for and [...]
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